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| 20,000 Leagues: The Adventure Continues (cancelled) | Orbital Studios / SouthPeak Interactive | [top] | |
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This game was supposed to be powered with the latest SouthPeak Interactive Video Reality engine. In 1999, SouthPeak Interactive released an interactive demo disk but the completed game was never released. It was being made by Lee Sheldon who made Riddle of Master Lu, Dark Side Of The Moon and Temujin among other adventures. The mystery that Jules Verne began is now yours to solve. In this action packed game, your discovery of Captain Nemo's Nautilus becomes a dangerous adventure as you are attacked by a mysterious submarine. Your only chance: board the Nautilus, take command, and unlock the hidden secrets of this ship. To survive you must solve intricate puzzles, uncover top-level conspiracies, battle treacherous creatures, as well as keep your team together through thick and thin. You'll explore exotic locations around the globe as ruthless enemies try to snatch the powerful ship out of your hands and with it, the only chance to solve a crisis that threatens the world. But remember one thing: Every decision you make in the beginning of your journey will affect your outcome in the end. It featured 360 degree wide-screen navigation through filmed sets and pre-rendered 3D environments, and full screen conversation and dramatic sequences. Conversation mode allows players to interact with the game's characters and allows for multiple story endings. Sophisticated puzzles built into the storyline challenge the player's intellect and skills. Thousands of possible paths in six unique environments intensify both drama and suspense. Intuitive, user-friendly, point-and-click interface. | ||
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| Ace Ventura: Case of the Serial Shaver | Brilliant Digital Entertainment | [top] | |
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Ace Ventura Pet Detective, based on the movie of the same name, is a humorous 3rd-person point-and-click adventure in a cartoon-inspired style, with multiple paths and endings. In the game you take on the role of Ace, who's out to solve a case involving endangered animals and who has to uncover the identity of the sicko with the scissors. You and your pet monkey Spike will explore dozens of locations, ranging from the Alaskan Tundra to the Bavarian castle of Phatteus Lardus. You will race in a high-tech snowmobile, rub noses with Eskimo maidens and go where no sane Pet Detective has gone before. You'll need to use everything at your disposal to fend off your enemies and animal haters to eventually return all the animals to their rightful homes. | ||
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| Ally's Adventure: Through The Glass | Pharos Games | [top] | |
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Based on the Lewis Carroll classic, Ally's Adventure: Through the Glass is the first in the Ally series of adventures. Help Ally explore Window World, encountering some strange creatures such as the White Queen, Candy Fly, Alpaca Fisherman, and the Goat Engineer. You'll meet the Jabberwock, Borogove, Slithy Tove and Mome Raths in the registered version. Not to be confused with that other through-the-looking-glass tale, Gameplay is extremely simple, but a bit frustrating. Each location is a static scene that blends photography with charming digital art. The cursor changes when it passes over an exit or a usable object. | ||
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| Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy | Microids / The Adventure Company / Ubi Soft | [top] | |
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Amerzone (created by European artist Benoit Sokal) is a visual treat, the full-screen graphics are excellent and the animations involving the strange creatures you encounter on your journey are simply wonderful. The music and sound effects are also first-rate and contribute greatly to the overall atmosphere. The background for the story is an old Indian legend about the Amerzone, a mythical South American country. The legend told them that God created the beautiful white birds, which fly above their volcanoes there, in order to give them Eternal Life. These venerated birds never land, but instead are born, mate and die in the skies. But years ago, during the 1930s, someone stole the egg created by God, the egg of the white birds. Since that time both the land and its people have been at the mercy of evil, both spiritual and temporal. So as a young French journalist it becomes your mission to return the egg, thereby to right the wrong that was done and restore the dream which nourishes both the people and the land. This is a delightful game on 4 CDs, which will be enjoyed by all gamers, both seasoned veterans and beginners alike. It is a linear game with logical puzzles and few conversations, and one in which you really can't make a mistake, so it is great for the beginning adventurer. The game, first out in Europe, eventually appeared in North America in 2001 and a DVD version was released in 2003. | ||
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| Arcane: Online Mystery Serial | Sarbakan / Warner Bros | [top] | |
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This is a spooky free online episodic flash point-and-click mystery-solving adventure game. Prepare to be immersed into a mythological realm of suspense and mystery. Full of magic and intrigue. Truly a work of fiction in which you are a part of. There is high-voice quality and superbly detained graphics throughout the series. Season 1 is a 4-episode set called "Arcane: The Miller Estate". Season 2 is an 8-episode set called "The Stone Circle". In the beginning, only Chaos existed, and the Elder Gods ruled the universe. But as time passed, new Gods came into existence. An epic struggle followed, and the Elder Gods were stricken down, banished beyond the frontiers of the universe, and condemned to roam the dark and cold dimensions of the Uncreated for all eternity. Rage has consumed these Great Ancients ever since. They have one obsession to return to the universe from which they were exiled, and restore the reign of Chaos. Eons later a secret cult known as the Elder Star Society, lead by the mysterious Cardinal, works to help the Ancients return to this world and rule humanity. But the Society did not expect three investigators of the supernatural (Ophelia MacDermoth, Prescott Bridgeman and Gregor MacDermoth) to stumble upon their plans. The first confrontation took place at the Miller Estate in New England, where the three heroes were duped into helping the enemy. By defeating The Guardian, a dangerous native spirit who was terrorizing the estate's inhabitants, they unknowingly activated one of the nodal points that form magical triangles over the surface of the Earth. This is exactly what the Cardinal wanted when three nodes are activated, enough energy will be liberated by the gigantic mechanism to let Elder Star achieve it's dream of bringing the Great Ancients back. Arcane is inspired by the pulp serials of the 1920's and H.P. Lovecraft's "Cthulhu Mythos." | ||
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| Atlantis II / Beyond Atlantis | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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In this adventure game sequel to Atlantis: The Lost Tales, take Ten, the Bearer of Light, through his journey to Shambhala to confront the Bearer of Dark so that balance can be returned to the Universe. To find Shambhala, he must gather the pieces that make up the "road to Shambhala" from different locations and time periods - China, Ireland and the Yucatan. You begin aboard a ship in the mountains of Tibet, which acts as a home base. As the pieces are found and put in place, Ten is mystically transported to exotic locations and will become different characters. Each "chapter" can be played in any order since each is self-contained with its own puzzles, objects and people. The game features a "point and click" interface, full 3D panning, puzzles of varied difficulty, conversations with other characters, and a fully-orchestrated musical score. | ||
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| Aureum: A Roman Treasure Hunt | Attica Interactive | [top] | |
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Aureum is an interactive "treasure hunt" game, where you must solve 41 puzzles to win a big money prize, similar to Treasure Hunt 2001. At the time it claimed to be the first to take advantage of the dual mediums of CD-ROM and the internet. 10 winners were supposed to be shipped to a Mediterranean island to take part in the showdown - a real life treasure hunt with £20 000 in Roman gold coins to be found, but Attica cancelled the competition after the first 2 years and so 10 finalists were never selected and the main prize was never won. | ||
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| Blue Beard / Barmaley [Ru] | Nikita Ltd. | [top] | |
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Blue Beard (this game was originally known as Barmaley, but in what seems to be an attempt at universal appeal, the title was changed to Blue Beard), is a fun-filled romp through the jungles of Africa. Geared toward children, you play as a young boy who must outwit the evil Blue Beard and free captured animals bound for the zoo. Long time ago, or maybe it happened not very long ago, a pirate ship sank off the African coast. Well, the ship sank but a wicked thug Blue Beard survived. He settled in Africa and started to torment animals. He used to tie them up with very thick ropes. Blue Beard used to catch young animals and lock them in cages. He wanted to sell them and get a lot of money. It could have been a very sad story, but the Parrot had got a good idea. It decided to bring a brave boy Victor to Africa. Victor said that he was not at all afraid of Blue Beard. He took his plane and started to Africa. A classic animation film, handmade in the best traditions of the classic cartoons. A variety of game worlds - the game takes place in the jungle and in the savannah, on an uninhabited island and underwater, in the clouds and above a roaring waterfall. Adventures and arcades are combined in this game. Develop quick wits - there are a lot of riddles in this game and a player has to choose a right answer. It's a family game. You can choose one of the three levels of the game. And it is more fun to solve the puzzles together. | ||
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| Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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Carmen Sandiego is at it again. This time, she has unleashed Knowledge Robots (Knowbots for short) to steal the world's knowledge, and recruited seven master criminals to help her in her schemes. Players take on the personas of cadets from the ACME Institute and must travel to different parts of the globe, defeating the Knowbots by answering their questions correctly, while retaining as much of their capture energy as possible. Before taking on the Knowbots, players must either get close enough to "tag" them, or stun them with a shot of energy. If time runs out before the players can accomplish this, they are barred from that location. Each type of Knowbot steals a different type of knowledge. Dimbots for instance, steal knowledge of English. Bruiserbots steal knowledge of Math, and Touchy-Feelybots steal knowledge of art and music. Players must answer the Knowbot's questions to gain knowledge points. If they answer the question correctly, knowledge points are gained. However, if they do not answer correctly, they lose points from what is called "Capture energy." Players are given a limited amount of capture energy, and when it is all gone, they may not capture the master criminal. After players have defeated the Knowbots at a select number of locations, they may go to the master thief's hideout. There, they must defeat the lock, either by decoding a jumbled phrase, or by matching the symbols of the lock's code. Players may then take on the master thief. Whichever player has the highest amount of capture energy is the one who will capture the criminal. As long as any player has capture energy, the criminal may be captured. Otherwise, he or she will escape. Players may make up their own mission packs, leaving out categories that they do not know very well, or conversely, know too well. Players must select at least four subjects for their mission. After the mission is over, Chase Devineaux will tell them how they did and how their knowledge point score stacks up. He may also promote the agent. Can you retrieve the world's knowledge? | ||
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| Case Closed | Spectrum Pacific Publishing | [top] | |
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Those of you who remember the classic board game Clue will recognize this plot immediately. By invitation only, you and seven others arrive on a secluded island and enter a huge mansion. Shortly after your arrival, your host is murdered and all of you are suspects. Until the murderer is caught, no one can leave the island. In this computer rendition of the game, it is possible to play alone or with multiple teammates. Take turns by rolling video dice and dig for randomly scattered weapons and clues in the mansion's 12 rooms, which are rendered in 3-dimensional detail. Each of the characters has a personal history with the murder victim. They all have distinct personalities, backgrounds, voices - and motives. Sound effects and video animations add to the realism and the immersion factor in this whodunnit murder mystery. Very replayable, there are 8 separate cases that can be solved resulting in 24 possible outcomes and 9 different endings. If you get through all of those, even more cases can be downloaded. | ||
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| CatDog: The Quest for the Golden Hydrant | KnowWare / Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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It has recently been learned that somewhere in the town of Nearburg lies a coveted artifact - the Golden Hydrant. Every person and animal in town seems to want to claim it as their own, especially CatDog! Does this two-headed, interspecial being have what it takes? Join CatDog on a six-level adventure featuring animation never before seen in their popular Nickelodeon cartoon. You have the option of playing Adventure Mode to see the animation as you progress through the story or Arcade Mode to play your favorite game at one of ten different difficulty settings. Each 2D level differs from the others, with totally unique arcade action. In the first level, catch pieces of your treasure coupon being dropped by Eddie the Squirrel in a junkyard, avoiding any Greaser Dogs or other antagonists in your way. Then sled down a danger-filled icy slope en route to the Northern Trading Post, followed by a hazardous climb up Mount Nearburg. Next, blast away at aliens in space and join the crew at Taco Depot upon your return to Earth. Here, you'll scramble to ready tacos more quickly than others so as to become the joint's number-one employee. Finally, battle bats and mummies deep within a museum to secure the Golden Hydrant once and for all. Explore the city, a wintry hill, underground tombs, and a city south of the border while looking for the Golden Hydrant by exploring 60 different levels. | ||
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| Cendric's Quest | Pharos Games | [top] | |
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Cendric's Quest is the exciting prequel to SerpentHead. Years ago, the Royal Mage Cendric journeyed to the ancient fortress of IronGate to reassemble the lost SerpentScepter. Guide Cendric through IronGate's dungeons and tower rooms; help him confront its denizens and uncover its secrets. Rely on your wits and Cendric's magic to uncover the three parts of the SerpentScepter - the weapon you will later need to destroy evil in SerpentHead. Cendric's Quest features a digitized original musical score, digital sound effects, and intriguing puzzles. | ||
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| China: The Forbidden City | Canal+Multimédia, Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Réunion des Musées Nationaux / R&P Electronic Media | [top] | |
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Discover a visually spectacular 3D adventure game featuring the people, places and everyday life of Imperial China. Startling discoveries await you amidst the luxury of the interiors and gardens, the deviousness of the court officials and the intimacy of the imperial concubines, as you struggle to uncover a Machiavellian web of treason that threatens the lives of thousands. On June 21, 1775, in the 39th year of the reign of Qianlong, at dawn, in front of the staircase leading to the throne, the favorite of the Dowager Empress is found stabbed to death. The inquiry then begins in the astonishing maze of palaces. It is up to you to conduct it, you are the Superintendent of the Imperial House and the Emperor gives you this mission. You have to unravel a network of intrigues which will lead you discover a world unheard of. Go find the guy that murdered your boss and bring peace to the Forbidden City. | ||
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| Choose Your Own Nightmare: Bite of the Vampire | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is one of several games based on a spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. Do you dare enter Gravesend's cave to help save Jack and Matt from a fate far worse than the most wicked curse? The evil Vampires have a horrible harrowing nightmare in store for the boys, and only you can help them escape. Only you can help them escape from the bloodsucking jaws of the Vampires! Multipath Movies are three-dimensional, digitally animated stories, each with multiple plot alternatives or paths that are influenced by the user and lead to distinct conclusions. Each Multipath Movie Webisode runs approximately 30 minutes. With a simple mouse click, users can make decisions that impact the direction of the story and graphics as well as alter each character's mood and subsequent actions. | ||
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| Choose Your Own Nightmare: How I Became a Freak | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is one of several games based on a spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. Imagine waking to find a horrible, twisted mess of gnarled monster flesh staring back at you from the bedroom mirror! That's what happened to young Tim Merrick, and now it's up to you to help him find out why! This interactive multipath adventure is suitable for the entire family. You are about to experience a fantasy unlike anything you've ever done before - build from the very stuff of your own mind. How I Became A Freak is not only great animation, but you control the action. Your decisions shape the unfolding adventure, so that no two users will experience How I Became A Freak in exactly the same way. Multipath Movies are three-dimensional, digitally animated stories, each with multiple plot alternatives or paths that are influenced by the user and lead to distinct conclusions. Each Multipath Movie Webisode runs approximately 30 minutes. With a simple mouse click, users can make decisions that impact the direction of the story and graphics as well as alter each character's mood and subsequent actions. | ||
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| Choose Your Own Nightmare: Night of the Werewolf | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is one of several games based on a spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. This is a blood curdling thriller about the animal within us all, and takes you to your cousin's house where dead bodies with bite marks are popping up all over. As the monstrous thrills and chills unfold, use your keyboard to control the plot twists. With dozens of plot paths and multiple endings to choose from, you control just how terrifying the nightmare becomes. And you can play the movie again and again until all your worst nightmares come true. Multipath Movies are three-dimensional, digitally animated stories, each with multiple plot alternatives or paths that are influenced by the user and lead to distinct conclusions. Each Multipath Movie Webisode runs approximately 30 minutes. With a simple mouse click, users can make decisions that impact the direction of the story and graphics as well as alter each character's mood and subsequent actions. | ||
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| Choose Your Own Nightmare: The Curse of the Mummy | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is one of several games based on a spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. Young Zack and Josh are investigating a science project for school when they stumble upon the 2,000 curse stalking the Museum's dark and dusty halls. Join the two boys as they try to escape the Mummy's ancient grip of death. You are about to experience a fantasy unlike anything ever done before -- built from the very stuff of your own mind. It's not only great animation, but you control the action. Your decisions shape the unfolding adventure, so that no two users will experience it in exactly the same way. | ||
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| Choose Your Own Nightmare: The Evil Pen Pal | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is one of several games based on a spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. Sam's E-Mail pen-pal is coming over for the first time, and he's excited to have a great weekend. He soon discovers that his new pal, Billy, is no friend at all. He is a terrifying, crazy kid filled with pure evil. Now you join Sam in a sleep-over that could be a blast... or could be his last! Multipath Movies are three-dimensional, digitally animated stories, each with multiple plot alternatives or paths that are influenced by the user and lead to distinct conclusions. Each Multipath Movie Webisode runs approximately 30 minutes. With a simple mouse click, users can make decisions that impact the direction of the story and graphics as well as alter each character's mood and subsequent actions. | ||
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| Choose Your Own Nightmare: The Halloween Party | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is one of several games based on a spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. You'll be greeted by a devilish witch who's brewing up a murderous plot. You'll meet all the ghastly ghouls and frightful freaks that have been waiting to wreak havoc on this one special night. As the monstrous thrills and chills unfold, use your keyboard to control the plot twists. With dozens of plot paths and multiple endings to choose from, you control just how terrifying each nightmare becomes. And you can play the movie again and again until all your worst nightmares come true. Multipath Movies are three-dimensional, digitally animated stories, each with multiple plot alternatives or paths that are influenced by the user and lead to distinct conclusions. Each Multipath Movie Webisode runs approximately 30 minutes. With a simple mouse click, users can make decisions that impact the direction of the story and graphics as well as alter each character's mood and subsequent actions. | ||
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| Cocoon: Mayu [J] | Data West Co. Ltd. | [top] | |
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This visual novel has the theme of the cocoon of the hero who is the child of the good family and the feud with her grandmother. She is 17 years old. The name is a cocoon. She can not find my own worth and she wanders in the space between reality and fantasy. Soon she noticed the truth of astonishment... It has beautiful graphics of 3D and live action fused. A story with depth, and sound that excites. A new world unfolded with innovative visuals, that is a visual novel. This is not a game. However, because it narrows down to pictures and words, there is fun that is not in a usual game. Immerse yourself in this world carefully and imagine the world hidden behind the words. While pursuing beautiful graphics and words that are calculated as if it were calculated, you will get into the world of this strange and moving story one day. | ||
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| Comer | Shine Studio | [top] | |
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In the story of Comer you play the 28th "Comer", the last person in a long line of famous individuals who have attempted to solve the mystery of creation and extinction of life. By chance he enters a forbidden zone reserved for an experiment and by following the trail of your predecessors, will intervene in the next cycle of creation and extinction. Comer is a 1st person, point and click adventure without inventory like Myst, the game that inspired the game designer Kyle Choi to create Comer. The world of Comer consists of 3D pre-rendered photo-realistic graphics and during your journey, players will visit four lands (each contained on a separate disk). Many of the game's puzzles (for instance mechanical and musical puzzles) recall Myst as well. | ||
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| Cookie's Bustle [J] | Rodik | [top] | |
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You play as a 5-year old girl who imagines herself as a teddy bear. It can be said that the attraction of this game is in its twisted world view. Contrary to the colorful and cute impression received from graphics, the world weaved with poisonous humor and refracted characters is rather oriented towards adults, and that theme often also has a speculative element. However, it is not an extreme kind of thing that definitely restricts users, it is made with a wide range of layers from the adults to the children in view, and it is of a level that you can play with peace of mind. Supporting that view of the world is a graphic colored with delicate CG and pop color sense, animation is basically made in a bird's-eye view at the same time while being carefully made in some scenes, sticking to everywhere I feel it. Music also originally produced by musicians, and they showed extraordinary commitment, and a lot of BGMs which were covered mostly by live music are very high standards. Also, while listening to the pleasures of speech, voice actors also have real strengths and match without incompatibility. However, technically it is fixed at 640 × 480 resolution and does not correspond even to full screen, the sound does not correspond to hardware, and there is no setting with options at all, so dissatisfaction still remains. The content is an adventure which collects items as mentioned above and advances while solving mysteries by repeatedly talking with various people, but a mini game for getting medals is inserted in it. In addition, Cookie's physical condition management is important in this game, not only neglecting ability in the competition will fail, but also beyond limit will be dead and the game will be over, so it is necessary to always be careful. Mystery solving is not a crazy thing, but it is not necessarily a necessity, there are cases that need to take a certain step, items are difficult to find, it is somewhat difficult without a hint at all. Regardless of the important part, in fact it is drawing attention or hints are hidden in the conversation with the characters. However, if you carelessly miss this hint, there is also the possibility that it will become clear as there are no functions such as notes and files. Especially at the final stage you may need to play while taking notes. One thing is that save games can only use the same slot. There are two kinds of endings, Good and Bad, but eventually you will have to start over from the beginning if you want to see both. Certainly there is a branch point, so it can not be very good to finish with a no-saving ahead. If you only clear the play time, it will be possible if it is 3 to 4 hours. However, this game is quite enjoyable, such as an event unrelated to clearing, and it is made too much for such things so it is not too bad if you skipped them. Therefore, wandering around this world slowly and chillingly is probably the way to enjoy it. | ||
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| Cross Town I: Giften [Da] | Deadline Games / Vision Park | [top] | |
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This is a Danish adventure - Giften ("The Poison") is the tale of journalist Minna Walker and her quest to uncover if someone poisoned the water supply of the city of CrossTown. Giften was the first game in what was meant to be a CrossTown trilogy. It was made after a manuscript by the Danish author Merete Pryds Helle. The game takes place in the fictive city of Crosstown, where the player controls the journalist Minna Walker, who works at the newspaper The Globe. During the course of her job, she uncovers a connection between the city sewers and a string of sickness that has befallen several of the residents of the city. Digging deeper, Walker finds that a plan to poison the sewers with toxic waste from a local power plant has ties to a tale of lost love and old grudges, and she gets to learn about the lives of those involved. The game stars a unique graphic landscape consisting of hand-drawn environments and characters, of black and yellow colors only. Items, characters and environment that can be interacted with is highlighted in deep yellow at mouse-over. Walker can interview residents of Crosstown, although her own lines are limited to 3-4 default sentences (an introduction, a request for help etc.). Consequently, most of the dialogue in the games is actually monologues by the other characters. Minna Walker cannot die in the game, so there is no " Game over". Some bugs, however, may sometimes render the game unsolvable. | ||
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| De Griezelbus 2 [Du] | Warehouse Multimedia / Elzenga-Uitgeverij Zwijsen Algemeen B.V. | [top] | |
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Horror Bus 2 is an adventure game for teenagers based on the 1994 horror book of the same name by Dutch youth author Paul van Loon. De griezelbus is a series of books (7 so far) about teenagers who get trapped in the bus of the evil P. Onnoval (an anagram of the author's name). The different stories have also been adapted for two films. This CD-ROM turns the book's storyline into an adventure game. You have to explore the junkyard Roestzacht, where four children have gone missing. Your main task is to collect the author's stolen stories and defeat P. Onnoval in his griezelbus. Played from a first-person perspective, you have to find clues and solve puzzles based on maths, logic, cipher and colours. Although the game is meant for ages 9 and up, some of the puzzles are quite difficult. During your quest, the author assists you with hints. You also have a depletable energy key to open special locks, a notebook to write down numbers and codes, and an overview of the stories collected so far. | ||
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| Detective Barbie 2: The Vacation Mystery | Gorilla Systems Corporation / Mattel Interactive | [top] | |
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Join Barbie and her friends for her second adventure as a detective called upon to solve a big mystery. You'll travel to a beach resort designed by an innovative and clever inventor. As in the first game of the series, you can enter or select your name from an extensive library and Barbie will talk to you during the adventure using your name. An added feature is the ability to import your picture or photos from the Barbie Digital Camera if you should happen to own that product. This time around, the adventure has you searching for expensive jewels that have disappeared. You'll investigate by interviewing a cast of characters, store your clues in the in-game crime computer, and garner hints by talking with Barbie's friend Becky. You'll explore the entire resort, search for clues with tools such as a magnifying glass, and uncover hidden areas. The interface is point-and-click and utilizes a "smart" cursor that changes to various icons for different situations as you explore your onscreen locations. Activities include racing a four-wheeler over the dunes, pursuing suspects in a boat chase, and even fighting the winds and clouds for a bird's eye view of the resort from your hang glider! The game contains a series of puzzles encompassing items such as a piano, lighthouse, gazebo, and desk. You can print out images, a Junior Detective Badge, and even postcards. | ||
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| Detective Hayseed: The Cloning Madness / Polda 2 | ZIMA Software | [top] | |
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The town Marsias is known all around the world because of the "DNA Revolution" factory that clones doubles of celebrities and politicians. The town also holds the election of "Miss Clone", but at the very night of the election is the hotel where it takes place set ablaze and the contestants are kidnapped. And so Pankrác, the cop from the first game, returns to solve the new case. But it won't be so easy - true, he was promoted since the last time, yet his superior doesn't trust him, so the Cop has to earn his trust first by solving a different case. The sequel to Polda is again a humorous point-and-click adventure, but this time most of the comedic elements come from the pop cultural quotations and cameos of celebrity clones and historical characters - including Adolf Hitler, Caesar, Napoleon, the character from Mexican soap, the former Czech prime minister who tries to solve the state debt by gambling and Lara Croft once again. In Dec/2023, a fully English version was released. | ||
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| Discworld Noir | Perfect Entertainment / GT Interactive Software Corp. | [top] | |
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This is the third and last PC game based on Terry Pratchett's popular fantasy universe. It is also the best, even though Rincewind (the hero from the other two games) is nowhere to be found, and light-hearted humor has been replaced by forboding atmosphere and shady characters. The one thing that it has in common with its predecessors, though, is the sharp British wit... and droning dialogues that seem to take forever. It's set in the most depraved city in the Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, where the sun never shines (because it is always night). You play Lewton, a downtrodden P.I. who was once a member of the Watch (i.e. Discworld police) until he was fired for accepting a bribe. The beautiful and mysterious Carlotta just hired you to find Mundy, her ex-lover. As you start looking into Mundy's disappearance more missing persons cases present themselves to you. Missing persons start turning up dead with yours truly as the prime suspect. Throw in a missing artifact, some shady underworld characters, and the ex-girlfriend who broke you heart, and you have all the elements of classic Raymond Chandler noir novels. In a refreshing break from the recent trend of 3D adventures, it's a traditional third-person adventure with a few novel twists. In addition to the standard point-and-click interface, you have a notebook that contains a list of suspects' names and clues. By clicking on one of these and then clicking on something else in the environment that you think relates to it, if the two things are related, you will gain new insights that often lead to new clue(s) appearing in the notebook. While most of the conversations talking to suspects are witty, they are also excessively long - not unlike the previous two Discworld games. However, it's an excellent adventure that's well worth the money. Its interesting plot and characters, great interface, and challenging puzzles really brings Lewton's world to life, and make the game's weaknesses seem trivial. The game was never released in the US, only in Europe. | ||
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The game's story is set in the bedroom of the player, presumably a child. Jiminy Cricket is the guardian of a book in the player's room which features several stories with happy endings. However, the book's happy ending pages are ripped out by several Disney Villains, namely Captain Hook from Peter Pan; The Wicked Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland and the Ringmaster from Dumbo, who alter the stories to their advantage, without the presence of happy endings. Jiminy and the player venture into the worlds of the stories to correct the happy endings. In the altered stories, the Wicked Queen has built a giant house resembling her infamous poisoned apple and has put Snow White to sleep and intends to do the same to the seven dwarves. Prince Charming is also trapped by magic; The Ringmaster forces Dumbo to endlessly perform humiliating stunts in his circus; the Queen of Hearts has rather violently had Alice decapitated, although the girl does remain alive despite the separation of her body and head; and Captain Hook as aged Peter Pan into an old man, making it hard for the boy to fight, and the player fights Hook instead. The villains are defeated but then steal the happy ending pages, changing the bedroom into a battlefield mixed with their four areas. All of the happy endings are restored at the end of the game. Most of the games involve a click-and-drag routine (e.g. dragging branches of thorns off of a trapped Jiminy in the Snow White world). In the Queen of Hearts labyrinth world, the player has to listen out for Alice's voice and decide on a direction to go in the maze to locate her head. In the Neverland world, the player has to move the mouse to combat Captain Hook with a sword, through which the mouse's movements are shown, much like how the Wii gameplay works. In the final boss battle against the game's four villains, the game goes into a point of view similar to what one might find in a first-person shooter game. The player uses the storybook as a shield to block and deflect fired projectiles at the enemies of the game. Upon completing the game, several minigames are unlocked. There's replayable puzzles, games, mazes, and exploration, and special reward video clips of classic Disney animation. | ||
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| Djuphavsjakten [Sw] | Monsterland Produktion AB / Levande Böcker i Norden AB | [top] | |
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On a small island in the ocean live two brothers, the old captain Styrbjörn and the oceanographer Herman. One day they are out fishing when they get to see something very strange. Dead fishes suddenly start floating up to the surface and after a while a large area of the sea is covered with them. The brothers get curious and decide to find out what is behind the fish death. Therefore they initiate a research project and it's up to the player to help them out. Djuphavsjakten ("The Deep Sea Hunt") is an educational game dealing with a wide range of subjects such as biology, oceanography, ecology, geology, physics and technology. The gameplay can be compared to a simplified RTS, one with a complete focus on research, construction and resource management. At the start of the game the player only has access to the brothers' boats. Some research can be done on these but for more advanced projects more buildings (such a laboratory and a workshop) have to be constructed. Each new building introduces a new character to the story. When these characters have finished their research on a subject they give the player a report and it's here that the educational aspects of the game come into play. The research reports not only include text and images but many of them are also interactive and require the player to finish them by showing what he knows. The player doesn't have infinite funds and new buildings and research projects cost money. To gain money the player can do missions. Some of these missions involve mini-games (for example pulling a cable between two islands or photographing birds) while others involve doing specific research projects. | ||
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| Dr. Brain Thinking Games: IQ Adventure / Dr Brain The Ultimate Games for Your Brain: Mindventure | Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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This time Dr. Brain has accidentally transported you to a strange world filled with plant people, molemen, and angry robots. Now you've got to use all of your smarts to locate and reassemble the fragmented pieces of the transporter that brought you here, and find a way back home. Explore this jungle in search of clues and parts of your transporter. If you can solve the puzzles in the ancient ruins, the Molemen will trade you for the tools you need to continue your quest. The robots who rule this world have polluted the planet and mutated the peaceful creatures into monsters. Escape this unhealthy realm as quickly as you can. To get home, you've got to get past the robotic guardians. Careful, they've spent years stealing brainpower and now they have their sights set on you. There's 15 mind-bending missions through 4 bizarre environments. 3D graphics put you in the middle of an insane world. Hundreds of puzzles change every time you play and the cool dialog engine lets you talk to dozens of characters. | ||
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| Dr. Brain: Action Reaction | Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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Dr. Brain: Action Reaction is a 3D puzzle game for children using the Unreal engine. The player takes on the role of Dr. Brain just as in the rest of the series. Dr. Brain has been captured by Sinister People Organized Really Efficiently (S.P.O.R.E.) and now he has to escape from their villainous underwater lair and save the world while he's at it. The game world is presented in 3D through a first person perspective. You can run around freely, jump, swim and even fly in some areas. Through 45 levels you'll have to do such things as fly through gravity-defying field simulators, fire cannons and redirect routing systems. Each level presents its own puzzles you must overcome to escape from the lair. | ||
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| Dream Land: Final Solution [Cz] | Top Galaxy / Top Galaxy | [top] | |
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The story is truly original: Fully developed virtual technologies have in the near future enabled all people to realize their dreams and innermost desires. On Earth, however, they are forbidden and, therefore, it was built to orbit the giant entertainment station Dream Land. This provides virtually every type of entertainment and the advertising company that owns the complex offers the ultimate solution to all their problems. Not everything, however, is such as it first appears. It is the journalist Jimmy Dix, who needs to find out what really lies in the virtual worlds. Help him. The game offers an incredible 110 backgrounds - 65 with 2D graphics in the orbital station, and 45 with 3D graphics in 7 virtual worlds. Each world has a different player character, about 250 NPCs, technology, synchronization of speech and lip movement, over 4000 lines of dialogue, a huge amount of animation (27,000 frames), 600 real sounds, 50 minutes of music in 10 tracks of music, and logic puzzles and plot. | ||
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| Dylan Dog: Horror Luna Park [It] | Bedroom Studios, NewMediaAround / RCS - Rizzoli New Media | [top] | |
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This is an Italian adventure game, based on the famous comic Dylan Dog by Tiziano Sclavi, who also took part in the project. This time, Dylan is trapped in a very dark and disturbing nightmare (in the form of a Luna Park). He doesn't remember how he ended up there, so he starts to investigate this event and the way to exit from this horrible place. During the game, you'll run into other famous characters from the comic such as Groucho, Bloch, Hamlin, Lord Wells, Lady Trelkovsky, Morgana and Marina. It's a classic point&click adventure, with a very simple interface. Dialogues are not interactive. | ||
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| Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh | Canal+Multimédia, Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Réunion des Musées Nationaux / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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A number of games allow you to search the tombs of ancient Egypt, but few allow you to do so IN ancient Egypt. Taking place (appropriately enough) in 1156 B.C., you play Ramose, a young Egyptian man who hopes to prove himself a worthy investigator for the current rulers of Egypt. Your first assignment is not an easy one, as a Tomb of Sethi I, a pharaoh has been desecrated and looted and your own father has been accused of the crime. You have three days to prove his innocence and stay the sentence of execution. Gameplay takes place in a first person mode similar to fans of this kind of adventure game. Unlike some games that give you a static, unmoving image to look at, Egypt 1156 B.C. allows you to look around at any location in a smooth turn (similar to QuickTime VR, but with better results). This gives you a 'you are there' feel that many other games lack. All graphics are 3-D rendered and occassionally actions will give you a third person cutscene as a reward. Communication is through a simple branch tree and both talking and puzzle solving involves the manipulation of objects, both in and out of your inventory. In addition to being a mystery/adventure game, Egypt 1156 B.C. also comes with reference material about ancient Egypt, its people, and its culture. These are available whenever you discover something interesting in the middle of the game or can be accessed via the main menu. | ||
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| El Caso de la Pathfinder [Sp] | Ridgewood Interactives | [top] | |
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Play as a detective who has to find a saboteur of the Pathfinder satellite. This game was given away with the magazine Time as an excuse to enter a sweepstakes where you could win a telescope. Whoever solved the game entered the sweepstakes. | ||
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| El Castell dels Monstres / El Castillo de los Monstruos [Sp] | Itaca / Club Super3 | [top] | |
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This is an adventure involving three kids and a dog from a story of famous author Enid Blyton. It's recommended for children ages 3 to 5. They are young friends very fond of detectives, forming the "Club de la Calavera". It's composed of Fernando and Martha, brothers, Julio (chubby's group) and Attila the dog. The dialogues during the game have no subtitles, only there are voices in Catalan. | ||
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| Famous Five 1: Treasure Island | Westka Interactive / Ravensburger | [top] | |
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Treasure Island is an interactive adventure inspired by the ever-popular Famous Five Books, and will bring the classic tales to a whole new generation. Brothers Julian and Dick and their sister Ann are staying with their cousin George (Georgina really) and her faithful dog Timmy, and George's parents, Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny, at Kirrin Cottage. However, they are not alone: a mysterious, scheming professor has rented one of the rooms in the cottage. The children soon become suspicious of the professor, when they discover that he is interested in an old shipwreck which had sunk off Kirrin Island many years before. The scene is set, the story unfolds, then players must find the clues, disentangle the secrets, solve the puzzles and lead the Famous Five into a thrilling adventure involving caves, secret hiding places, rowing boats, castle ruins, dungeons and hidden treasure. The manufacturer's recommended age is 8-12--which seems accurate--but younger players may need assistance. Persistence is necessary, as the game is not easy, and it must be remembered that only the tip of the cursor is used, when combing things together or using things. All in all, the game is intelligent, interactive and challenging, with superb graphics. The game really brings the characters of the Famous Five to life. | ||
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| Faust / Seven Games of The Soul | Anne Carrière Multimedia, Arxel Tribe / Cryo Interactive Entertainment / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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In this dark adventure game you play as an old black man, Marcellus Faust. In an old theme park, now condemned and abandoned because of numerous disappearances which happened there, you meet Mepistopheles, the Devil himself. Mepistopheles is not your typical red devil; he is instead a charismatic, charming and mysterious man. From there, your quest begins. The Devil asks you to help him: he had a quarrel with God (or the Boss, as he calls him) about whether or not 7 souls who lived here during the 1930 Depression era should be condemned. You have to investigate on their lives in the past and find evidences of their acts: the decision will be based on your findings. During your inquiry, you will discover the dark side and the worst of the human nature. These seven lives were touched by temptations, lust and greed, and you'll have to understand how they can lead to crimes. The whole game is composed of 3D rendered environments in which you can rotate to 360°. | ||
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| Forgotten, The - It Begins | Ransom Interactive / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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This game was originally designed to be only an introductory prologue to a much longer story, a series of 7 games. But, as is so often the case, the series never materialized and the game languished, gathering dust, from the time of its original inception (1996) until DreamCatcher finally picked it up and made it available to the general public. As the game begins, you find yourself in a room somewhere, with no memory of how you got here or why, or even who you are. As you begin to explore you discover a letter, apparently written to you from one Richard Haliburton (the renowned real-life archaeologist and explorer who mysteriously vanished during the 1930s). Evidently he had been expecting you, or someone, for some reason and has left you a scant outline of the situation plus a few tools which you may find helpful on your unnamed 'mission'. It seems that a very ancient and advanced race of beings, known only as 'The Collectors', exists unsuspected by humanity. They are very powerful and can both monitor and control people and events, even time itself, through the use of certain magical cards and artifacts called 'The Collection'. Unfortunately these cards can be used for either good or evil, and extended use may result in you yourself being collected. But what is your connection with this ancient race? What are you expected to do with them, or to them? You pick up the one card that Haliburton left, to examine it and suddenly find yourself outside on a strange and deserted street, in front of a locked iron gate leading to God-knows-where. There are places for the insertion of cards in the framework, so you try yours but nothing happens. Since you have no other options, you begin to explore. The game is set in New Orleans, that city of mystery and magic where anything is possible, at night, and the mood is evocative and eerie (a shop sign swaying in the wind, a strange apothecary shop). But most of your solitary investigations take place in an old closed and abandoned hotel, both in the present and the past (1930s), where the faded beauty of the furnishings and haunted aura of the rooms further add to the surrealistic feeling. It is a linear, 1st person, fully explorable, non-threatening, point and click game, with an inventory which is divided into 2 sections (one part regular and the other for 'The Collection' items). The low light graphics, although somewhat grainy when panning (it was made before QuickTime 3.0), are finely detailed and beautifully rendered, the graininess seemingly appropriate to the feeling of somehow being in the middle of an old movie. Add to that the fact that several famous real-life names are involved in the story (Haliburton, Amelia Earhart, Aleister Crowley, Tsar Nicholas II and his daughter Anastasia, Rasputin), and the total effect is one of actually being part of some grand historical mystery. But the game does have a few serious drawbacks, primarily due to the original purpose behind its design. First and foremost, it is way too short (prologue length, with only about 5 hours of gameplay). And although it is a complete game by itself, it leaves too many questions unanswered and too many things unresolved, even several still unused inventory items at the end of the game (prologue approach). And finally, since it was designed to attract novice gamers, most of the puzzles may be far too easy to challenge seasoned adventurers. | ||
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| Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | [top] | |
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Arguably the best adventure game series ever made, Gabriel Knight not only sets new standards of interactive storytelling, but also proves that computer games can be no less literate, mature, well-informed, and thought-provoking than other media. Jane Jensen has created in a disheveled, egotistical, and tormented New Orleans writer one of the most memorable computer game protagonists of all time, and thrust the term Shattenjäger into the public spotlight. Every new Gabriel Knight game not only has an even better story than the last, but also pushed the technological envelope at Sierra in creative ways that no other designer can match. The amazing character-independent movement modes and interface in this game is testament to how 3D can actually enhance gameplay in adventure genre. It tackles Rennes-le-Château, one of the world's most famous unsolved mysteries and one of the most hotly-contested locations of the Holy Grail. Gabriel and Grace were requested by Prince James to help guard son from evil men he suspected to be vampires. One night as they were on watch, a mysterious kidnapper succeeds in abducting the baby. Gabriel pursued them on a train, only to find himself whacked on the head and woke up in Rennes-le-Château. He has no choice but to check himself in a hotel, explore the area, and find the missing baby. True to the region's rich history, you will soon come across references to various legends including the Knight Templars, vampires, political conspiracies, and of course the Holy Grail itself... the unravelling of which will explain not only why Prince James' son is important, but also sheds light on Gabriel's own destiny. You can roam around the scenes as Gabriel/Grace stands still, and soon as you want to interact with something, Gabriel/Grace will walk over to the hotspot. This independent movement method and the game's real time gameplay makes possible some excellent puzzles, such as stealing Mosely's passport. As with previous games, the amount of research that went into GK3 gives rise to not only a believable plot, but also some compelling puzzles. The La Serpent Rouge puzzle you get to solve as Grace using Sidney, the in-game computer, is one of the most elaborate (and even educational!) puzzles ever devised. With an outstanding plot, great characters (Tim Curry is once again back to his celebrated role as the voice of Gabriel Knight), and exceptional gameplay, it will glue you to the screen for days on end. If you like mature, thought-provoking adventure games, you can't go far wrong with this classic. | ||
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An isometric adventure action based on the eponymous comic book of the 1970s. The action takes place during the Japanese occupation of South Korea. The protagonist is a young man, Yi Gangto, who, like his father, works with the Japanese authorities and often carries out assignments for them, which makes him many enemies in his native village. However, when the new garrison commander, Kimura, takes his lover away, he decides to break into the residence. There he witnesses the battle between Kimura and the legendary Haxital, but both die, and Ganto decides to pick up the mask and become the new avenger. The gameplay can be divided into two parts: adventure and action. In the first, we have to communicate a lot with NPCs, acquire and find various items and prepare for an attack on another object. After getting into it, the action part begins, in which you can apply martial arts skills (Ctrl - fists, Alt - legs, X - forward somersault), as well as small arms. Health is displayed by a blue scale at the bottom of the screen, and a red scale is also located there, which is spent on particularly powerful melee techniques. Unfortunately, the responsiveness of management and the strange recognition of hit boxes and the behavior of opponents (some can stand as idols, others can run up and beat without stopping and the ability to rise) make the fight extremely difficult, which is complemented by the inability to save in the process of these stages. The graphics are done in isometric perspective and pre-rendered style, falling between Britra and Quo Vadis: A Coldblooded Demon in quality. The music sounds nice and atmospheric in its own way. | ||
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| Garage: Bad Dream Adventure | Kinotrope, Sakuba Metal Works / SmokymonkeyS | [top] | |
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This was originally released in limited numbers (3,000 units). It's a point-and-click game, directed by Tomomi Sakuba, that features bizarre, surreal, often nightmarish (as the title implies) and sometimes graphic imagery. The player controls a small alien-like robot, maneuvering their way through a barren, foreboding landscape of cracked wood paneling and old, rusting machinery, complete with creepy, lifeless faces. The eerie background music (or lack thereof, at times) only adds to the sense of impending danger, making for a very unsettling atmosphere. The basic gameplay seems resource oriented as the robot has two bars. Interacting with npcs engages some sort of item shop. The game is all pre-rendered and digitized and gives a real 90's feel to it. The music is very solemn and strange. LSD has a similar soundtrack ambiance wise. An English Translation was released in 2020. On July 8/2022, an official English version was released. | ||
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| Goodnight Mr. Snoozleberg | Sarbakan | [top] | |
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Expert diplomat Mr. Snoozleberg has a busy schedule: bullet-train inaugurations, movie awards, alien invasions, theme park visits. He can handle everything, though, as long as he gets a good night rest... and his sleepwalking makes that difficult. It'll be up to you to prevent international incidents by point and clicking objects at the right time to form a safe platforming path! The game was released in two seasons of four chapters each with five screens. Even finding the latest pitfall is fun as you'll see a funny animation of some bad incident that happens to Mr. Snoozleberg. Then you will restart the screen until you find a way past all obstacles. The unique premise and polished animation are timeless. With its emphasis on well-timed physical comedy, it has all the charm of an interactive Looney Toon. It has received the praise of many prestigious institutions such as The New York Times ("one of the best games you can play on the Internet") and the American Library Association (Best Kids Website 2001). | ||
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| Gränsland [Sw] | Snille / Paregos mediadesign | [top] | |
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The main character of Gränsland is on the verge of adulthood: she leaves her native nest and moves to an apartment in an ordinary house. But it is not as simple as it seems at first glance, and the atmosphere there is by no means neighborly: the tenants are constantly saying something, and the mysterious doors in their apartments, which no one seems to see, give off a dim light. Before how to start the description, you need to immediately warn the potential player: when passing, there may be big problems with understanding the plot. In addition to the fact that the narrative is very allegorical and filled with symbology, everything else also happens in Swedish, with no subtitles provided. Action unfolds in the apartments of one entrance of a three-story building. The game is divided into 3 days, which are, in essence, chapters: there is no change of day here. Our neighbors are Judit, Jonas and Edgar. Jonas lives on the first floor. He has the most modern apartment of the whole trinity: he even has a computer. The young man has a typical problem: his father wants him to study in England as an economist, and Jonas himself raves about astronomy. Judit is his neighbor. She is a stylish old lady, but there is something strange in her love for bright clothes ... Edgar is a professor living on the second floor. His apartment is lined with old furniture, and cabinets are bursting with dusty books. The game world is filled with magical realism - a combination of everyday life and a competent interspersing of elements of the supernatural and even magical. This literary genre in games is catastrophically rare. Also there is a detective story and a teenage romance. The mysticism in the game is subtle and unobtrusive, it is emphasized by music and sound effects, which are always appropriate in relation to what is happening on the screen. More than once there will be associations with the series “Twin Peaks” by David Lynch. It even has its own Laura Palmer - Saga, from a philosophical point of view - the main character of the work. This is a missing girl who is the main topic of conversation with the characters. A distinctive feature of the game story is the layering. Indeed, the main plot with the search for the Saga is only the tip of the iceberg, needed mainly not for the events of the events themselves, although they are very exciting, but in order to pose the player complex philosophical questions that he will reflect on while he travels slowly from one floor home to another. Gameplay is a panoramic quest: we go with the arrows on the screen, we select objects with the mouse. When you click in the upper right corner, the inventory opens, and if you click on the bottom left, you can save, boot, exit the game or adjust the volume. There are few quest riddles to combine items here, and they are simple. But you have to run around: having seen something new in the location or having read some document, you need to go around all the neighbors and see if new dialogues have opened with them. They start automatically when you head to someone’s apartment. Our new friends chat a lot and the characters seem truly alive. A rare example of acting in FMV, when Stanislavsky would shout: "I believe!" as opposed to the clowning that happens so often in American quests. You even get the feeling that our movements around the house and conversations have an effect on the heroes and they react to the actions of the player. A similar effect was in Façade, but objectively this is not so: we have no influence on the characters in the gameplay, and there is no variation here. But what part of the house the neighbors find themselves in and how the actors play, looks so natural that it seems as if we actually settled next to them for several days in the same house. The texts are well written: dialogues, Saga diary, thoughts of the main character, which are constantly displayed on the screen. The game is overshadowed by only one fact: it clearly had a modest budget and very small in scale. But maybe the chamberness of such a story is only good. | ||
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| Horke leto 2: Majer se vrací [Cz] | JRC Interactive / Centauri Production s.r.o. | [top] | |
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The Native American tribe Hatanapalats lives peacefully on the edge of the Arizona desert. The story could have ended before it even started, provided that the famous bandit One-Eye Dingo (nobody knows why he calls himself in this way because his eyesight is perfect) wouldn't steal the artefact Purple Salamander. But he did, and the desperate shaman calls for the hero from the future. But what happens - the ugly beer-drinking slacker Honza Majer appears... The shaman isn't impressed and refuses to give Majer the quest unless he first proves his worthiness. This title, translated as Hot Summer 2: Majer Returns, is a sequel to the 1998 game Horké léto. Following its predecessor, it's a point and click adventure controlled by mouse. Once again, Zdeněk Izer provides all voicing (except for the good-looking female characters). It also features mini-games (including shooting villains, playing poker and the piano) and the player must beat them in order to progress through the story. | ||
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| In the Shadow of the Raven (Ve Stinu Havrana) / In The Raven Shadow | Rainbow Rhino / CINEMAX, s. r. o. | [top] | |
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This is a Czech point-and-click adventure that was originally released in 1999 as Ve stínu havrana and re-released in 2000 with English subtitles. In the game you play Severin, a young monk, who is accused by his abbot of the worst sins, because he has adult literature in his possession (which he has just taken away from his naughty students). As the game plays in the dark Middle Ages, Severin has to fear for his life, but he manages to escape by jumping out of a window. Lying on the ground, he dreams a strange dream in which a voice tells him he has to find the meaning of life. When he awakes, he finds himself in a forest and decides to follow his dream's advice. | ||
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| Inherent Evil: The Haunted Hotel | Eclipse / Headgames Software | [top] | |
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Twenty years ago, your parents opened the Reed Hotel, and were mysteriously killed shortly after. Now, against all advice, your brother has decided to re-open it... and he's gone missing. You must explore the evil place to save him, and try to escape with your life. What lurks in the bowels of the Hotel's basement? What secrets do the rooms in the upper floors hold? As Kyle Reed, you'll explore from a first person perspective. To move from screen to screen, click on green areas that appear on-screen. Interaction is handled by the use of various icons that appear over "hot spots" or objects, very similar to The 7th Guest. The game is divided into 8 chapters (or "levels"). Should you die, you'll either be exited from the game or be able to restart the previous chapter. There are multiple endings based upon your actions within the game. It was supposed to be released episodically, one chapter per week, with a $10,000 cash prize to the first person to 'solve' the game. This structure led to some interesting design decisions; originally, each chapter dropped you to the desk-top on conclusion, and there was no way to save games during a level. That would have worked fine, given the prize structure attached to the game - but as so often happens to independent game developers, the publishers changed their mind half-way through development, didn't provide enough funding to fix things, and when it was released, it got seriously mixed reviews - people liked the art, the story, and the actual gameplay, but found the fact that you got dumped to desktop, and couldn't save, highly annoying. In a revised version, the "dump to desktop" feature is gone but you still can't save in-level. It has a strong atmosphere of horror, a degree of humor, and intelligently conceived puzzles in a graphic adventure in the classic mold. | ||
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| Iron Mask, The [It] | Ottavio di Chio / MediaLab SRL | [top] | |
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The beginning of The Iron Mask is based on the legendary figure of the Iron Mask, a mysterious individual protagonist of "Les Jumeaux" by Victor Hugo, masked and imprisoned in the dungeons of the Bastille a few decades before the historic French Revolution. In the game (set in the present day) you play as a Parisian thief named Efrem Treville, who inadvertently discovers the real identity of the man who lived behind the mask. Everything becomes a treasure hunt, the search of the truth behind the myth. The solution to the game could be figured out by visiting specific websites and telephone operators actually used to give clues! Of course at that time it was a really interesting experiment in terms of marketing, a combined use of information technology in the field of gaming. The soundtrack is from none other than the composer Madaski, who check sinto the game as well as "villain" of the story. The audio is of excellent workmanship, with music very appropriate that emphasizes the historical events. The graphics are cartoony, with some movies in FMV (as introduction). The game is in Italian, professionally voiced, but no subtitles. | ||
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| Isabelle | Le Poisson Volant / Belisa | [top] | |
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The player controls George, a young blind man who has to convince his village that More, a villain who has assumed power locally, is masterminding a wicked plot. George is assisted by Raymond, his younger brother, to thwart Isabelle, George's own fiancee (who finds More's tyranny seductive). Many found the game to be bizarre and confusing, but colourful and innovative. Soon after the game's release, Isabelle won the Möbius prize in the categories of Critique and Fiction. With its bright, beautiful world, abstract characters, and humorous animation, Isabelle screams "I'm different!" - a welcome message indeed in the increasingly stagnant adventure genre. Isabelle's gameplay elements match its graphics in terms of quirkiness. The player controls (in alternating fashion) two little boys. The first is named George, who is blind, and the other is Raymond, his bratty little brother. The twist is that the world is seen differently when playing each character. Raymond sees the world as it "is," while George, who can only imagine it in his mind's eye, sees it in a completely different light. This comes into play in terms of the puzzles in the game, which often require using George's perspective to alter Raymond's reality. For example, Raymond may encounter an obstacle which he cannot seem to pass. But to George, the obstacle appears insignificant, and he can remove it without difficulty, which in turn lets Raymond advance. Playing Isabelle is a very open-ended experience, as players have complete freedom of movement through its vast and unique 3D world. Sprinkled about are dozens of oddball characters who, in keeping with the abstract tone of the game, speak a make-believe language, which is essentially unintelligible yet nonetheless indicates the general emotional state of the speaker. The game also includes a narrative track, which explores the thoughts of Raymond and George and helps to move the story along. Combine all this with a complex story filled with odd allusions and hidden meanings, and you have a truly surreal game world that should appeal to gamers and semiotic students alike. | ||
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| Isle of Right [G] | Bernnet AG/Arcmedia/Haupt Digital | [top] | |
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This is an adventurous search for the missing human rights, an edutainment CD-ROM to the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". Finally, you spend your long-awaited vacation on an island somewhere in the world, and soon after your arrival, a journalist is arrested, a judge is missing and a teacher is gone after a police interrogation. You're right in the middle of the threatening events on the Isle of Right and the sinister machinations of the island's President Alposto. By members of the FIR (Freedom for the Isle of Right), you are selected to provide infos on actions perpetrated by the dictator Alposto and uncover egregious political persecution and human rights violations. Again and again you come across questions on the theme of human rights, the answers will get you a little closer to the goal. Here you are on a laptop, and you will need to find many folders of knowledge available in the course. But determining and answering questions is not enough. You must be interactive, develop strategies and use all available tools and media in order to mobilize public opinion against the arbitrary rule of the island-president. The aim of the game is peaceful, that the dictator must evacuate through the practical implementation of human rights into place. | ||
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| Itacante: La Cité Des Robots [Fr] | Lexis Numérique / Emme Interactive | [top] | |
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It is not always easy to interest children in science. Often difficult, complex, learning this material is a time for the most source of discouragement among children who understand nothing. However, no mind is totally impervious to science, it is enough to open it by playful methods. Diving with passion into an adventure influenced by film and fantasy literature is a nice way to discover the world of science. Minh Phan, the author of Itacante the city of robots, wonders how to build robots from spare parts, acquired here or there, and thus gradually enter into the world of robotics, a strange sphere populated with amazing creatures. The goal is to reach the second level of this sphere in order to release the creatures that live in the grip of a tyrant. Action or reflection are used for leisure and, ultimately, the child handles better the logic of discipline. Are you the hero who will overcome Vulcor, the memory thief? Many trials await you. Fortunately, you can count on the robots you meet or you program yourself for them to perform simple or complex operations as you progress in the adventure. A different experience for each player because the parts and characteristics of robots depend on a serial numbers assigned during installation. But if necessary, you can share robots or parts on the internet. | ||
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| Jersey Devil | Behaviour Interactive / Ocean Software | [top] | |
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In this 3D platform adventure, the evil Dr. Knarf is trying to take over Jersey City with an army of mutant vegetables. Who can save the city? Only the Jersey Devil, a hero dressed in a purple double-breasted suit and matching mask. You take control of the dapper hero as he explores six expansive levels looking for letters that spell out "KNARF." To get a hold of all of the letters, Jersey Devil will have to battle mutant pumpkins, radioactive carrots, cavemen, and ill-tempered dinosaurs. Further complicating things, each stage is divided into three subsections with bosses to battle. Once you've collected all of the letters, a golden "K" appears and allows access to the levels secret areas. | ||
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| Jönssonligan: Jakten på Mjölner [Sw] | Korkeken Interactive Studio AB / IQ Media Nordic | [top] | |
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This is a point-and-click adventure game based on the Swedish film series Jönssonligan. The objective of the game is to find an archaeological find with Thor's hammer Mjolnir. The description of how to find it are available in four separate parts that are scattered in various European cities, Rome, Paris, London and Berlin. The game lets you follow Sickan, Vanheden and Dynamite Harry in Europe. The game has several of the earlier film actors supply the voices. | ||
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| Journey, The (Alice In Chains - Music Bank) | Alice in Chains / Sony Music | [top] | |
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Music Bank was a compilation of the music group Alice in Chains' unreleased and released material on four disks. On the fourth cd, it included this adventure game of exploration called The Journey not unlike Queensryche's Promised Land. The game's soundtrack is composed completely of riffs and chorus lines from songs on the Music Bank disks. Alice in Chains has always had a dark nature to their music and the game’'s visuals reflect that perfectly. The gamer is transported to a Wonderland-gone-wrong type world where, contrary to common belief, rock music is NOT the Devil's music. The Devil has decided to rid the world of the positive effects of music beginning with Alice in Chains. Yes, an unlikely story, but at least a plot twist of sorts. The four members of Alice in Chains have been kidnapped. The gamer must travel to the depths of Purgatory to reclaim the souls of the Alice in Chains' members in the form of dolls. This game is a Macromedia Projector movie with limited interaction. There is no real interface as the game does not allow saving. This is unfortunate as the game takes 30-45 minutes to complete even when the player knows how to solve the puzzles. There are four worlds, one for each band member: Layne Staley, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez, and Jerry Cantrell. There are video clips, interviews, and assorted other goodies on the cd as well. | ||
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| Kana: Little Sister | D.O. Corp. / G-Collections | [top] | |
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This is is a Japanese dating simulator originally released in Japan in 1999. It was translated and published in an English version in 2002. It focuses on storytelling, and falls into the subgenre of dating sims which are full of tragic events and meant to be emotionally moving for the player. It also falls into the subgenre of games, manga, and anime revolving around incestuous relationships. One playthrough of the game takes about 5 to 10 hours. The story of Taka and his little sister Kana is told from Taka's perspective, starting when Kana is just about to start high school and then delving into the past to explore the relationship between the two siblings. The game is a visual novel, displaying scenery and characters in the background while the characters' dialogue and Taka's narration are displayed as text. Music and sound effects are also used. The unhurried narration is intended to allow the player to identify with Taka (and Kana) as the story unfolds. Over the course of the game, the player is presented with approximately 30 decision points which determine which path the storyline will follow and, ultimately, which of 6 possbile endings the player will achieve. A revival Windows edition was released in Japan in 2004 under the title Kana... Okaeri!!. This new edition retains the original storyline, but features new character designs and is fully voiced. | ||
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| Kanoso: Omoide o Kowasu Monogatari [J] | Itsumo no Tokoro | [top] | |
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This is a parody of Kanon while also tracing the original, " Fist of the North Star ", Baki boy the cartoon from the Spelunker. Such as a gag that covers all the games, characters whose character settings are slightly different from the original and "Poisonous" characters drawn by Hojo, and " Multi Bad End " have all made a jump into the popular circle. The influence that "Kanoso" had on the secondary creation of "Kanon" was great, especially the title of "the strongest creature on earth " and the pseudonym " Mizuse Ark Demon " that was assigned to Akiko Minase with many mysteries in the original setting. (In this work and "Kanoso 64", characters other than the main character have slightly different readings, although the character is the same as the original,) used as a laughing voice of Sayuri Kurata in this work. We were " Niyaso ", a play on the default name of the original hero " grain Sawane right one " (Aizawa Yuichi), and the like. In addition, the mysterious magical plant " Johnny " (full name varies depending on the appearance work. "Johnny the Pakkun" in the press CD version of "Kanoso" ) that grows in the head of Makoto Sawatari is Watanabe. He has performed at "Magical Hunter Mai" produced by Seisakusho, " MELTY BLOOD " co-produced by TYPE-MOON and Watanabe Seisakusho , and "Doril Milky Punch" by French bread. 20th Century Kanoso (Nijusseiki Kanoso) includes a floppy disk version of "Kanoso", original storybook, illustration collection, etc. | ||
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| KiKi & DdoRo ll [K] | Chosun Ilbo / Daewoo Motors | [top] | |
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Daewoo Motors (now GM Korea) released a couple of educational point-and-click adventures for kids in the late nineties that also promoted their products. Kiki is the yellow hero with spiky hair...resembling a bit of Bart Simpson but with no pants. DdoRo is his car which can fly. Unlike Part 1, this will educate children on traffic laws and traffic safety. In his Korea Headquarters, Dr. Kim was inspired from nature to travel to every corner of the world, and has succeeded in developing a 21st century supercar. But the blueprint has disappeared. Obtaining energy from nature to give unlimited performance in the supercar is a human invention that dramatically advanced the technology. However, if the design drawings are used in warfare and weapons developed by the selfish desires of human beings, it will fall to the way of destruction. Kiki must find all 12 parts of the constellation stone hidden all over the world to feel the energy of the earth, a man of pure soul will learn the wisdom of mankind. He will be the only right one that will complete the supercar. The global automotive and transportation of various countries are the contents of that are covered surprisingly well, as are the country's attractions and cultural heritage. It includes a number of mini-games whose puzzles you must solve. | ||
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| L'Alchimiste: L'élixir de la Longue Vie [Fr] | Inforis Studios | [top] | |
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At the start of the game, you are transported in a place out of time where a hooded character speaks to you in Latin. You swim in a nightmare and ask when you are going to wake up, but the images that emerge before your eyes bring you back to reality: by a strange coincidence, this mysterious man is a magician who came to get you, precisely because that you are intelligent and that you will live up to the quest that opens before you: two people have recovered the secrets of immortality, and their lust is not intended to improve the fate of humanity. You must prevent Jean Vernon and his sidekick from finalizing their elixir. Just arrived at the house of Jean Vernon, a gunshot and cries tear the silence. Soon after someone knocks you out. A mysterious investigation, on the borders of esotericism, takes you in the footsteps of these apprentice sorcerers, between sleepy cemetery, medieval castle, churches sheltering heavy secrets, you will have to brave your convictions and forget your terrors. From the beginning of the game, you will have to choose a character, according to his qualities, strength, training, luck. That said, this appetizer analogous to that of role-playing games is not decisive in the gameplay or in solving riddles. On the other hand, in the options screen, if you check the box confirmed player, expect some riddles a little more raised, or rather a less elaborate help system. A rather difficult game, with a confusing interface at first (we move from icons that appear in the frame surrounding the browser window). The game, meanwhile, takes place simultaneously in two universes: that of the investigation, in FMV, and that of the enigmas of the alchemist, in computer-generated images. The screen resolution is quite limited for our time and game is only compatible with older OS especially only 32 bits. | ||
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| La 6eme Piste [Fr] | Cadix Production / Integral Media | [top] | |
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The 6th Alternative is a French interactive FMV movie with areas clickable that appear from time to time. The initial project is aimed to mix a purely cinematic film with these interactive elemtns during the game before leaving the film. Directed by Marc-André Grynbaum, the non-interactive version of the film lasts 90 minutes while it contains over 5 hours of filmed content. 3 CD-ROMs contain the game. With a big budget (30 million francs) and recognized actors, it is a unique production in France. The game's story is like a classic thriller seen on Friday night on a public channel: a corpse is discovered and we will follow agroup of cops to solve it. You are the leader and you give them instructions to investigate. | ||
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| La Cita de Mookie [Sp] | Intellect Software | [top] | |
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The story of this free Spanish fan-made adventure is very curious and simple. The protagonist is the Mookie rat and we are on Valentine's Day. Poor Mookie has a girlfriend named Cindy and urgently needs to be able to reach her to celebrate such a special day. The problem is that the happy cat Loopey has a snout stuck through the hole of Mookie's mousetrap and doesn't let him out. Our protagonist must find an alternative way to leave the cat's heavy with three spans of noses and be able to be with his beloved. | ||
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| La Isla del Tesoro de R. L. Stevenson [Sp] | Barcelona Multimedia | [top] | |
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As the name suggests, we must travel over half the world in search of the treasure of Captain Flint, as Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in his famous book titled Treasure Island. So not only will you read a literary classic adventure but also learn many things and customs of the people with whom we will be living together with and know how people lived and grew in the age of pirates. | ||
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| Last Half Of Darkness | WRF Studios | [top] | |
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This is an updated version of a 1991 game that the producer has been revising and updating ever since those early years, and the game has developed its own small but very dedicated group of fans. This first cd release has a creepy story, that while a little basic, is a pretty good one. The interface is mouse-controlled, and its simplicity allowed it to play on virtually any machine, especially as the developer did a good job of making sure it kept up with newer operating systems. The puzzles were a little challenging, but not enough to hold up progress for long. But best of all was the prevailing cheesy high camp horror. This was a night with Elvira or the skin-challenged Crypt Keeper. Your aunt was some sort of witch - a good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her unless you can find the missing ingredients. You, being her only living heir received news and came quickly to find out that she had plans for you to continue with her work. You will gain title to her estate and her fortune, but only if you continue with her studies in the field of magic. | ||
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| Legend Of Lotus Spring, The | Women Wise, Xing-Xing / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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This game brings to life a 19th century Chinese love story between an emperor and his mistress. You play in first person through the eyes of Xian Feng, emperor of the Manshu dynasty Qing, as he recalls memories of his time with his lovely concubine, He Han Qu, whom he affectionately named Lotus Spring. Explore one of China's most historic and beautiful locations, Yuan Ming Yuan (the Garden of Perfect Brightness), where Lotus Spring spent her life after being banished to that place by the jealous Dowager Empress CiXi, the emperor's first wife. Wander leisurely through lush Chinese gardens, flower-bordered pathways and authentically recreated buildings as the bittersweet story unfolds. You'll learn about the culture and traditions of China as a natural part of the storytelling. As objects are examined, collected and used you'll unlock Feng's memories of his relationship with Lotus Spring one by one. The game employs still graphic backgrounds with QuickTime technology for motion and video cut-scenes. | ||
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| Leo's Great Day 1+2 | Patrick Thiel & Marita Muller / Pepworks | [top] | |
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Your house has ben buried after an avalanche. Try to find your way out using the objects you find. Leo's Great Day 2 (2005) Mystery Island 3D is the second episode of Leo's Great Day. This time Leo is lost on a lonely island. You try to help Leo to find a way out of the island. This game uses Shockwave for 3D graphics. | ||
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| Levi's Fit Files | Elephant Seven Hamburg GmbH / Levi Strauss & Co | [top] | |
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Various types of jeans are advertised by the manufacturer Levi's in this advergame. It includes a very nice story about aliens who have sneaked among the people and are responsible for supernatural phenomena. As a detective from the LFBI (Levi's Fit Bureau International), you have to find the aliens. The player encounters various characters that can aid in gathering the clues. Each of these characters represents a different Levi's Fit. The player can learn about the individual fits to different stations. Who identified the aliens correctly gets a word he can fill in a solution map. With this card, the customer goes to the dealer and could get a "thank you" a mouse pad. You could also take part in a competition and have the chance to win a trip to London. Above all, the graphic style is striking in this 1st-person adventure. The puzzles themselves are not too difficult and general flow of the game is quite fast. The voice acting is not too bad and the background music fits. | ||
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| Lightbringer / Cydonia - Mars: The First Manned Mission | Aneiva Interactive, Inc. / The Adventure Company | [top] | |
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Earth is dying, you, the player must save it by succeeding in the colonization of Mars. This is an adventure game that looks a lot like Cryo's brand, meaning 3D pre-calculated graphisms, with smooth transition when moving from place to place, plus of course, the obligatory full-motion cut-scenes. The art is impeccably done and up to the standards of the release year (1998). Upon arriving on Mars, however, the landing module hits an unexpected force-field and crashes, and that's where the adventure begins. The first puzzles are quite easy; they consist of saving the module and the two other humans aboard from the shipwreck and the subsequent fire, all the necessary hints being given to you by one of your shipmates. However, after that point, puzzles are way more difficult, as they consist (at first at least) of exploring remains of an alien civilization, with thought processes "alien" to human players. | ||
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| Little Witch Parfait [J] | Kuroneko-san Team / Kogado Studio | [top] | |
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Parfait Sucreal is a young witch, who is yet in training and full of clumsiness in raising a potion shop called Black Cat Market run by her mother and Parfait's black cat, Sakemas, who can amazingly talk. A year ago from the time this game was set, her mother had died from an illness - her father was a famous wizard who died from saving the kingdom when Parfait was young. At the beginning, Parfait introduces herself and tells the player that she is almost at the risk of losing her beloved shop (the only remains of her mother), for Parfait has to pay the debt of 1,000,000G (gold) by 12 months to keep the shop running. As a normal shop, there seems no hope for raising the Black Cat Market's fame. The player's motive is to collect this debt by 12 months in various ways such as putting cauldron-made potions to the shop counters for customers, accepting potion orders at the end of the day and sell her potions on the street. As Parfait gains more experience via studying in the library or creating potions, her levels will rise (with a maximum of six stars) which enables her to succeed more on potions that are high-leveled. Many places may trigger the encounter with other important characters whose futures the player must decide by motivating Parfait. | ||
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| Mini in Wonderland [K] | MINS / Samtle | [top] | |
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This is a third-person quest with the classic point-n-click control method, which causes a minimum of difficulties for children. The player has at his disposal a flying skateboard that allows him to move quickly (it is worth noting that the young hero will only have to walk in a couple of locations), as well as other items that will be found in the process of passing. Mini in wonderland- the game is not difficult: many actions are clear and predictable, especially at the beginning of the journey. You will not have to drive the hero around the map from corner to corner, you will not come across mind-blowing puzzles (moreover, Mini will always tell you what to do), so even for children this quest will be passable. The only moment that causes some confusion is the location of the locations, of which there are about two dozen in the game. To better navigate, it's recommended drawing a map. In the course of the journey, the player will encounter mini-games: scales that come to equilibrium if you perform a mathematical action correctly, a game with a clock in which you need to tell the time correctly, and a coloring book. Also in the game menu is available a game with shooting spiders like Space Invaders... All these little entertainments complement the atmosphere of a child's play. A few words about music and graphics. In general, the picture is pleasant to the eye, despite some roughness in the movements and appearance of the characters. On the journey, Mini will meet the king of mushrooms, a blue jar fish, and even a ghost with a pumpkin head. If we do not forget that we are dealing with Korean game developers who are famous for their love of bright colors and unusual appearance of characters, then everything falls into place. Music must be given its due - a state of doom and despair will accompany you until the very last moment. By the way, wipe away your tears, lovers of difficult final battles, since you will not take part in a duel with a demon - the final scene is made in the form of a cartoon. In general, the game has several videos showing key moments in the plot. It is difficult to experience special delight from them, but they will definitely cause a smile. | ||
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This is a freeware first person adventure game. In it you must rid a manor of seven monsters who inhabit the mansion such as a headless horseman, an invisible man, and a zombie. This is done in an traditional adventure with the use of items you collect while exploring the manor. | ||
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| Mortadelo y Filemón: La Máquina Meteoroloca [Sp] / Mortadelo & Filemon: The Crazy-Weather Machine [Fan] | VEGA Creaciones Multimedia / Zeta Multimedia S.A. | [top] | |
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A humorous videogame starring “Mortadelo y Filemón”, two characters extracted from a comic book very well known in Spain. In this new adventure, the characters of Francisco Ibáñez find themselves in search of Professor Gambérrez and his evil "Climate Machine" to restore the normal weather in Spain. This was the only game in the graphic adventure series not developed by Alcachofa Soft. | ||
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| Mulldoon Legacy, The | Jon Ingold | [top] | |
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Reputedly the largest z-code (Inform format) IF title ever made, this is a very ambitious game that will challenge even the most hardened experts and will take anyone months to solve. The initial premise is familiar - explore your grandfather's museum so that you can get your legacy - but it gives rise to a highly convoluted story. Part of the reason that it's huge is that it's full of puzzles--this is, in every way, a puzzle-fest. Moreover, a lot of the puzzles are quite difficult, sufficiently so that you shouldn't expect this to take less than several weeks (unless you have a telepathic connection to the author or are relying heavily on a walkthrough). The length and complexity of the game adds to the difficulty, in fact, since you may be required to connect one puzzle with an earlier event that you might have encountered several weeks before, or with an object that you haven't touched in a month. Similarly, you accumulate quite a few objects by the end of the game, meaning that (a) it's easy to lose track of some in the shuffle and (b) it's easy to overlook the connection between the latest puzzle and one of the objects in your archive. While it is at heart more puzzlefest than story, it does a better-than-average job of integrating its puzzles with its plot and of making the latter more than a token effort, and arguably it's notable simply for those accomplishments. If you're not a fan of puzzlefests, you may not get much out of this, but it's a well-put-together game nonetheless. In short, if you love challenging puzzles and games with epic scope, it's a must-have. It may not draw you in as much as Curses!, but the writing and puzzles are both strong enough to keep you occupied for a long, long time, and there are more than a few surprises along the way – including some very nice ASCII graphics. | ||
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| Myst Masterpiece Edition | Cyan Worlds Inc., Red Orb Entertainment / Mindscape Inc. | [top] | |
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The enhanced version of one of the bestselling cd-rom games of all time is the same game with the same puzzles, but the graphics are now 24-bit, the music has been remastered, new sound effects have been added, and the game now installs and plays very easily in Win95/98. In addition, there is a new online hint system - if you get stuck, you simply click on the bottom of the screen. Three levels of hints are available, from gentle nudge to outright spoiler. The swellest new addition is a map of each world. | ||
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| Mystery At Greveholm 2: Journey to Planutus | Vioma Digital Media / Young Genius Software | [top] | |
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This is the second game in the "Mystery at Greveholm" series based on a Swedish tv series. It's a fantasy game series about an alien princess from a distance planet, Planutus. In the first episode, you enter the haunted Greveholm castle and free the Princess from the imprisonment of evil skeleton of the Count of Greveholm and sent her back to Planutus after finding the missing parts of her spaceship and fixing them back. This episode starts where it was left off in the first one. The princess has been locked in a cell on her planet by an evil Jellyfish king, who has also get hold of the sacred Planutus crystal ball. Princess' faithful companions, Ivar, Lillan and Spark, the flying robot travel to earth in a spaceship and crashes it in the lawn in front of the Greveholm castle, but luckily survive the crash. The game starts and you see the three game characters in a top-down perspective, which you control one at a time by selecting the picture of the character you want to play shown on the right side of the screen. Your first job is to help the game characters in repairing the spaceship by finding the missing parts in order to travel back to Planutus. The second job starts on planet Planutus, where you need to turn on the power in the town and then find a way to rescue princess and defeat Jellyfish King. In their quest, the game characters will find many magical and strange objects, which will help them to overcoming different obstacles and problems. An active character dissolve his or her energy faster than the ones non-active so keep on restoring the energy by finding different energy items such as banana, milk and energy cells. | ||
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| Nancy Drew 2: Stay Tuned for Danger | Her Interactive, Inc. / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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This second title in the Nancy Drew series has the titian-haired sleuth posing as an extra on a soap opera, trying to expose someone who's been threatening the show's star. Kids "become" Nancy and navigate the program in first person viewpoint, exploring, searching for clues and solving puzzles. In the first hour of play, you have to gather clues in an actor's apartment, make your way to the television studio, search it and piece together a torn letter that is found in a jewelry box. As you explore, you collect items for use later on, namely keys, a VCR remote control and a visitor's pass to the sound stage of the soap opera. You can also call Ned on the telephone for a little TLC and phone Nancy's buddy George for a little sleuthing advice. The graphics are great, the game is very playable and the feeling of suspense and danger is definitely there. The game has three levels of difficulty and an embedded help system. | ||
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| New Robinson | Young Genius / Nikita Ltd. | [top] | |
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This game is loosely based on the famous book Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe in the 1700s. It's a point-and-click, cartoon-style humorous adventure game. Most of the puzzles are inventory-based, and there are several discrete puzzles that pop up in their own screens that you must solve in order to progress. In the game, Robinson slumbers in his rocking chair and dreams of sailing the South Pacific. During the sailing dream, a storm blows and the boat sinks. Robinson then wakes up on an island, which he initially believes is his destiny. The game is that Robinson will survive on the island and then be able to get back to civilization again. At first, he must find food, drink and build a house. It is then the big problems start for him when he encounters a native named Friday and cannibals. Robinson and Friday encounter all the time various tricky puzzles, which must be solved to make progress in the game. The game is very fun with great graphics. The severity of the game is appropriate for adolescents aged 10 years. Younger children may need the help of someone older to solve riddles. If you get stuck on a riddle, you can always ask the parrot, or visit the Young Genius website for tips. | ||
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| Nightfall [MAC] | Altor Systems | [top] | |
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This is a real time 3D first-person adventure game and is only compatible with Apple computers which use the Mac OS. Essentially, the gameplay is similar to 3D first-person shooters such as Doom, as the world is three dimensional. However, numerous sprites are used for objects such as vases and rats. You are an eminent archaeologist exploring an Egyptian tomb for signs of a wonderful secret. Suddenly an earthquake hits the area. You are stunned by rocks and blackout. When you wake up you are trapped, the entrance covered with rocks. Still stunned, do you wait to be rescued, and risk more aftershocks, or gather up your notes and find another way out? Has anyone been this way before you, and who or what lies in the chambers beyond? Based on a real myth and actual characteristics of ancient Egyptian culture, experience a depth of game play that could only come from real life. Explore a vast array of tunnels and rooms, solving puzzles which have taken months to design. At the same time, these puzzles use the best of 2D and 3D environments to provide new ways of playing as well as new types of problems to be solved. The game is patterned after the journey of Ra through the underworld in Egyptian myth. After the game's first level, which serves as an entrance to the underworld, there are twelve levels corresponding to the twelve hours of Ra's journey. Many of the game's puzzles are based on the actions of Ra in the underworld. From the thirteenth level it is possible to escape the tomb and thus win the game. However, there is also a fourteenth "secret" level, which can be accessed from the thirteenth, and which leads to an alternate ending. | ||
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| Nikolai's Treats | I. Hoffman + Associates, Inc. | [top] | |
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Join Nikolai and his naughty friend Neow-Neow as they travel the world to learn new recipes and see the sights. Help them discover fun facts about Italy, France, Japan and Mexico. Play chef as you assist Nikolai and Neow-Neow in "stirring-up" some mouth-watering international treats. Then challenge yourself to some incredible math games or play the multi-level "Truly Amazing Geography Game" with your friends. While everything is simmering away on Nikolai and Neow-Neow's stove, create your very own recipes in the Cookbook. Once you're done, you can print out the book and shot it off to friends and family. So grab your chef's hat and get ready for fun. | ||
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| Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina | Jim Aikin | [top] | |
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Despite the off-putting title, this is an absolute treasure for puzzle-lovers. You are a harried mother who has been given an impossible assignment: finding an incredibly rare toy for your daughter on Christmas Eve. The game begins as you arrive in the parking lot of the only mall left that still has one. While most of the dozens of puzzles are fair, there are a couple of mathematical riddles and visualization puzzles that had me tearing my hair out. It also contains some cultural references that may make it difficult for nonnative English speakers. Nevertheless, the game's sheer density (and the strength of its adaptive hints system) make this the best text adventure puzzle game since Curses. | ||
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| Perry Rhodan: Die verbotene Stadt [G] | Main Screen / NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH & Co. KG | [top] | |
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This is a 1st person adventure game with pre-rendered graphics that is set in the world of the long-running book series Perry Rhodan. You take control of the title character and have to escape from a galaxy you mysteriously appeared in. With the mouse you can move from one location to the next, pick up and examine items and drag & drop them on other objects. On your way you will solve puzzles and meet various creatures. There isn't much of a story, the license is a backdrop for the gameplay and therefore not much made out of. | ||
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| Physicus: Save the World with Science | Ruske & Puhretmaier Edutainment GmbH, 3D-IO Games & Video Production GmbH / Heureka-Klett, Tivola Publishing, Inc. | [top] | |
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A meteorite falls to Earth, stopping our planet's cycle of rotation and causing thermal disaster around the globe. Lack of the Sun's warmth has caused half of our planet to plunge into a deep, dark freeze, while the other half is literally being fried by the Sun's heat and constant light. Only you can "Save the world with Science!" You explore the three-dimensional scenery in first person perspective in a manner similar to Myst. There are houses and buildings to investigate, items to find and use while the story unfolds. The game will challenge your common sense and intelligence as you seek out the answers to many puzzles. Work with the sciences of electricity, heat, mechanics, optics and acoustics as you play, researching in documents and the in-game knowledge base. | ||
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| Pink Gear 2 [J] | Masami Ishimaru / Toshiba EMI Ltd., HAMSTER Co. | [top] | |
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The second installment of Japanese adventure game where the player explores 4 extensive areas to get back to the real world. Featuring a total of more than 12 billion polygons, it has a dense 3D space. The opening scene of more than 2 million blocks were stacked. The CD has the equivalent to the high quality sound of 44.1KHz. There are unified colors for each area, and beautiful graphics. There are a variety of tricks all over the place. Mysteries and mysteries are intertwined. Kimi Lost of "PINK GEAR" is in the beautiful fantasy world forever. Are you able to solve the mystery and come back to the real world? Will you be have enough to reach the final level and possess its intelligence? | ||
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| Piposh Hollywood | Guillotine / Hed Arzi Multimedia | [top] | |
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Piposh is a humorous point-and-click adventure game made in Israel. The player takes the role of Piposh, a failed actor who intends to take a cruise to Hollywood but accidentally boards the wrong ship. When a mad serial killer starts murdering the passengers, Piposh is called to solve the mystery and save the day. The gameplay differs a bit from other games of the genre. The player can travel around the ship, interact with the passengers and collect items, but there is no inventory, and the game-time and plot progress regardless of the player's actions. The game concludes at the end of the fifth day. An English version was released in 2002. | ||
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| Planetarium | Beholder Graphics | [top] | |
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This web-based puzzle game involves a girl (who can remember the future instead of the past) and a mathemagician (who achieves the same effect by the precision of his computations) set off on a journey. They are drawn by a mysterious love-letter that the girl received. We poor readers don't know who sent it. The girl and the mathemagician, however, have their different insights into fate. The story is divided into twelve chapters. Each part has a single illustration (hand-drawn by the author, Dave Whiteland) and several chunks of text, describing various things in the illustration. Click around to find out what's what. It's closer to the classic puzzle-books (Masquerade, Maze, the bee book) than to a computer game. It's a story with puzzles embedded in it; but you don't have to solve the puzzles to see the whole story. Puzzles are not barriers to advancement. Instead, it paces itself by clockwork. The first chapter is always available. However, to become involved, you must sign onto the web site (free registration). One week after you first sign on, part 2 becomes available to you. Every week thereafter, another part is made accessible, until you have all twelve. In the thirteenth week, you get to see the puzzle solutions, and the game tells you how well you did. Those 36 puzzles are just the leadup to the real major puzzle. | ||
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| Prince Spøgelsesjagten På Tågernes Slot [Da] | Ultimatum | [top] | |
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This Danish adventure game was formally created to promote the Prince chocolate cookies, but “inside” not containing the slightest advertising hints, except the fact that the Prince himself (depicted on packages with the said confectionery) seems to be our protagonist. Our hero somehow (and for some reason) ends up in a small old English haunted castle, where he begins to inspect objects and study the history of this place and the family living here; there is also a hint that it is necessary to completely collect the equipment of the “ghost hunter” in order to be able to withstand the spirit of Mordred mentioned in the introductory video (probably referring to the character of Arthuriana), in order to finally catch it. It is completely incomprehensible to whom this game was intended for: it’s not at all “children's fun”, but the most “horror quest” with a first-person view. Perspective of the view is from the first person; all actions are carried out using the mouse cursor, which by default has the shape of the palm of a skeleton. If near the edge of the screen it leans to the left or to the right, then by clicking it you can move in this direction (and a second video will be shown in the form of a “rotation”), and if her index finger starts near some point to perform the function for which I received the name, then with the object or object located there, some kind of interaction is possible: when you click on it with the left mouse button we will be shown part of the room with it close-up; To exit this mode, you need to move the cursor to the lower border of the screen, so that the hand turns into something like a pebble, and again click. There is an inventory visualized in the form of a wooden “hanger panel”. Riddles are built primarily on the search for objects through "hunting for points" and their subsequent application in the right places, often involving a kind of "chain": for example, in order to take the key, "guarded" by a poltergeist, you must first find a wooden cross, " appeasing "of the spirit - and only then we will get the opportunity to open the chest, where another valuable thing is stored. It is noteworthy that the first (most likely) item that the player will find is the so-called "hand of glory" (the dried upper limb of the gallows, supposedly - according to European medieval legends - having various magical properties), with which you need to light a fire in a fireplace, executed in the form of a monster similar to "Jack's lamp." However, the information necessary for the passage, you have to extract from the "tips", which are videos - very good in quality and atmospheric (but, of course, creepy) that start when you click on certain objects. Most of them show a change of black-and-white photographs of people (and not quite people) and buildings, and there is a story voiced in a “mysterious” voice (the only actor involved did a wonderful job), a story dubbed with subtitles in the form of paragraphs of text that for some reason can be move (!) with the cursor; To exit the roller mode, you need to click on the inconspicuous tablet in the lower left corner. I must say that there are enough "horrors": the already mentioned fireplace; someone's diabolical laughter and other otherworldly sounds, now and then heard from somewhere; pentagram on the floor of the room; a levitating book with drawings similar to those for children, the text on the first pages of which is dated to the first half of the 16th century, and to the last by today's date (that is, the day you started the game). The graphics are very atmospheric; albeit the scene is limited, in fact, to one castle hall, but each of its nooks is interesting in its own way: capital masonry, knightly armor hiding a skull in itself, a portrait with running eyes, grunting with displeasure if you disturb him with a click, brightly red curtains, a brick protruding from the wall, and so on - and it’s all clearly drawn. The verdict is a surprisingly good thing, but intended by no means for children, but for fans of mystical adventures. | ||
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| Přítmí (Twilight) [Cz] | Numedal Ltd. / VTech | [top] | |
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Czech point-and-click adventure game created by Numedal (member of the magazine Score), defined by the authors as a "minimalist photo kinetic thriller". Graphically, the game is developed using still photographs mostly in shades of one color, decorated in the style Noir, without any animation. Contains Czech dubbing and subtitles. It is a long story in a realistic environment where the player is in the role of photographer Adam Kolar, investigating a mysterious murder... | ||
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| Puzz3D: Neuschwanstein Bavarian Castle | Dyad Digital Studios Inc. / Wrebbit Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the fourth title in the delightful series that eliminates the aggravation of finishing a puzzle only to have the last piece or two missing. The virtual worktable allows complete control over sorting pieces into multiple trays by color or section, 2D and 3D construction using three zoom levels, and merging of the completed sections into a glorious 3D model of the 19th century castle. Once completed, you can explore the photo-realistic 3D environment while playing multiple games hidden within its corridors and rooms. Features include historical video clips, four skill levels ranging from easy to super challenging, progress reports using graphs or times, multiple characters from the era (King Ludwig II and Richard Wagner), as well as mythical gods and goddesses like Wotan, Venus, Siegfried, and Brünnhilde. Mini-games focus on Ludwig's painting of Isolde and Tristan, his throne, Wagner's musical compositions, and Siegfried's sword Notung. Beyond the satisfaction of having all pieces available, it offers a chance to remove the curses through interactive exploration and clue gathering that Wagner reportedly bestowed on his characters. | ||
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| Puzz3D: Victorian Mansion | Dyad Digital Studios Inc. / Wrebbit Inc. | [top] | |
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The "going up" foam jigsaw puzzle line makes its digital debut as part of an ongoing CD-ROM series. Each standalone release focuses on an architecturally significant building, with players able to manipulate pieces on a scrolling felt table before positioning them together in 3D space. The puzzles also offer multiple levels of difficulty, influencing the number of pieces available to build the structure. Options include adjustable sorting trays to store fitted pieces, three levels of zoom, and the ability to view a full-screen reference picture. Victorian Mansion is notable for featuring an interactive twist: once players complete the puzzle, they will be able to explore the interior and participate in a murder mystery. | ||
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| Radau im Bau [G] | Verband der Gipsfirmen | [top] | |
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Five different gypsum and construction companies are the sponsors for this entertaining, child-friendly adventure. The story: the little boy Max has just moved with his parents into an apartment building, which is inhabited by all kinds of strange characters. Barely fed there, Max learns that the house is to be sold and demolished. This should now be prevented. Helpful is the friendly resident ghost. A click on its icon in your inventory, and a more or less helpful comment on the current situation is told. Although the game uses only relatively few areas and people, but there is room for some nice puzzles and a charming story. It's graphically well done, especially in the well-drawn backgrounds. The people are even nice to look at, but are comparatively rather grainy and rough and especially almost animated. The music runs discreetly in the background and makes hardly noticeable, but on the other hand there is very good speech, with professional speakers who know their craft. | ||
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| Rayman 2: The Great Escape | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | [top] | |
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This platforming video game was Rayman's first venture into 3D. It is considered a classic game, as it raised standards regarding 3D, level design and game play, and it had a unique storyline, in which the player could go back to earlier levels of the game and finish certain tasks. Not long after Polokus - god and spirit of a newly created planet where the game takes place - departs, an army of Robo-Pirates led by Admiral Razorbeard takes over and enslaves the planet, holding the captured inhabitants in the pirate prison ship, "The Buccaneer". Eventually Rayman and his friends are captured, but with some help from his best friend Globox they escape, but get separated in the process. As he progresses along in search of help from Ly the Fairy, he learns that the pirates have broken the Heart of the World, the world's core, into 1000 lums that have then been scattered all over the planet, weakening the world as a result. It's up to him and whatever help he can get to collect these lums but more importantly, retrieve the 4 legendary Masks that are said to awaken the Great Pokolus, the planet's greatest hope to exterminate the Robo-Pirates and once again liberate the World. After escaping and not being able to find Globox, he meets the teensies who have forgotten which one of them is the teensie king and squabble over it. Rayman later meets Clark who has a bellyache from chewing a robo pirate in battle and must go to The Cave of Bad Dreams to get the elixer to heal him. The worlds are huge, giving the impression of a fairytale, magic landscape. In Rayman 2, the player can duck, float, fly, jump, strafe, and shoot in order to defeat Razorbeard and his Henchmen. | ||
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| Reah: Face the Unknown | Detalion, L.K. Avalon / Project Two Interactive BV | [top] | |
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Reah, a planet of unknown, holding nothing that would justify setting up a colony there. However, a base was set up, in order to secretly investigate an alien artifact - a teleportation gateway, which teleported people to another dimension. It linked Reah to some other radically different planets. The research of other dimension was quite difficult as it appeared that human technology had very little use on that undiscovered place, and wasn't working properly. So, the only possible way to investigate is to be there in person. Thus, a small group of scientists had set up a small research center on the other side, and you, as the journalist, was offered the chance to visit it and break the great discovery to the world. However, it seemed there were certain problems on the portal site, and that connection was about to become unstable. Of course, that's less than enough to stop the ambicious journalist ready to become famous, so you step in, and that's a moment when you confirm your act of greed. The connection was lost, leaving you in front of the walls of a strange city, facing the unknown. Reah is a first person adventure game that has increased puzzle level, which leads us to more than hundred puzzles awaiting you to solve them, or forever be trapped. Reah comes in two surprizes to us: in a package of 6 CDs (which holds less quality graphic elements), or double-sided DVD version (that keeps a quality of 10 CDs, which dramatically increases graphics, as you can check from its official web site). | ||
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| Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Cover-Up At Roswell, The | Virgin Sound and Vision | [top] | |
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This game is based on the TV series The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest from 1996, that tells about the adventures of the boy Jonny and his Quest Team. The events of the game follows one of the series' episodes. Something has crashed landed on Earth in Roswell, New Mexico. The government states it was a satellite. But the Quest team thinks differently. Perhaps it was an UFO? Before landing, the object jettisoned several alien artifacts. The Quest team must find those artifacts, racing against time, a corrupt branch of the US government, and the evil Dr. Surd. The game is an interactive cartoon movie which is interrupted by standard adventure-style puzzles as well as arcade sequences. | ||
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| Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice / Petka and Vasiliy Ivanovich 2: Judgement Day | S.K.I.F. / Buka Entertainment | [top] | |
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Vasilij Ivanovich Chapaev, a.k.a. VICH, the hero of Russian civil war of 1918, was kidnapped by evil aliens. Yes, those same aliens who once invaded the earth in the game Petka and VICH Save the Galaxy. Now the aliens want to turn him into a cyborg - a terminator. The hero escapes, but his body already contains cyborg parts, and he has to find his true self - in Russia and abroad, in the present and in the future. In this traditional graphical adventure, you control Vasilij Ivanovich and his young assistant Petka. The interface is point-and-click, and the graphics are a mix of pre-rendered backgrounds with cartoon-like characters. In Oct 14/2016, an English version was released. | ||
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| Residence 44 Quest | Jinwo Versluys & Rinze Laat | [top] | |
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This is a comical adventure made with the old AGI game-engine by Sierra, which you might know from blasts from the past like Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards and Space Quest. It's about the authors, two Technical Informatics students at the Technical University Delft in the Netherlands, and the people they lived with back in 1999. Try to study and find some sleep in the residence. | ||
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| Riddle Of The Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure | Omni Creative Group International / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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A typical adventure game in the Myst-style (static rendered backgrounds that switch as you take each 'step'), Riddle of the Sphinx places you in the role of a close friend of Sir Gil Blythe Geoffreys, an archaeologist who as recently uncovered some remarkable finds about the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. His discoveries have doomed him with a curse, however, and its your duty to right the wrongs he has uncovered. Taking place in the near future (after the Egpytian Antiquities Organization apparently closed off the sites to the public), you will uncover secrets that have been buried for ten millenia. Rendered in 3-D, the game tries to reasonably copy the sites and monuments surrounding the Sphinx and the Pyramids of the Giza Plateau, allowing you to explore the area without ever leaving your chair, much less sweat out the heat of the desert. Gameplay consists of moving the cursor around, taking note of the highlights that can be selected, which include walking in directions and picking up/using items. Occassionally, you'll be treated a Quicktime VR panoramic scene that will allow you to freely turn and look around, but the majority of the game is static views that allow you to take 'steps' of varying sizes in different directions. Those familiar with games like the original Myst should feel at home. The puzzles are fairly easy to an experienced gamer and the game tends to emphasize exploration of well-rendered ancient Egyptian structures and their passageways, both real and fabricated. In Feb/2021, an Enhanced Edition was released with features: HD resolution - every element has been HD enhanced; Exceedingly fast navigation; Cinematic transitions & node warping; Real-time environmental FX - 2,500-year-old tomb dust, gnats, sand, bokah, bubbles, etc.; Ingenious miniUI with interactive magnifying loupe; New set of "Flying Scarab" cursors, along with legacy "hand" cursors; A robust interactive in-game hint & solutions guide: Book of the Dead Ends (sold-separately). | ||
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| Rinascimento [It] | Colors Arti Multimediali / Tecniche Nuove Multimedia | [top] | |
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This is a historical adventure in the series Avatar, which was the peak quality from the Italian developer. The protagonists were all 'eternal' characters, all belonging to the world of fiction I mentioned earlier. In the Renaissance, the heroine is Medea. She made plots in a historical reconstruction of Medicean Florence. | ||
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| Rocky Interactive Horror Show, The | On-Line Entertainment Ltd. | [top] | |
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One of the best cult classic films ever made based on the theatrical smash hit of the same name, The Rocky Horror Show is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable worldwide media phenomena in the last 20 years. This campy rock and roll story of boy meets girl meets alien transvestite from another world has been turned into a game, which unfortunately received much less attention than the film. The basic premise is similar - a couple of clean-cut American teenagers, the kind you'd find in any fifties B-movie or sitcom, find themselves at the castle of one Frank N Furter, an alien transvestite mad scientist, and his strange servant. But differently, Brad and Janet are separated before they step through the door - with one of the pair being kidnapped by Dr Furter, taken inside the house, and turned to stone using the Medusa Machine. Playing as Brad or Janet, you have to enter the house and de-medusaize and rescue your petrified partner and make it out of the house before it turns into a spaceship, taking you to the planet of Transsexual, Transylvania, to a fate worse than every other fate you could think of. You have only half an hour, in real time, in which to accomplish this. In order to make good your escape, you have to solve a number of puzzles while avoiding the residents of the castle who will rip your clothes off or blast you in the face given half the chance. If you do get blasted, then you lose about five minutes from the half an hour you have to escape the castle (time can be made up by picking up the red lips scattered around the house) and have to make your way out the medical room. Escape largely entails taking objects from one area of the castle, and using them elsewhere, giving you another object to use in another room, and so on. The puzzles are slightly unusual - you can expect to have to deal with a biker in the castle's freezer, activate an Elvis Bot, demonstrate your Timewarping abilities and tackle many other off-beat problems, which require both logical thinking and imagination to beat. As well as exciting and original gameplay, the game features a host of unreleased 70's tracks and exciting 90's remixes to go along with the action. Fans will be happy to hear that the game is very faithful to the film, featuring all the offbeat humor fans have come to know and love, including Richard O'Brien as the Game devil and Christopher Lee as the narrator. Special rerecorded soundtrack, video sequences, and over 60 locations to explore make it a fun romp that will take you some time to finish. | ||
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| Rugrats Mystery Adventures | KnowWare, Nickelodeon / Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Pickles. Tommy Pickles. He's not only the best private detective in town, he's the only one. So he could use your help. Tommy's working on ten different cases for his clients, Misses Susie and Misses Angelica. Who drank Susie's chocolate milk? Did Angelica swipe Phil & Lil's buried treasure, or was she framed? First, snoop for clues! Your caseload could include any one of ten brain-teasing mysteries. Next, collect the evidence! 6 different arcade-style activities, help you pry top-secret clues from secret informants. Choose your games, test your skills! Follow your hunches to solve the ultimate who-dunnit. When you've checked out all your leads, see if you can figure out the mystery. Do you know who put sand in Chuckie's Sippy cup? Who doll-napped Cynthia? It's time to make a case for adventure. There's 10 puzzling mysteries: The Case of the... Sand in the Sippy Cup, Grand Thief Auto, Malties Ducky, Missing Chocolate Milk, Missing Binky, Doll-Napping of Cynthia, Missing Jack-in-the-Box, Macarodi Art Heist, Missing Buried Treasure, Missing Crayons. Mastering 6 different arcade-style games could earn you enough Reptar Bars to exchange for valuable information. | ||
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| Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Brat Attack | Hypnotix, Inc. / Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the second in a series of game spin-offs from the popular tv show Sabrina, the teenage witch. In the game you control Sabrina on an isometric world and lead her in her quest to take back the "beanie of ultimate power" from her evil cousin Amanda. In order to defeat her, you must assemble the "Anti-Brat pack" whose parts are scattered on different places around the world, and fend off enemies and monsters using a slew of different spells which come as "recipes" you must first learn and then cast by mixing the right amount of ingredients. | ||
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| Sacred Amulet, The / Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, France Télécom / DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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1917. Mexico-Tenochtitlan - The Capital City of the Aztec Empire. You are little serpent, a young huntsman. You live a simple life and there does not seem to be anything that could disturb it. Until one day, when out hunting you come by chance upon the murder of a nobleman who gives you mysterious information before he dies that you should never have heard... Soldiers accuse you of the murder, a crime which you did not commit. They have taken your parents hostage to force you to give yourself up. A strange illness is eating away at the country, the doctors are powerless. A few meager clues make you think that this perhaps has something to do with your own misfortunes. Will you know how to use these clues properly? Be careful, there is danger everywhere and you do not have much time. Choose your friends well. Unmask the traitors. There will be many intrigues. Your destiny has changed completely. The fate of the Aztec world rests on your shoulders, and on yours alone. The historical environment has been validated scientifically by specialists well known for their knowledge of Aztec civilization. Certain architectural and musical extrapolations have been made to compensate for some gaps in specific knowledge. The animation of 50 characters with facial animations in real time 3D is used to show all the varied facial expressions and gives true-to-life dialogues. The very many lavish cinematic scenes reinforce the dramatic intensity of the story. There's 3 in-depth game modes: adventure - exploration - encyclopaedia. | ||
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| Scooby-Doo!: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom | EAI Interactive / SouthPeak Interactive, LLC | [top] | |
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The great Scooby-Doo comes to the PC, and once again Scooby and the gang are called on the solve the mystery of the Fun Park Phantom, who haunts the Gobs' family Fun Park, keeping visitors away, leaving the family with no choice but to close the park. That's where you step in. You must find all the clues as you control the gang (except for Scooby himself, but if you find the Scooby Snacks that lay about the park, he will show you where to go to find that all important clues). The park is divided into nine sections, each with a different theme or main attraction, such as a Ferris wheel or a roller coaster. Each player may explore a different area, or the same one. Some areas also contain neighbors and employees wandering in the deserted park, all of whom have motives for wanting the park closed. For example, the banker wants to build a shopping mall on the park site and the neighboring farmer wants to expand his farmland. In addition to finding clues, the players can acquire trap pieces to help in finally trapping the suspect. There are two types of trap pieces: rare and common. There is only one instance of rare trap pieces in the park; common pieces are located in several places. Each trap requires one rare piece and two common pieces. Each trap is tailored for one of the nine areas. The graphics and sound are true to the 70's TV show, with original cut scenes and hand drawn animation. A major feature for the game was dynamic lighting for the park. With this feature enabled, the game evokes a mysterious, creepy tone authentic to the cartoon series. | ||
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| Search For The Golden Dolphin | Cinegram Media Inc. / Digital Treasures | [top] | |
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The year is 1799, and you play a United States Navy officer sent on a mission to retrieve the U.S.S. Golden Dolphin from pirate hands. You must find clues regarding the ship's whereabouts and infiltrate it as a sailor, as well as find a way to take it out of the pirate's control - all while the French and U.S. navies are duking it out in the West Indies. Gameplay consists of a first-person point-and-click adventure game a la Myst. With graphics consisting of pre-rendered and digitized characters and objects over static backgrounds. Most of the gameplay revolves around solving item-related puzzles and interacting with characters for the gathering of clues. | ||
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| Secret Paths To Your Dreams | Addictive Media / Purple Moon | [top] | |
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This unique CD made especially for girls ages 9+ by Purple Moon lets kids bring their dreams to life. Recreate and explore dreams like you never thought possible. This CD has everything needed to artistically recreate dreams including lots of backgrounds, stamps, animated brushes, music and sound effects. Kids record their dreams in a dream journal and can analyze and replay their dreams anytime. Use the dream dictionary to discover meanings of common dream symbols. Did you know that angels can mean goodness or a need for protection or guidance. If candles are in your dreams they can be a symbol of hope or mean you are looking for understanding. Whether your dream is underwater, in your classroom or in a fantasy world you can bring it to life and share it with your friends or keep it a secret. Five fictional characters from Whistling Pines Jr. High are designed to represent typical teens. After listening to them relate their dreams, players are asked to illustrate a second dream. If done correctly, the player receives a "dream gem," providing access to other dream items. Additional features include a dream dictionary (dream symbolism) and an option to import personal pictures in .BMP or .JPG format. | ||
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| Secret Safari [J] | Zou Studio Inc. & Victor Entertainment Inc. | [top] | |
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Hidden is a fun and comedic story - a heartful Secret Safari. When the little mouse looked up at the sky, he saw the familiar Small House... Then, a round balloon came down... and it fluffed up into the boy's room. There are lots of fun activities inside. There are 8 points where mice take photos. As soon as the photo is taken, it will be posted in the album. Click on the photo and a cute and interesting story will begin. | ||
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| SerpentHead | Pharos Games | [top] | |
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As Sir Mharim, you must infiltrate Castle SerpentHead to uncover the lost SerpentScepter, then use it to defeat the evil wizard Salorann forever! That means uncovering forgotten clues, deciphering ancient riddles, and overcoming obstacles set by the sorerer himself. You'll have to rely on your wits to solve the many mysteries you'll encounter. With luck, you might find a clue or two left behind by other adventurers. But you can count on running into a few traps, or perhaps a deadly magical creature. SerpentHead '99 features high-quality original music, digitized sound effects, enhanced graphics and animation, and new puzzles. In 2003, an updated version came out named SerpentHead Revisited using the AdventureMaker game engine. | ||
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| Shtyrlits: Operation Bust [Ru] | Studio "Roof" / Buka Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is a parody of the famous Russian TV serial "The Seventeen Moments Of The Spring". The original movie is quite a serious and dramatic story about a Soviet spy in Nazi Germany during the WWII, who calls himself Stirlitz. This movie, serious as it is, was so enormously popular in Soviet Russia, that it gave birth to a tremendous amount of jokes, parodies and clones. The creators of the game changed the first "i" of the hero's name to "y", which makes it sound funnier and avoids copyright problems. More than 70 characters on 7 stages of the game will help (or conversely hinder) the gallant officer in search of the treasures of the Nazi Germany. | ||
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| Spot [Ru] | NST Interactive | [top] | |
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For those who are engrossed with the novel "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers, they won't be surprised by this extraordinary and unusual quest. Originally called "Stalker", but due to the fact that this name was already reserved - it was renamed "Spot". It is an appropriate mixture of mysticism and light banter. The plot - in the center of a large city, something fell from the sky, but what it is - nobody knows. Find out what (or who), in fact, has invaded the Earth - is the main problem in the game. Lush landscapes of charred bodies will satisfy even the most demanding users. | ||
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| Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury (cancelled) | Interplay | [top] | |
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Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury is a 1999 unreleased PC game from Interplay. It was written by D.C. Fontana and featured the voice of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols in their original roles. The game used motion-capture and voxel technology, priding itself on attention to detail. Developers bragged about getting DeForest Kelley's forehead bump in 3D, as well as the accurate reproduction of Leonard Nimoy's "5 o'clock shadow" on his shaved eyebrows. Three different non-interactive demos were released; the first two (Fall 1997 and Winter 1998) demos are essentially identical except the latter has a Tribal Dreams intro screen and some screens describing the game's features. The third demo is different, and features a voice over by James Doohan. According to D.C. Fontana, the game had become expensive due to its complexity and size and the publisher, Interplay, pulled it from the schedule due to cost. Centering on the Romulan/Vulcan split that occurred thousands of years ago, the Vulcans used a space station called "Fury" to destroy the Romulan fleets. The station drew its power from the twin planets and a Vulcan would have to mind meld with the station to use the weapon. The surviving Romulans fled to settle several planets and later establish the Romulan Star Empire. It emerges that in the game the Romulans are trying to establish peace with Vulcan, and the USS Enterprise is sent to provide security. The peace conference, however, is a ruse for the Romulans to try and find the Fury space station and use it on the Vulcan people. The story for SoVF was to be divided into six chapters or episodes (initially to be eight) divided into three arcs, with each chapter focusing on a different male main character from TOS. The first arc dealt with internal strife on Vulcan. In McCoy's episode, McCoy had to investigate the death of a Romulan ambassador that was participating in the peace talks. The Romulans are actually behind the murder and blame it on a Tellarite in hopes of starting a new war. Kirk and company are held in Vulcan custody under suspicion of murder. The following two chapters uncovered the dark secrets of the Vulcan/Romulan wars of eons past, which are more Scotty and Sulu based; Scotty specifically has to deal with a sabotage event on the Enterprise. The final arc involved a Romulan attack or war on the Federation when the Federation came to the aid of Vulcan (a Kirk/Chekov story arc). | ||
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| Stuart Little: Big City Adventures | Media Station Inc. / Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Stuart's adventure starts with him sailing his boat in the regatta across the pond in Central park. After the race he gets lost and finds himself on a deserted mini golf course. From here he must race home in his car, avoiding obstacles and picking up power ups along the way. When he gets home he plays with the model railway before scaling an obstacle course in the kitchen. Each stage of the adventure is a mini game that can be played separately or as part of the adventure. During the adventure the games are timed and, if time runs out the player is returned to the start of that each of the five mini-games. The Regatta Race game has Stuart sailing his boat, the Wasp, across the pond. The player holds down the mouse button to increase speed and uses the mouse to steer left and right. The object is to guide the boat between pairs of buoys that mark the course. The Big Mini Golf game consists of three holes of mini golf. Here the player moves the mouse to determine the direction of the shot, holds the mouse button down to increase the power of the shot, and releases to take the shot. The Park Challenge game is a side scrolling race game where the object is to get Stuart home. Again, holding down the mouse button increases Stuart's speed and moving the mouse manoeuvres his car to avoid obstacles which could slow him down. Not all obstacles are bad, some are power ups that he needs to get home. The Electric Train Adventure is more a puzzle than a race game. The object is to guide Stuart's train across the screen from left to right, collecting flags along the way. This is done by using the mouse to click on points along the track to route Stuart in the right direction. The final game is the Pantry Chase. This is a platform style game in which the object is to guide Stuart from the pantry back into the Little's house by jumping from point to point. | ||
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Surrealidade: Expressoes do Inconsciente is a real lesson on surrealism in game shape. Culture, Art, Entertainment and Knowledge combine to form an authentic surrealist experience a harsh and unknown world called Unconscious. Developed in 1999 initially in Portuguese only, it illustrates the concept created by Orb Media Education and Training at a distance, RPE. This surreal adventure was published in "Revista do CD-Rom" in 2003. It's an adventure game in the style of Myst, with the experience of exploring a whole new world which causes the player to be involved more and more. There are three levels of action, presented in sequence, allowing free choice of depth for the adventurer, where the degree of immersion in the world of Surrealism will be decided as he/she chooses: Real World - This is the first level, for those who dare not enter the mind. This world offers a wide range of material about Surrealism. Ideal for those who just want to do research. Human Mind - Conscious: You have already entered the human mind, now your perception regarding the world around you is slightly changed, explore as you wish. There are several environments that hold countless surprises for those who are brave. Ideal for those who want to go deeper into the Surrealist universe, here you will also find ample research material, as well as some surprises that await you. Human Mind - Unconscious: Finally you reach the core of Surreality. The Unconscious holds countless surprises beyond what your eyes can see. Don't fool yourself, explore to the maximum, talk to everyone and try many possibilities, you won't be punished for trying, most of the time you will get another chance. There are many secrets in countless environments. If you are able, you will reach your final goal, the Macrocosm. Three Endings - Play several times. Not only is there no linear order to explore the universe of Surreality, you will have three totally different endings at your disposal. Your attitudes during the journey will influence your future decisions. A totally original concept that combines the excitement of adventure games with knowledge, culture and art. Explore a huge 3D world, find important elements and take them with you so you can use them later. Talk to beings with distinct personalities, each of them behave in a different way and have a different way of thinking, it's up to you to interact with them as you see fit. Extra Attractions: "Auto Writing" Machine - Try it out and be entertained for hours in a game that will create over 1 million sentences. You will never see a sentence repeated. Get ready for the unusual, because you will really be amazed by this machine. "Delicate Corpse" - This is another Surrealistic game, you will be asked for one word, between verb, subject and adjective. Write it down and watch the other participants in the game write it without one knowing what the other has written. This game is a real emulator of "Delicate Corpse", each participant thinks like a real person and the game will reflect this. Not to be missed, play for hours. "Razorblade" - Based on a Surrealist concept, "A razor in the eye of society". You will also find the film "An Andalusian Dog", masterpiece by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, in its full, uncut version. In addition, answer a quiz game, try to open the psychic locks, listen to hidden music, see unseen paintings, discover highly hidden secrets, and many more attractions that will take you on a journey for hours on end to reach the Macrocosm. More than 40 minutes of top quality original music. Original and involving, a lot of Rock, Techno and New Age. Hours of Dialogues - Talk in a non-linear way with the beings that inhabit Surreality. Many of the conversations are optional, and increase the interest in the subject in question. In addition to hints for continuing the adventure, you can earn some valuable items that are indispensable for reaching the Macrocosm. Over 1000 richly rendered and animated navigation screens in a 3D world. The first-person view will put you inside the plot. Interact with the elements of the scenarios in a free way. More than 15 totally different environments, each with dozens of scenes. More than 20 minutes of full motion video. All the text is laid out exclusively in the book, meaning that you can consult it any time after you have it in your inventory. In the book, besides the history of Surrealism, you will learn about the Pre-Surrealists, you will see images and photographs, you will have the Surrealist manifesto written by André Breton in its entirety, besides a lot of useful information for those who just want to know more about this movement. In 2005, it was made available for free to everyone. In Dec/2022, a Definitive Edition was released that adds EXTRAS section with lots of exclusive material: 50 minutes of Making of, Voice Recording and Presentation Videos; Concept art; Unused development 3D; Original box art; Press Material; Photos of the crew; Jukebox to listen to the full soundtrack; English support in all texts (in addition to Portuguese); Options screen; Automatic saving system and on the options screen; Higher resolution cutscenes - Upscale videos and 30fps; Option to play with censorship. | ||
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| Svinjoland [Se] | Mihailo Arnaut TABA / Imbecil Software | [top] | |
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This collection of three free DOS adventure games (first is choice based, the others on typing) was made in Yugoslavia, all back in 1999 near the end of Miloševic's regime, and were then the pinnacle of Serbian satire comedy on a game format but with a twist - all characters are swines & pigs. It was made in QBASIC entirely in Serbian, and are unplayable without an appropriate mindset for such weirdness. After all, the saga has been credited as THE sickest adventure ever made (not as much in today's standards). Part four has been announced, but never materialized. Svinjoland And then there was you, a lowlife trying to get on with his life. Except that you were, in fact, a pig! Like everyone else! Journey on the sickest adventure ever made as you choose your actions that may literally save your life in this unhospitable world of SVINJOLAND! Featuring the wild boar of your neighbour and the variety of other fat-asses that may (or may not) end your tragicomic existence whenever you make 'em feel like it! So step back, sit down, and enjoy the take on what could have been your average day (but have certainly been to some near the end of an era in Yugoslavia)! Svinjoland 2 Journey on in this continuation of the sickest adventure ever made! As the same titular char... I mean pig, from the last game, type down what the heck do you want to do with your life, now not being miserable as the last time, remember - you got a monetary inheritance from your uncle, but threatened to be turned for the worse by everyone wanting the share of your greens! Especially that annoying boar of an neighbor you couldn't even foul-mouth back then! Our piece of meat gladly remembers these days as he ventures on an another adventure in the quest of killing this pestilence of your neighbor and going back to normal! So step back, sit down, and enjoy the take on what could have been another one of your average days (but have certainly been to some near the end of an era in Yugoslavia)! Svinjoland 3 In this installment of the sickest adventure ever made (now with wretched graphics to heighten the experience for the sake of it), our titular turd-roller is happily leaving SVINJOLAND for good after rolling that neighbor from the previous adventures in his own blood! But alas you, and your baggage, are feeling empty until realizing you've forgotten those porno mags you had to return to the former living boar you left rotting out there. As your organ starts wiggling in displeasure you embark on another adventure of repo-ing those precious containers of hot-shaped pieces of pigskin and fly away from what you've been calling home! So step back, sit down, and enjoy the take on what could have been another one of your average days (but have certainly been to some near the end of an era in Yugoslavia)! | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: Thumbelina | Cyril and Methodius / New Media Generation | [top] | |
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Children's interactive animated series based on famous fairy tales. All cartoons are voiced by professional actors in four languages. The original musical accompaniment creates an amazing fairy-tale atmosphere. The child can not simply look through the tale, and if he wants, then play with the characters. On all screen pages of fairy tales, any thing comes to life at your will and surprises with unexpected transformations. Children and adolescents will play with interest and simultaneously learn foreign languages. If you suddenly have difficulty understanding, then you can listen to the version in your native language. Interactive interaction of the child with characters and various objects will help develop computer communication skills, imagination, ingenuity, attention, ability to creative thinking and to work that requires imagination. The ability to switch from one language to another during the viewing process helps to expand your child's language horizon. An interactive cartoon "Thumbelina" was created based on the tale of the same name by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. The interactive cartoon is presented in four languages: Russian, English, French and German. One good woman never had children and she went to the sorceress for help. She gave her a barley grain and said to put him in a pot, the woman did so. From the seed rose a flower of unprecedented beauty, and inside the bud sat a tiny girl - Thumbelina. Once, in a house where a kind woman lived with her little daughter, a huge ugly toad wandered and stole Thumbelina ... But little Thumbelina turned out to be very brave, she is not afraid of the trials and dangerous adventures that lie in wait for her in the big world. A small assistant - caterpillar Tutti - will explain the rules of game management and ... a fairy tale will begin. | ||
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| Tinderbox, The | New Media Generation / Midas Interactive | [top] | |
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This is one of a series of products with classic evergreen fairytales. These traditional folklore stories have been carefully edited by experts to achieve optimal effect in learning and attention for children between 3 and 8 years old. The moral values in the stories have an excellent educational value. This is based on the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen. The soldier is coming back home from war. He is smart and witty, so success attends all his efforts. He can outwit the evil witch and become very rich, he can win the king and marry his daughter. So throw aside your doubts and set off for adventures with this man of courage. | ||
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| TKKG 4: Secret Of Dragon Claw Manor | Tivola / Viva Media | [top] | |
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Strange things take place at night in the Dragon Claw Manor. Unknown ones fell an age-old tree and endanger thereby a unique protected area. Axel Gradiva, which is interested owners of the empty-standing house, many more in its bodybuilding studio "Axels Muskeltreff" and the Fragereien of TKKG finds most unpleasant. Together with Tim, Karl, Klößchen and Gaby finally encounters you a crime long guessed into oblivion. Possess does you an Internet connection? Then you have even opportunity to continue your case of detective in the Internet. However you can solve your case also without Internet search. | ||
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| TKKG 5:Betrayed | Tivola / Viva Media | [top] | |
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You slip alternately into the role one of the children and go on tracing By means of witness questioning, indication procurement and logical combining you come the author on the trace In a particularly stretching final play the criminal must be placed Simple operation. Gaby Glockner is one is! - all newspapers print it as headline. The whole city tuschelt behind reproached hand over the girl liked otherwise in such a way. Who spreads this bad slander? How could it turn out under the wrong suspicion? Who wants to drive a wedge into the friendship of the four detectives? Together with Tim, Karl, Klößchen and Gaby you look in the city for the true cause for the bad slander. Which begins as character assassination, develops soon to a lethal adventure for TKKG. A case, into cruelty to animals and combat dogs an important role play. The trace leads into the worst abysses of the city. | ||
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| Traitors Gate | Daydream Software / Dreamcatcher Interactive | [top] | |
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Traitor's Gate is a graphical adventure game based on burglary. You need to learn security-code deciphering, computer hacking and how to pick locks. You are hired by the Pentagon to steal the British Crown Jewels. The pentagon is aware of a defector who plans to steal their jewels as well. Britain is not briefed of your mission: You may neither be discovered nor harm any guards. Time is of the essence, and special spy gadgets are at your disposal to get the job done quietly. The game takes place in the Tower of London, replicated down to the finest details, and presented to the player using QuicktimeVR technology.It presents you with a series of logical challenges that can be readily solved, as long as you understand the tools at your disposal. That's not to say it's easy - at times, it can be quite difficult. Computer passwords, keys to secret passages, and the like can all be found among the facts presented along your path to the jewels. Luckily, you can photograph anything and send it back to your employers, ORPHIA, for analysis. Your many tools also include a global-position system (which comes in very handy), a set of lock picks, a keypad-code analyzer, a mechanical rope lift, knock-out gas, a crossbow, a grappling hook, and much, much more. | ||
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| Uncle Albert's Fabulous Voyage | Lexis Numérique SA / I.C.E. Multimédia, Inc. | [top] | |
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Tom the chameleon is in grave danger. Can you trace Uncle Albert's route to the four corners of the Earth in order to save Tom? From Istanbul to Zanzibar, passing by Borneo, the Amazon, and numerous other far away places, Uncle Albert will take children on an amazing journey full of surprises and unexpected trails. Crocodiles, carnivorous plants, mischievous crabs, and a magic recipe--Uncle Albert is counting on his young companions to overcome the obstacles in his path. Kids go on four different missions in a world full of realistic backgrounds and poetic humor. The program also features pages kids can personalize and print. | ||
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Jeff Carroll surpassed most of the actual Sierra AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter) games with URI Quest. This is simply an amazing game. First off, let's mention that with 190 rooms and a 12x12 outside map this is the biggest AGI game ever made, period. And even the screens where you can't do anything important with the game you can still type things and get a response of more than "This is a forest." You are a college student at the University of Rhode Island, actually you get to play 4 different college students, which is a game method never done in an AGI game before (the first was LSL 3, which was SCI). I won't spoil the plot here but needless to say, there is a plot! Woohoo! Actually, there is one main plot and 4 sub-plots, one for each character. Throughout the game you make new friends and hang out with old ones. The puzzles were challenging to say the least; well thought out, but not impossible they were fun to think about and get through. The game took me over 5 hours to play which is fantastic for an AGI game. There were escape puzzles and thought puzzles as well challenging your mad AGIlity as well as your adventuring brain power. | ||
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Twisted, bleak, and filled with dark humor, Varicella is perhaps the most disturbing work of IF ever written--but it's also one of the best. You're the Palace Minister in an Italian court, the king has just died, the prince isn't yet ready to take power, and you have to cement your hold on power by bumping off your fellow aspirants to the throne. The PC is a fascinating character, a cross between Machiavelli and an interior decorator, and while the various NPCs aren't quite as interesting--most of them run the gamut from very evil to very very evil--unraveling the various palace intrigues makes for plenty of nasty fun. Varicella is not, however, meant to be solved in one try; there are so many things to do in so little time that saved games are unlikely to be useful (though it's not a major drawback, since the game lasts less than 100 moves). The writing is top-notch, the puzzles are ingenious, and the game's world is vividly conveyed, but it's the ending, which forces the player to take another look at everything that's come before, that makes this an instant classic. Unedifying, to be sure, but brilliant. | ||
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| Venice Under Glass | Megamedia | [top] | |
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Aimed at teddy bear lovers from 8 to 80, Venice Under Glass featured Basil Baker, amateur sleuth and teddy bear, on a 5-day mission to Venice to help his Uncle Clive solve a series of mysterious thefts of antique Venetian glass. This was to be no children's game in the 'traditional' sense of the word. The goal was to design a game that would appeal to both audiences. There are many, many Teddy Bear lovers who are now adults and the creators wanted them to be able to enjoy a great adventure game. So they were designing a game that talks up to children - challenging them. The game would have taken Basil to many notable places and events in Venice, including the Grand Canal, Piazza San Marco, the Bridge of Sighs, Carnevale, and of course, given the importance of glass, the island of Murano. However, only a short trailer, a very short demo and a screen-saver were released with the intent of drumming up future sales. Then the company closed down. Basil actually has a life outside this effort, and you can read the story of Venice Under Glass on-line created by Stephan J. Harper who teamed with Peggy Anne Harper. It has 46,011 words posted (204 pages, if printed) together with over 120 story illustrations already. The official Publication Date is March 15, 2011. The soon-to-be completed book should come in at about 64,000 words (280+ pages) with 170+ illustrations - and Venice Under Glass will be free and on-line then as well. | ||
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| Webmaster: Fantastic Adventures in the World of the Internet | IJsfontein / Tivola Publishing | [top] | |
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The Dream Wide Web is the environment in which you find yourself: it's a virtual World Wide Web where the Webmaster has their homepage, and it's the game's starting point. Despite running in 256 colour mode, the graphics are rather good with something of a "Blade Runner" atmosphere with piles of discarded monitors hiding in the murk, writhing cables and gloomy tunes. Your task is to vanquish the evil Hacker who has subjugated the inhabitants - now to be found living underground as Subterraneans, who can be called upon to help if you post messages on the Newsgroup boards. The Hacker's hench-entities are Getties, a sneaky and vicious bunch who will do anything for a chocolate caramel. Pushing these through the door of your CD-ROM drive is unlikely to help, however. Instead, you must find cards and the card combinations that let you breach the four firewalls (other combinations are antidotes for the viruses that come from the swamp) using the search engine and information centre that are all part of the game. To move around you use a white glove-shaped cursor that lets you push, pull, pick things up and generally navigate. It's a tiny bit like wearing a virtual reality glove, an innovative idea that's easy to learn, helped by on-screen prompts. This is a novel and potentially absorbing game, and if you crack all the firewalls and your telephone bill can stand it, you can choose to play a final online round against the Hacker. | ||
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| Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin | SouthPeak Interactive, LLC | [top] | |
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From the television screen to the silver screen and now your computer screen comes the two bon vivants from the wild west, government secret agents Jim West and Artemus Gordon. The story begins about five years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, at a time when the wounds caused by the titanic struggle between the North and the South are just beginning to heal. Ulysses Grant is now in the seat of power in Washington and he needs your help to survive. Based on the characters portrayed in the 1999 movie Wild Wild West by Will Smith and Kevin Kline, the game offers a different story line from that of the film. The True Executioner of Abraham Lincoln has threatened Grant's life and it falls on you, playing as both characters, to solve the mystery and save the President of the United States of America. And, to make matters worse, President Grant has agreed to attend the reopening of Ford's Theater, the very place where John Wilkes Booth, the alleged assassin of Lincoln, ended the 16th president's life. It contains puzzles to solve, clues to follow and unravel and a cast of suspects that will require the unique detective skills of each of the agents to narrow down. Questioning informants, relying on quick wits and reflexes to escape potentially dangerous situations and traditional wry humor from the two protagonists are but some of the features to be found in the game. A point and click interface coupled with onscreen hotspots, a smart cursor and inventory and weapons management are part of the mix designed to test your sleuthing skills. The game is played from third-person perspective in four episodes. Each agent is featured in two episodes: you'll rely on the sharp-shooting skills and numerous weapons of Jim West during his part and utilize the inventions and detecting skills of Artemus Gordon when he's the main player. The game features the duo's train, the Wanderer, as their home base. The musical score is based on the original movie compositions by Elmer Bernstein, customized skill settings allow you to adjust the gameplay to a personal comfort level and the wild west is depicted in 3D environments. Both cinematic sequences to hold the story together as well as fully developed areas of exploration and atmospheric western environments await the intrepid sleuth. | ||
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| Will II, The: The Castle | Ambrosine | [top] | |
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In this followup to The Will, your aunt dies leaving you a castle and her inheritance. Like your uncle, she too demands a task before you are allowed to possess them. Once again you must search for all the gems hidden in various parts of the environment. Unlike the first game which was a third person point and click adventure, the perspective has changed into a first person one. The enviroments have also been upgraded into 3D making for a more eye pleasing experience. | ||
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| X-Files, The: Unrestricted Access | Fox Interactive | [top] | |
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This is a game-style database that gives users 'unrestricted access' to the X-Files cases. The premise is that you hacked into a 'highly-classified' secret Government Web site enabling you access to all Mulder and Scully's investigations. It had downloadable content to keep the game up to date, but it was very short-lived as the content updates were not very frequent. Prowl through dossiers assembled on original characters, and inspect audio-visual evidence such as photographs and video clips. Examine 3-D physical evidence, and spy on private locations with video surveillance. Use the desktop designer to choose screen savers, wallpaper, and more. | ||
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| Xena Warrior Princess: Death In Chains | Brilliant Digital Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is the second Xena Multipath adventure. It is based on the episode of the same name and is an computer-animated adventure where at certain points along the course of the story, you decide the actions of a particlular character, resulting in one of several endings. However, most of it is not participatory - you're actually watching the computer-animated adventure most of the time, and it does move along a bit slowly. Join Xena on a thrilling quest - you are right beside her in the excitement and action! In "Death in Chains", you must decide where the trail takes Xena and Gabrille in their bare-fisted battle to free the Goddress Celsta from King Sisyphus. Only you can decide whether they succeed or fail in this terrific tale. This does *not* feature voices from the original Xena cast. | ||
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| Xena Warrior Princess: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Brilliant Digital Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is the first Xena Multipath adventure. The entire story is based on a World Wide Web adventure, which was offered at the Brilliant Digital Entertainment web site. However, even on the web site, you had to pay a fee to see the entire story. It is based on the episode of the same name and is an computer-animated adventure where at certain points along the course of the story, you decide the actions of a particlular character, resulting in one of several endings. Bacchus, the great God of Wine, had always been a kind and generous God, who reveled in love and happiness -- until something terribly evil happened that changed him. Now, Bacchus has spawned an army of fanged vixens -- the Bacchae -- who recruit young village girls and kill everybody else. Join Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer to find out why Bacchus has gone mad. Together, you can stop him, and decide Xena's fate...before it's too late! | ||
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| Y2K: The Game | Runecraft, Ltd. / Interplay Entertainment Corp. | [top] | |
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You have just won the lottery and bought a huge state of the art mansion. Everything in it is computer controlled and monitored by security cameras and robots. The place can literally look after itself but when the clock strikes midnight at the start of the year 2000 things start to go wrong. This is a third person point and click adventure game which was intended to cash in on the "popularity" of the Y2K bug. You view the game from fixed camera positions in the same way as Alone in the Dark except the view is rotatable through 360 degrees. | ||
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| 3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown | Dynamix Inc. / Sierra On-Line Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a 3rd person railroading game which consists of train layouts, some of which the player can edit. Some of the locomotives include: Union Pacific EMD SW1500 switcher, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway F3A diesel locomotive (usually used to pull passenger trains), a generic 2-8-0 steam locomotive, and a 1950s passenger railcar. There are six difficulties, known as job rosters. Each difficulty has 11 jobs. A 12th job is unlocked after completing the previous 11. Most jobs involve the basic concept of picking up and delivering loads via different freight and passenger cars. Other jobs involve moving numbered freight cars to make valid addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equations at kindergarten through 5th grade difficulty levels. There are memory-matching, pick-up sticks, hangman, Tower of Hanoi, and anagram scramble jobs with set time limits. The game has seven different play environments including a desert, the arctic, a living room, and the moon. A Deluxe version was released in 2000 which enhances the previous game by adding 50 new missions and a new track creation system. Design your own ultimate railroad system, then jump into your world and interact with every aspect of your creation. Take on the role of conductor and deliver passengers, food, animals and other goods to their destination. Or, hop aboard and ride the rails as a passenger. Play with over 30 authentic models from Lionel's own line of miniature locomotives that span the ages of steam through diesel. Design your track layouts using a multitude of interlocking straights, curves, crisscrosses and intersecting slant pieces. Get help coupling track pieces by using the "Smart Track" option. Make your creation real by adding buildings, trees, bridges, tunnels and other automated objects (like a working crane or a rotating dumper). Using the Layout Editor, choose your locale - from the backyard, kitchen, basement, miniature animated town, a dinosaur farm or even the North Pole or the Moon! Finished projects can be played as well as posted on the Internet for others to download. The beginning tutorials outline the basic play functions (driving trains, moving from track to track, and managing loads). Then you are presented with a series of puzzle scenarios in five "job bins" with varied difficulty that can be played in any order, or skipped altogether if found to be too challenging. Finishing all of the jobs in a bin unlocks bonus tasks with a special animation reward. | ||
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| 3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers | Dynamix Inc. / Sierra On-Line Inc. | [top] | |
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Bent antennas and weak batteries are a thing of the past, as intense, R or C action comes to your computer screen. Choose one of four cool cars, and then get set to enter the race of your life. The action will have you leaping over sofas, weaving past the family dog, tearing up the neighbor's flowers, and much more. The games four circuit modes Amateur, Professional, Super, and Shuffle provide endless excitement, and eight different tracks will have you playing for hours at a time. If you want to play against the computer, beware of the impressive AI. Two players can get in on the R or C fun. In 2000, a Deluxe Traxxas Edition was released with eight new tracks take you to the next level. Two completely new game modes push radio control racing to new heights. And now you can fully customize your vehicle to make your ride look as good as it performs. Put your racer to the test on 16 tracks of insane jumps, twisting turns, and off-the-wall pitfalls. Race on three indoor tracks including the Traxxas Raceway with real Traxxas intensity. Exotic plants, ancient ruins, and lava appear everywhere you go on the Aztec track. From bumper-car action to roller-coaster-style turns, you'll get your thrills on the 3-D Ultra Thrillride track. The bonus game mode RC Soccer will have you spinning your wheels on the turf for hours on end while bonus Battle Ball puts you in the pit against the odds. Go for the cup with circuit racing or jump into a quick race with no qualifying required. | ||
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| Abomination: The Nemesis Project | Hothouse Creations Ltd. / Eidos Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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A real-time strategy/action game that puts you into a post-apocalyptic world plagued by a deadly virus and an even more deadly alien threat, The Brood. You will take command of an elite squad of eight bio-mechanically enhanced super agents with other more "earthly" comrades to battle The Brood and their followers, The Faithful, to save the world from a dreadful future. The main goal of the game is to defend the most important areas of the world. A map gives an overview and shows every part of the world which is endangered - clicking on such a point starts the mission. This part of the game is in real-time which means you sometimes have to wait until something happens. These are randomly generated which includes the the goals, e.g. killing all enemies, defusing bombs or evacuating humans. For every mission you choose four of your team members which have special abilities, e.g. healing or invisibility. You also choose weapons and other gear for every team member. The gameplay of the missions itself is very similar to X-COM: UFO Defensive, just in real-time. You indirectly move your team over the map, give them tactical orders, e.g. to knee, to use barrage or to pursue enemies. The game can also be paused at any time to give orders. After a mission is completed you receive experience points which can be used to improve your team member's stats. All new weapons found during the mission are automatically researched by the lab. | ||
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| Action Man: Raid On Island X | Intelligent Games, Ltd. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Action Man was originally a popular toy action figure, the U.K.'s version of G.I. Joe, before becoming a more generic action/extreme sports hero on a 3D animated television show. The goal of this kid's action-adventure game is to raid your arch nemesis Dr. X’s island, rescue your sidekick who has been kidnapped and prevent Dr. X from destroying the world by polluting the environment and doing terrible experiments on plants and animals. You start in your base and create your own hero choosing different faces, shirts, pants, etc. Training missions will improve your skills on a firing range, bungee jumping, scuba diving, taking photographs, and street luge. Then other areas will open up and Action Man will journey through varied locales such as urban cities, tropical forests, and the frozen arctic. You'll swim, jump, and climb your way through levels battling criminals and avoiding dangers of all sorts. From your secret headquarters, you can use the monitor to see a map and choose which adventure you want to play. You can access various equipment, weapons and tools. Other features include a print function giving hard copies of colourful maps, missions, stickers and secret documents. | ||
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| Agent Armstrong | King of the Jungle Ltd. / Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | [top] | |
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The denizens of the criminal underworld are about to meet their match Agent Armstrong. You'll play the titular character throughout 30 massive missions set in the year 1935. Take on the ill-willed Syndicate as you make your way through the world one city at a time. It seems that even the most advanced military outfits of the day haven't been able to do much about these slime balls, so pack up your big guns and get prepared for the fight of your life. There's 30 missions through tons of cities, and you can use awesome weaponry. It's a 3D side-scrolling single-player platform action shooter. Armstrong must battle across 4 continents and deep underwater. The levels are mission-based with at least 2 objectives. There are boss sequences every 5 levels or so. Whilst the game is predominantly side-scrolling there are many sequences and areas (boss areas in particular) where the action is free form. | ||
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| Akuji the Heartless | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. / Eidos Interactive Ltd. | [top] | |
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The player takes the role of Akuji, a voodoo-priest. The title of the game is meant to be taken literally as Akuji's wedding day brought a problem with it: his brother kills him and rips out his heart. Now Akuji has to travel through the underworld to get back to the living and take his revenge. This game is a typical third-person action-adventure similar to Tomb Raider: the player jumps and fights through the stages. Over the course of their adventure they learn new skills which are used to kill enemies and solve puzzles; sometimes by revisiting old levels and using these new skills to reach previously unavailable areas. The player can increase his health bar by collecting voodoo dolls which are lying around in the levels. The camera is set in the over-the-shoulder perspective but can be adjusted manually. The levels in the game are mostly horror-themed. Originally a Playstation game, Akuji the Demon was ported to PC by LTI Gray Matter (the team that ported Gex 3D as well). This PC version though has become exceedingly rare to find though. | ||
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| Alpha Strike [J] | Crest | [top] | |
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This is a new genre screensaver game. Start the game by launching the screen saver. All 16 scenarios play time is over 100 hours. Real-time 3D image display of a space battle. Your job as general commander covers a wide range of tasks, including the appointment of commanders in line with operations, the formation of fleets, the construction of ships, and repairs and modifications. The Commander-in-Chief cannot be involved in the actions of the fleet on the battlefield. All actions of the fleet are left to the appointed commander. The battle scene is used as a screen saver, and the play time of all scenarios is well over 100 hours. Also, after the battle is over, the battle will be displayed as a flashback scene, so the screen will not be burned. (At the end of the final scenario, the ending will be played instead of the flashback scene). Outline of the game story - In the near future, humankind has established interstellar navigation, and the living sphere has advanced outside the solar system. Then, an incident occurred in which a planetary exploration ship was attacked by an unknown enemy. As General Commander of the Japanese Fleet of the United Nations Space Force, you must fight against unknown enemies. Fatigue level of the ship: If you participate in the battle once, you will get 1 increase. If you do not participate in the battle once, you will lose one. As the degree of fatigue increases, the attack hit rate and evasion rate decrease. Degree of skill ... It is "familiarity" in the battle of the ship. If you participate in the battle once, you will get 1 increase. As the skill level increases, the attack hit rate and evasion rate will increase. Damage status: No damage-> minor damage-> small damage-> medium damage-> wreck-> drift-> defeat (or disappear). Ships that are wrecked or drifting cannot participate in the operation without repairing them. Ships that have been destroyed or lost cannot be repaired. | ||
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| Army Men II | The 3DO Company | [top] | |
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The sequel to the surprise hit Army Men sees Sarge lead his troops back into battle, with more weapons and plenty of hard core, plastic melting action. The top-down war never stops as you take control of the Green army, out to stop the Tan army from taking control of the toy box, using whatever weapon you can find, including the trusty tank and the "burn baby burn" magnifying glass. Develop new strategies for confrontation against fearsome beasts (insects) and opposing forces as the conflict moves to the kitchen countertop, bedroom, yard, and garage. New features include improved and varied movement techniques, additional weapons and vehicles, experience points for Green Army individual soldiers, and a smarter AI. The inclusion of two plastic army men (green and tan) allows older gamers to wax nostalgic or provides plastic action figures for the younger set. The game is played from a top-down perspective with custom keyboard mapping and mouse control supported. Multiplayer options include 16 power-ups and four miscellaneous toggles: fog of war, corpses spawning zombies, replenishment of power-ups, and automatic replacement of casualties. Other options feature five specific types of troopers, vehicle availability, and asset usage. Expanded power-ups, vehicles, and weapons include a poor man's flame-thrower (aerosol spray can and lighter) and a powerful magnifying glass, both capable of melting opponents into a gooey mess. Sarge and troops can use a sniper rifle to eliminate foes from long-range and PT Boats allow movement across water. Ammunition and weapons now have a usage-counter that makes management of inventory easier, and some power-ups add to levels of ammo or health. Paratroopers, air reconnaissance, med kits, disguises, M80s, air strikes, radar, anti-aircraft guns, and in-field auto-repair facilities are just some of the resources now available. Army Men II contains an introductory training mission to ease the learning curve for novice gamers. All this and added multiplayer fun (4 in all). | ||
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| Army Men: Toys In Space | The 3DO Company | [top] | |
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Little green men do exist in the world of this game. This time a horde of alien toys invades Earth with the help of the Tan Army. Control Sarge's Green Army, along with Tina Tomorrow and her battalion of Space Troopers, to blast the Tan and Alien Armies from the bathroom to the deepest reaches of space. If you want real combat with plastic men, look no further then this on-going installment of the Army Men series. Enlist the aid of space vehicles like the Speeder and Rover to squash those bug-eyed monsters in never before seen locations like a space planet, bathroom, sandbox, and backyard picnic. Waste the Alien Army of larvae, spiders, and drones with cool new weapons: silenced rifles, incendiary grenades, napalm, heavy paratroopers, freeze rays, laser guns, fly swatters, and even glue! Eliminate the enemy and get to the strange blue field to transport you to the next level. Succeed in your mission and Commander Plastro melts into a pile of plastic goo for his sins. It has an enhanced game interface including manual control for individual units, multi-player options, map briefing screens, and easy grouping of units into separate squads. Other options include point-based gameplay, a unit and asset purchase system, and a multi-player competition with soldiers from three races and computer opponents. The dead stay dead but zombies can arise, giving you more reason to make careful decisions in placing the right type and amount of units. Battle three human or computer-controlled players over a LAN, modem or even the Internet through some of the more popular online gaming services. | ||
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| Asterix: The Gallic War | Sourcery Development Ltd. / Infogrames Europe SA | [top] | |
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This is a light-hearted action-strategy hybrid game featuring the popular Asterix comic book characters. You play as Asterix, Obelix and the rest of the Celtic Gaul army as they war with the Romans, led by Caesar, who have seized all but one territory from the Gaul Empire. After gathering your army, you must capture lands adjacent to yours. When you attack a neighbouring land, you'll either: play a side-scrolling action sequence, your men will go into war with that land's forces, or you'll play one of four mini-games. These include 'Throw the Roman' and 'Bowling for Romans', while the side-scrolling action sequences have you collecting coins and other items. If you make it through the level alive, you gain control of the land and its resources. In some usually smaller territories, there are no mini-games or action sequences, only combat between your troops and the opposing forces. You only choose how many men you wish to send to war, and watch as the battle is fought. There are 9 differing levels such as a Roman camp, Gallo-Roman village, the Alps and even a Pirate's Ship to add variety. | ||
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| Aztec Wars / The Aztec: True History of Empire | New Media Generation / Summitsoft Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is a budget RTS game that takes place in an alternate history 17th century Europe where the "Russes" and "Cathayans" must fight back an invasion from the Atlantic crossing Aztecs (who have already conquered France, Germany, and Spain). Initially in each mission, the player is in control of several basic houses. Each house produces money (the only resource in the game) and can produce the basic soldiers, but that's all it can do. However, for a large sum of money you can turn a house into a village, a city or a fortress. Each of three types of settlements allows you to build different units and buildings (Note that the three civilizations also have varying units and buildings). Within a settlement, you can recruit units and construct buildings: mines and farms (that give you money), defense towers that fire at enemies, and facilities that allow the settlement to build a specific unit - e.g. you cannot recruit a war bear until you build a bear's cave. Units are controlled similarly to other RTS games. After recruiting, they become 'garrison' of the settlement and stay inside to defend it. When you organize some units into a squad, you can instruct them to move around the map and use them to attack the enemy. The objective of a mission is typically to conquer or destroy all enemy settlements/units. You can capture an enemy settlement by destroying all units and towers that defend it. The settlement then becomes yours and you can control it - which means you can build units normally unique to enemy civilizations. Apart from a single Russes campaign, Aztec Wars offers fifteen single player missions and an additional thirty multiplayer maps for battles with up to six other players. | ||
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| Barbie as Sleeping Beauty | Gorilla Systems Corporation / Mattel Interactive | [top] | |
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Barbie assumes the role of Princess Rose in the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. When Princess Rose is born, a number of benevolent fairies arrive to bless the child with a bounty of gifts. A wicked fairy, feeling slighted because she wasn't invited, crashes the birthday party and places a curse on the child - if she pricks her finger on a sewing spindle during her first 15 years, she will fall into a deep slumber for 100 years. Another fairy is able to mitigate this curse with the stipulation that a prince's kiss will wake her in such an eventuality. The game consists of a series of activities that can either be played at random or in order according to the main storyline. Princess Rose wakes up her woodland friends and invites them to her 16th birthday party, makes a dress and crown, plays hide and seek with the fairies, but then gets tricked by the evil fairy into pricking her finger on a sewing spindle and taking a long nap. At that point, the fairies have to put everyone in the castle to sleep while they work on the problem. Then they recruit a prince who must chop through a maze of thorn brush in order to reach the castle and give the princess a smooch. Princess Rose must then battle the wicked fairy in order to retrieve the magic flute. | ||
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| Chronicles of Jaruu Tenk | John Passfield & Steven Stamatiadis / Gee Whiz! Entertainment | [top] | |
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Billed as a "revolutionary screen entertainment package," this is a neat and quite unique simulation that is part "life simulation" a la Little Computer People or Creatures, part screensaver, and part free-form exploration game. Set in a fictional island of Bloofen Jut, Chronicles follows the exploits of Jaruu Tenk, a fox-like explorer. By exploring the island and talking to Jaruu and his friends you can find out more about him and his fascinating world. There is no ultimate goal you must accomplish. Your only "objective" is to find out as much as you can about Jaruu and his fascinating world. You can talk to the inhabitants, read up on the history of the world, and even play games with Jaruu. Or you can simply just sit back and watch as things unfold in real time - the game can be set as a "screensaver" that shows Jaruu or some other inhabitant doing their things, not unlike Sierra's popular Johnny Castaway Screen Antics screensaver. Chronicles isn't just a merely pretty screensaver, though. The game boasts an excellent "AI Language Parser" that allows you to type questions to ask Jaruu or his friends. Jaruu is intelligent enough to know what you are talking about, and remembers things that you have told him. The gameworld is also wonderfully dynamic: Jaruu for example updates his journal (which you can read) on a daily basis, and many books contain new information when you read them again. The more you find out about Bloofen Jut, the more you will accumulate information, and the more sophisticated Jaruu becomes. As can be expected from the designers of Halloween Harry and its sequel, Chronicles has excellent graphics and sound effects. In 2003, v2.0 was released as freeware by the creator. | ||
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| Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | Westwood Studios, Inc. / Electronic Arts, Inc. | [top] | |
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The 3rd part of the Command & Conquer series series is a continuation of the storyline in the first game - pitting Kane's Brotherhood of NOD and its religious fanatics against the Global Defense Initiative. In gameplay terms, the GDI is more powerful and its units have a science-fiction feel, whereas NOD is a renegade force primed for sneak attacks. This version replaces the graphics engine with a mixture of voxel and bitmap graphics. Several new units have been added, like hover tanks, subterranean units and the Mammoth MKII Super-Unit. Unit production can be queued. Most single-player missions have time limits and specific challenges. Surprise attacks (using air transports for the GDI underground passages for the NOD) are one tactical option. Some units are only effective against certain units or buildings, emphasizing the strategic side of the game. In 2010, the game and its Firestorm expansion were made freeware.
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| Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty | Pyro Studios S.L. / Eidos Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a stand-alone expansion pack for Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. The game features new skills and equipment, such as the ability to throw rocks and knock out enemy soldiers. Also two new allies are present with the game, a Yugoslavian military commander and a member of the Dutch Resistance. There are a total of eight missions available focusing on the push to Berlin. The game also features a higher resolution. | ||
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| Crayon Shin-chan 2 [K] | Geo Interactive / Samsung | [top] | |
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This second PC game based on the animated tv series consists of mini-games.There are a total of five kinds of games and two people can play. Crayon and his friends jump off the roof and you must travel back and forth carrying a mattress that receive friends safe and sound. There's also a parody game of Puyo Puyo. Crayon Star Wars is a parody game of Space Invaders. Crayon Ball Rolling has you sending balls to the other side of the player to win. Send it against a wall or use a cushion or impediments in the middle of the table to gain an edge. | ||
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| Creatures 3 | Creature Labs Ltd. / Mindscape Inc. | [top] | |
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This third in the series takes a detour from the first two games. It takes place on the spaceship that the Shee had used to flee Albia. The ship was divided into many carefully controlled environments (Norn Terrarium, Jungle Terrarium, Desert Terrarium, Marine Terrarium). It's much more technologically focused, including many agents which could be connected in various ways to perform tasks. Still, the goal is to experiment with the three principal species and create a living world out of an empty ship. It includes a "new social element", by which norns could remember relationships they've formed with other creatures better. Docking Station, an Internet-based add-on to Creatures 3, was released free of charge on the Creatures web site on March 27, 2001. It was intended as a way to sell Creatures 3 (you could dock the worlds of the two games together, hence the name "Docking" Station) and extra packs of Norn breeds. Docking Station has an intermittent reminder screen that encourages users to buy Creatures 3. Docking Station added the possibility of interaction between individual player worlds; Norns could 'travel' to other online worlds via a central server, players could chat to other online players, and it was possible to track Norns (and their offspring) that had been present in their worlds via the Docking Station website. While Docking Station was released late in the series' run, it changed gameplay (and the potential of the series) dramatically. It also expanded considerably on the game mythos, including the introduction of an 'anti-Shee', the Banshee (a Grendel/Shee hybrid). | ||
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| Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas | Hothouse Creations Ltd. / Eidos Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a strategy game where players take the helm of a pirate ship and terrorize those who cross its path, whether on land or at sea. Players can choose to sink ships or capture them, kill enemies or kidnap them, raid towns or look for work within them. The setting is the Caribbean Sea region during the 17th century. It is the golden age of piracy and a pirate ship will become entangled with merchants, soldiers, rival pirates and other parties to engage. The game's real-time strategy engine allows players to fight simultaneous battles on land and sea. The men in the boats blast ships entering the harbor while other members of the crew sack the town and beat up the landlubbers. It features six million miles of ocean waters, 70 ports and towns and hundreds of ships to attack or avoid. You can do all kinds of pirate things: rape, pillage, capture ships, receive letters of marque, burn towns, kill civilians, loot houses, recruit other pirates, look for buried treasure, sell stuff you capture for pieces of eight, etc. Although piracy is an option, players can also choose to seek a Letter of Marquee and fight for the crown as a privateer. No matter which option a player chooses, a good captain will remember to keep his or her crew supplied with plenty of gold and rum. Otherwise, the player should expect a mutiny and a long walk off a short plank. Players who amass enough wealth and escape enemy swords can retire as nobility. Those who fail wind up penniless, dead or in prison. | ||
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| Dance eJay 2: Techno Edition | PXD Software Inc. / FastTrak Software Publishing Ltd. | [top] | |
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This is a music entertainment product that lets the player create music tracks with minimum fuss and technical knowledge. This is based on an earlier product Dance eJay 2 and has the same standard features plus a few new ones, however the sound samples and effects supplied with this product are geared more towards the production of 'Techno' tracks. The standard features of this game are: sixteen track recording; three thousand five hundred samples; Duplex microphone recording - allowing the players voice to be both as a vocal track and as a sample; a drag and drop interface; and the ability to import sounds. The Special features unique to this game are: The Hyper generator II. This is a software-based synthesizer which allows the player to build up their own samples and effects note by note, it replaces the Groove Generator of Dance eJay 2. The Effects Studio which takes basic samples and applies filters, echo, robotise and distortion effects to it. Time Stretching. All samples in this product are recorded at 140 beats per minute, the Time Stretcher allows samples from other products to be adjusted to this tempo. Volume adjustment of individual samples and tracks. The product opens in 'The Main Room', a screen which is initially populated with a sample track that plays for around three minutes. On the left of the screen are the track numbers and individual channel controls - each of the sixteen tracks can be set to play back through either the right channel, left channel or both. On the right is a menu bar that gives access to the special effects, save/load and quit functions. Along the bottom of the 'Main Room' screen are basic controls and the menu of sample sounds and in the centre is a representation of the sixteen track available to the player. Composing music is as simple as selecting a sample from the menu and dragging it onto a track on the screen. Once positioned the sample can be stretched to make it last longer of have its volume level adjusted. As the player constructs their composition they can listen to either the whole composition or to individual tracks as they are being added to. | ||
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| Dark Secrets of Africa | New Generation Software / Magic Bytes, THQ Inc. | [top] | |
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In the year 1876, the followers of the god Azag-Thot created a lot of excitement in Africa. The brotherhood of Marduk and the follower of Anubis fought against the Azag-Thot clan. Great luck that the historian Howard Hawk (you) traveled through Africa and supported the Marduk/Anubis clan against the Azag-Thot. In this game, you play Howard Hawk, the aforementioned historian. In 15 different areas of Africa he can use his father's old rifle. There are lots of Azag-Thot munchs, cursed spidermen, or other terrible creatures. In every area is at least one occult place where mighty books, broken amulets or magic swords can be found. Only with these goods can the Azag-Thot be defeated. By your quest you were supported from up to 6 African inhabitants. These are carrying your equipment. By the time you learn some magic that help you to solve your quest. | ||
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| Dark Solid [J] | TGL (Technical Group Laboratory) | [top] | |
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A real-time strategy simulation game set in outer space. In scenario mode, you will secure resources as a general commander, and you will be able to increase your army to martyr the enemy. Securing resources, building facilities, securing production lines, weapons research, attack, and defense are all in real time. You can also choose from 12 women with voices to support the strategy. In multiplayer, you can play up to eight players using the Internet and LAN. | ||
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| Dark Vengeance | Reality Bytes, Inc. / The 3DO Company | [top] | |
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In the world of Amagar, a magical spell has caused a disasterous solar eclipse. In its wake come the return of the Dark Elves. As the Chosen One, your job is to destroy the Dark Elves and bring sunlight back to your land. This is a Tomb Raider-style hack-and-slash in a medieval setting. You've got the choice of three separate characters: Jetrel the Warlock, Kite the Trickster, and Nanoc the Gladiator. The character you select has a greater effect on the game than just what you look like and what attacks you can do. The levels also vary. In the levels themselves, you'll find items that only your character can use, but then again, you'll also find some power-ups that are useless. | ||
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| Deer Avenger 2: Deer In The City | Hypnotix, Inc. / Simon & Schuster Interactive | [top] | |
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This is another parody of the many deer hunter games seen in the PC market. Only this time...you're the deer. One late afternoon, our hero spies a hot-date doe, and he's hoping to get some tail. But before he can make a move three redneck hunters pop out of nowhere, and mow her down with their truck. Angry with revenge, the testosterone-laden deer picks up his high-powered tranquilizer gun and follows the tracks back to the city. Using your tranquilizer gun, it is up to you to hunt three targets across three different levels. In order to find your targets, you will have to travel to the local suburbs, an office building, and a shady bar. But before the hunters will reveal themselves, you have to take down the locals first. Bikers, neighbors, office workers, and local beer-chugging idiots will stop your every attempt at urban domination. It features side-scrolling looping levels, where you pivot around one point and aim 360 degrees around you. Aim your gun with the mouse, and hold shift to take cover. In case you get into a tight situation, you can also fart to take out enemies around you. Make sure to shoot pieces of the scenery as well. You never know if something will contain life-giving salt lick. It's a parody and has a silly undertone to it. All levels and cut scenes are completely 2D and animated, making it feel like a cartoon. The game pokes fun at "rednecks", who are often the butt of many grotesque jokes the game throws out. The content and dialog provided also acts as a commentary to the mocking undertone in the game. | ||
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| Den'ei Shoujo Virtual Girl Lun [J] | Banpresto | [top] | |
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Inspired by the hit manga by Masakazu Katsura. The player is able to pursue eight different girls, including the new original character Lun. The protagonist in the game gets a CD-ROM , and a "virtual girl" Feishima Run (Feishima るんTobishima Run) comes out from the CD to help the protagonist find a real lover. The love objects that can be selected in the game include Moemi Hayakawa and Nobuko Nisaki in the love chapter. | ||
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| Dinosaur Adventure 3-D | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | [top] | |
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Led by an animated Parasaurolophus named Rolf, kids have the opportunity to explore the three main sections of Paleo Island, each involving a major paleolithic era of the past (Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous). They can learn more about the animals, plants and other scenery by clicking on them and are often presented with a short computer-generated movie about their selection. But visitors aren't there just to look around! They also must help Rolf reclaim nine eggs that were lost when evacuating the attack of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. They can achieve this feat by correctly identifying the answer to a clue provided by Rolf's friend Pterrance the Pteranodon, available in certain scenes. But even after gaining an egg, their work isn't finished yet! Once an egg is earned, three hatching crystals must be attained in order to birth a baby dinosaur. Only through success in one of the seven educational games can a crystal be gained. Your child might have to reassemble dinosaur bones, guide Rolf safely across a tar pit or even escape a stampede of dinos hoping to escape the hungry T-Rex. The games are designed not only to teach children about various dinosaurs but also to develop skills like puzzle solving and quick thinking. Collect and view 18 dinosaur movies. "Galloping Gallimimuses" closely resembles the stampede escape scene in Disney's The Lion King. Also, "Triassic Tar Pits" somewhat resembles Frogger. | ||
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| Drakan: Order of the Flame | Surreal Software / Psygnosis | [top] | |
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Drakan is an action-adventure that seamlessly blends aerial and ground-based gameplay in a beautiful 3D world. As the player, you are Rynn, a warrior-heroine with a savvy attitude and a quick sword arm who teams up with a powerful, fire-breathing dragon named Arokh. Leaving her small village behind, Rynn and Arokh embark on an epic journey across the massive and dangerous world of Drakan in a desperate quest to save Rynn's kidnapped younger brother - and quite possibly all of Drakan - from a fate worse than death. Played in third-person perspective, Drakan combines hand-to-hand combat using over 50 different weapons with a unique flight engine that allows you to battle it out against other dragons for supremacy of the skies. Six different dragon attacks and seven magical spells round out your arsenal. In addition to blood curdling battle situations, Rynn and Arokh will explore their mysterious world, solve puzzles, and interact with more than 25 unique characters through Drakan's real-time, in-game cinematic system. It's an underrated but fun game worth playing. | ||
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| Driver | Reflections Interactive Limited / GT Interactive Software Corp. | [top] | |
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As Tanner, you're going undercover to be the wheelman for a crime syndicate in order to break open a big case. On the way, you'll eliminate competition, drive getaway cars, scare some people silly, evade plenty of police, dodge bad guys, smash through a few windows, save your love interest, and much more through four cities (Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York). Perform authentic maneuvers like donuts, 180 spin, 360 spin, reverse 180 spin, and more as you cut through alley ways, across sidewalks and parks, smash park benches and and drive over traffic cones. Many different cars to try (most you'll recognize). Will you save the day? Also includes practice modes such as Practice, Carnage (cause as much damage as you can), Dirt Track (time trials), Pursuit (you chase someone), Survival (4 super cops chase you), Lose the Cop (avoid that one cop on your back), and Drive About (just drive about the city and admire the scenery). Game also includes a full director's mode, allowing you to place cameras to catch the best moments in the custom replay file. | ||
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| Dungeon Keeper 2 | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. / Electronic Arts, Inc. | [top] | |
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The player once again builds an army of the most vile, nasty, wicked and loathsome creatures imaginable with the ultimate goal of attacking and destroying King Reginald's legions of Harmonia heroes. You strive to capture and control the Portal Gems left behind by Reginald's mages in an attempt to block movement of your army and keep it imprisoned underground for eternity. With help from the Horned Reaper, you'll need to mine gold to entice the evil denizens to work for you, provide sleeping arrangements for them and create a hatchery for breeding and feeding. The entire scope and shape of your underground realm depends on your abilities to layout a suitable nesting place for the other-worldly scum you must recruit in order to overcome good and supplant it with evil. Shape your dungeons by digging tunnels, chambers, rooms and torture chambers, build a library to house evil magic spells or create a combat pit arena where you can jump in the ring and develop fighting skills from a first-person perspective or simply watch your minions hone devious fighting techniques. Provide drinking and gambling areas for your army and devise devilish traps and snares to foil the forces of good as they try to infiltrate your lair. It features actions such as casting spells, possessing creatures, sniping, sneaking or creeping around, torture and generally performing dozens of other abilities worthy of the lowest scum you can conjure up to help build your dungeons and wreak havoc on the world. The game features a short tutorial that allows dungeon keepers to learn about game aspects such as digging, fighting, creature development and room building. Other game components include more than a dozen terrain and room types, ranging from workshops to cemeteries, more than a dozen creatures to conjure, keeper spells (12), creature spells (25) and a large variety of traps, tricks and doors. It offers several modes of play, including the unique "My Pet Dungeon" mode in which you can build the dungeon of your dreams without invoking campaign rules and objectives. Multi-player options complement the campaign and skirmish modes with Internet and LAN support for up to four players. | ||
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| Em@il Games: X-COM | MicroProse Ltd. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a turn-based game played over email loosely based on the original X-com game. The units and weapons are similar. The graphics are basic but clear. The major difference is the game-play of course, which is very simple. Each player controls a squad of randomly assigned troops, you have limited action points and move/fire options. Whoever kills the other squad wins, no research, no campaign type options, just single map games. Although it is not necessary for the second player to own the game, doing so simplifies matters somewhat. However, the first move a host player sends includes extensive files that explain the process to the other player; once a game is enjoined, the process becomes simpler with nothing else being transmitted per turn except for moves and chatter (optional player messages). For same computer play, it is basically essential that players take their alternate turns in privacy before relinquishing the hot seat to their opponent. The game features five major environments: Urban, UFO, Ice, X-COM Base and Alien Base. Each of these has ten scenarios. During each move, a player's forces, depending on their attributes, abilities and weaponry, can choose any of four movement types: move, move and fire, fire or power up. Both Aliens and X-COM Forces have six unique weapons, each with ratings for power, range and shots. On the X-COM side, pistols, rifles, auto-cannons, rocket launchers, flame-throwers and sniper rifles are available. To oppose this firepower, the Alien forces can muster plasma pistols, a claw attack, plasma rifles, blaster launchers, helium-throwers and psionics. To go along with these arsenals, each side features six types of fighters. If playing the X-COM side, you'll direct the actions of rookies, squaddle, sergeants, captains, colonels and commanders. The Alien player will have chrysalids, snakemen, sectopods, mutons, sectoids and an ethereal. First Alien Invasion contains eight positive power ups, ranging from medi-kits to adrenaline boosts, two types of hazardous power ups (mines and traps) and teleporters. The action follows a strict pattern: make your moves, give your orders, transmit. Your orders are then executed onscreen, first seen by the sender and then later by the recipient. | ||
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| Emergency Room: Disaster Strikes | Legacy Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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A devastating earthquake hits Los Angeles in the middle of a winter storm causing widespread flooding, mud slides, fires and mass destruction. Countless people are severely injured and many others have died. As panic ensues, a huge pile up occurs on the freeway resulting in even more casualties. All available medical personnel must report to assist with the severe situation. You will play an active role in the disaster effort. This is the 3rd game in Legacy Interactive's Emergency Room Series. Like the ones before it, you are a medical student working for Legacy Memorial Hospital in their Emergency Room but instead of staying in the hospital all of the time, you will report to the actual emergency scenes. There you must decide which of the injured are critical enough to be transported to the hospital, and then return to the hospital to treat them. During the selection process you can choose patients by ailment or by selecting the "random" button whereby the computer chooses a patient for you from the 100 available. You will become that person's doctor from the beginning diagnostic exam, to X-ray and laboratory, to performing their treatment and, finally, discharging them. Their lives are in your hands. As a "rookie" in training, you still have much to learn about medical procedures, tools and treatment. The game provides all you'll need to succeed in your mission including a full medical database and a library. Your co-workers (nurses and doctors) can be called for tips and other help. In addition, you'll be able to explore other rooms of the hospital, including the Doctors Lounge where you can just relax or play the arcade germ warfare game, Shotz. The game is entirely mouse-driven in point-and-click fashion. Features are similar to Emergency Room 2: Several levels of difficulty, assignment of points for advancement, over 50 medical tools to learn and master, real actors and actresses in the QuickTime FMV scenes. Different patients can be chosen (or randomly selected) in each new game which adds to the replay factor. | ||
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| Five Generations [J] | Masterpiece | [top] | |
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A war simulation game where you combine units to form an army and fight against enemy forces. From the distant past when spirits form the terrain to the future after the destruction of humankind, battles will develop in five generations, and the terrain of the field will change over time, and the impact on the land such as pollution and purification will also determine the outcome. A real-time two-player simulation game in which all actions of the unit, such as battle and construction, are converted into points, and the total score at the end is used to compete for victory or defeat. The battle unfolds on a field of 24x24 squares, and five eras change over time. The player builds the units to be introduced in each era as a deck in advance. When the game starts, the player cannot intervene, and each unit acts automatically, so deck construction divides the victory and defeat as in the card game. "Five Generations Second Age", which was added with a unit on December 17, 1999, was released exclusively for official mail order. "Five Generations" users can upgrade to "Second Age" free of charge. There are innumerable units according to the three action levels of air, ground, and underground, level up by battle, and disappear regardless of hit points when the life is exhausted. | ||
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| Fortune Cookie | Noch Software / Midas Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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Something weird starts happening in San Francisco's China Town - people mysteriously vanish.... Detective Frank Mitchell is assigned to the case. With the help of his oriental contact, Professor Chiang, he learns that the Fortune Cookery Cafe is at the center of the enigma. He drops in for lunch and to sniff around a bit but instead vanishes himself as soon as he eats his fortune cookie. He is transported to a fantastically bizarre world - once a nice little Chinese island but now conquered by cheeky spirits. Not only is his world transformed but also his body. Gone are his strong jaw line and fetching brow - to his horror he has become a pudgy little goblin. How can he become normal again and return back to Mrs. Mitchell? The only way out is to defeat the King of the spirits, Blagoon , who rules the island and who has been stealing the diners and turning them into goblins. Is Mitchell on his own? No! Neither does his buddy, Professor Chiang forget him nor do the new friends he encounters on the island. But as they help Mitchell, Mitchell has to help them. And if he does he will be the winner... | ||
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| Grand Theft Auto 2 | DMA Design Limited / Rockstar Games, Inc. | [top] | |
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Lie, cheat, and steal your way through three districts of a huge city in the follow-up to Grand Theft Auto. Earn the respect of 7 different gangs as you demolish the town in your attempt to make lots of cash. The game takes place at an undisclosed time in the near future. Unlike the first game which featured three different cities, this only features a single town, but it's divided in three districts which are unlocked one at a time: downtown, residential and industrial. Like in the original the player goes around answering phones to initiate various missions. The game uses an overhead camera in a 3D landscape and allows the player to freely explore the city and steal any vehicle the player sets his or her eyes on. To unlock new districts the player must reach a certain score which is done by committing crimes and finishing missions. Because the game now features multiple criminal gangs, the player must choose allegiances. Performing missions for one gang, will decrease the player's reputation for another. When the player commits crimes he also becomes wanted by the local police, but as more crimes are committed without shaking the police, they will give way for first SWAT Teams, then Special Agents and finally the army. New features include the ability to save at the church, when donating enough money, and various side missions, such as becoming a taxi driver to ear money. There are also many new cars with weapons attached such as a firetruck with a flamethrower and a car with machine guns. On the PC version the player can change the time of day from noon to dusk to allow for more moody lighting. | ||
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| Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 | DMA Design Limited / Rockstar Games, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the official add-on cd to Grand Theft Auto. It offered 32 brand new missions, as well as a total of 30 new vehicles, relative to the time period. As the name implies, the game takes place in London in the year 1969. The player once again enters the role of a criminal looking to work his or her way up the career ladder of organized crime. The temporal setting has been exploited through a number of cultural and historical references, including the appearance of a James Bond-like character and the usage of more or less authentic slang. In addition, the cars drive on the left side of the road, as is the case in Britain. There has not much been added: new cars, some new graphics and new missions, but that's about all. The game is very similar to the original Grand Theft Auto because it uses the same game engine and is presented in the same format of missions, sections and cutscenes. Another expansion pack, Grand Theft Auto: London 1961, was later released solely for the PC version and offered as free download from Rockstar. It takes place in London eight years before the events of London 1969. It includes new missions, 22 new vehicles, one new cutscene, and a new multiplayer deathmatch map based upon the UK city of Manchester. It requires GTA London 1969, which in turn requires GTA 1. | ||
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| Guardian Of Darkness, The | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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Ekna is an exorcist monk from the "The Gate", an ultra-secret organization regularly sends him on the most perilous missions involving the paranormal. Guardian of Darkness puts the player in control of Ekna, an exorcist monk, in paranormal investigations. The gameplay is a mixture of genres, adventure, puzzle, RPG, shoot-em-up and action. The first level starts with an investigation of an haunted museum. His assistant 'Edward Burnst' will train him how to use his different spells. After each level, Ekna returns to his headquarters, the Tenebrans where he can get his orders from "The Gate" and get his specials weapons like grenades or energy power ups. | ||
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| Hugo 7: Jungle Island / Hugo Classic 5 [G] | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | [top] | |
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This adventure leads Hugo into a whole new world. The common Scylla has Hugoline and the children Rit, Rut and Rat kidnapped and keeps them trapped on the jungle island. Hugo of course sets off in pursuit and soon closes in with two friend jungle inhabitants of the island - Jean Paul the monkey, and Fernando the toucan. But Scylla has now found an ally also: the crocodile Don Croco, the dreaded tyrant of Jungle Island. Now it's up to you to help in the rescue by Hugo of Hugoline and the kids! | ||
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| Hugo Platin | ITE Media | [top] | |
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This collection of Hugo games, is absolute tops for kids. More adventures than ever before can now be experienced with the little troll. The successor of Christmas 1998 published Hugo Gold should not be missed in the collection of Hugo games. It contains ten of the most popular Hugo games that are already known on television and provides hour after hour for fun and entertainment. Contents: Balloon Ride, Dolmen Cave, Parachute, Rock, Motorcycle, Pile Diving, Sleigh, Snowboard / Apple Harvest, Magic Hands, Rope, Key & Lightning Game. | ||
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| Hugo Winter Games 3 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | [top] | |
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The evil witch Scylla has decided that this year she'll go to the city of Santa's elves to ruin Christmas. So she travels north to the elven city to pronounce the worst spell she has ever conceived: to have the elves caught in huge blocks of ice and freeze Santa Claus in a city fountain. Scylla binds tightly to her faithful old raven on a tree just outside the elven city. Through the Eyes of the Raven, she can see the elven city in her crystal ball and keep an eye on all strangers who might try to break her spell. Hugo is thankfully on December 1 in the city. He quickly realizes that he probably has to free himself, the elves and Santa Claus. You have to help break the witch's magic, so the elves can make all the Christmas presents ready in time before Christmas Eve. Each day until Christmas Eve, is awaiting you a new task. If you have completed the task, it takes you to the next day. You can watch also from Santa Claus Christmas stories a chapter from his book read aloud, if you find the book in his house. With every task that is done, the elven city is one step closer to their Christmas party. | ||
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| Hugo XL | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | [top] | |
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No sooner had the first PlayStation version of Hugo gone on the market, the fans screamed and sought to want to have these games for the PC. This port has the little troll back with his great adventures. He has to squirm through countless hair-raising dangers to save Hugoline and leave again a period of calm and peace in the forest. Join Hugo on his way through the forest to collect gold. In the raft he must ride down a river and dodge branches and other obstacles. As a diver, he has to collect treasures and crabs, octopus, fish and to go out of the way of waterfalls. Skateboard through the forest. On the trolley, he must try to avoid a train as a pilot, he has the task of collecting balloons from out of an old aircraft and last but not least he has a mountain to climb. All tasks that only he can solve with your help! Also in 1999, Hugo Gold was released with a similar collection of mini-games plus two others: the very first game where Hugo collects gold nuggets in a mine, plus one where he jumps over ice columns. | ||
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| Hype: The Time Quest | Ubi Soft Divertissements Inc. / Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | [top] | |
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Hype the brave and heroic knight falls victim to the curse of Barnak, the Black Knight while attempting to save his kingdom. Transformed into a statue of stone and thrown into the garden of an inexperienced magician, Hype is unable to rest until he can return to his own time period and take his revenge. It's your job to discover the secret to time travel and to use your skills to solve the puzzles that cross your path. Learn how to wield Hype's sword, fire his crossbow, cast magic spells and navigate around this ancient kingdom. Watch out as dragons, wild boars, monsters and human opponents confront Hype as he travels through 14 worlds filled with over 80 unique Playmobil characters. Battle on through serene meadows to castles, dungeons and a lost city filled with spooks and skeletons, collecting potions and medicinal herbs, dodging the hazards that hinder Hype's destination. An amazing 3D adventure based on the medieval world of Playmobil, this adventure game is a must-have for players of all ages. | ||
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| Jagged Alliance 2 | Sirtech Canada Ltd. / TalonSoft, Inc. | [top] | |
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The political situation in the democratic monarchy of Arulco has gone from bad to worse. The country has been taken over through a coup d'état by Queen Deidranna Reitman, the wife of Enrico Chivaldori - rightful heir and son of late King Andreas Chivaldori. Enrico was reportedly killed in an assassination attempt during his trial for the murder of his father. Enrico however is alive and has contacted the Association of International Mercenaries (A.I.M.) to help him retake the island. Making contact with Miguel Cordoba, the head of the resistance team, A.I.M. will hire mercenaries and coordinate battle plans to control towns, organize militias in a quest to overthrow Queen Deidranna. This is an isometric, third-person perspective turned-based strategy game. The role-playing elements of the game refer to (mostly) character development. The game is also able to switch between two different styles: sci-fi or realistic modes. From a new game, players will use their laptop to review information and hire mercenaries. Following that, the political map shows a satellite top-down position of the island of Arulco. From the map, equipment and funds are managed, as well as a review of enemy movement, and planning can be made to capture towns, mines and other locations. From the map, mercenaries can be deployed into a specific sector. Hostile sectors and enemy counter-attacks initiate combat mode. The combat screen is where most of the actual gameplay occurs. Traveling in towns, exploring houses (with the purpose of stealing stuff of course!) and most importantly combat, occurs here. An encounter with an enemy team (either offensive or defensive) will prompt a battle in the area of contact. If on the offensive, players may opt to place mercenaries in favorable positions. Each team plays in turns, unless their action in interrupted by an opposing member. Enemies come in all shapes and sizes: enemy soldiers, tanks, bloodcats, and (in sci-fi mode) insect-like monsters. The team that remains alive will control the sector. In order to recapture the island, players must engage in town militia management. A defense system must be organized for newly conquered towns to defend against enemy troops. Only loyal towns however may have its population trained into militia (indicated by a green percentage on the town via political map). A maximum of 2 mercenaries may train militia in any given town. The militia has 3 different training levels: green, regular, and veteran. The first 2 may be acquired through training, while the veteran status may only be acquired through combat. In 2017, it was offered as a Classic HD DLC for Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire. | ||
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| Julens Hjältar [Sw] | Young Genius Software AB | [top] | |
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Based on the Swedish 1999 Christmas calendar show by the same name (aired on SVT), an adventure game with many mini games where the player helps the in-game characters, a group of Christmas tree decorations (voiced by the actors from the TV show), to escape from a waste disposal plant. The game is divided into 24 mini-games and extra features, which would be unlocked day by day by entering codes the player may get from watching the show on TV, up to the 24th December (which is the date on which Christmas is celebrated in Sweden), which featured a code to unlock all content. This was the first game in the series of SVT advent calender games to feature this system, which has been featured in all their games since. | ||
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| Kasei Keikaku: The Project Mars 2 [J] | Kogado Studio Inc. | [top] | |
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The sequel to Kogado's Mars city building simulation game. The player's task is to build Mars into a planet suitable for human habitation under such harsh environmental conditions, that is, to "terrainize" Mars. The implementation time of the "Geomorphization" plan is a thousand years. In this millennium, players must maintain the lives of immigrants on the earth, construct suitable urban environments including space harbors, solar power plants, water purification facilities, dome residential areas, etc., and also pay attention to the development of many resources in the hope of " "Geomorphization" can be completed soon! Players can not only design micro cities but also plan the development of the entire Mars. Players can be said to exist beyond time and space, and will see new immigrants from the earth continue to join, and they will continue to multiply because of the player's governance. Another realization of the fantasy of Mars. Long ago, humans have always had many illusions about Mars. He is the ominous "red star" in the eyes of the ancients. The discovery of its three satellites is the achievement of scientists, and even the Martians are old friends in the hearts of all science fiction fans. The atmosphere of Mars is very thin, gravity is one-third of that of the earth, there is no liquid water, occasionally dust storms are raised, and the diameter of dust storms is the same as that of this planet. The player's task is to build Mars into a planet suitable for human habitation under such harsh environmental conditions, that is, to "terrainize" Mars. It took a thousand years to implement the amazing "terrestrialization" plan to find more construction . In this millennium, players must maintain the lives of immigrants on the earth and construct a suitable urban environment including space harbors, solar power plants, water purification facilities, dome residential areas and other major functions. Then we must also pay attention to the development of many resources, in the hope that "geographicalization" can be completed as soon as possible. There are a lot of metal deposits in the game, many of which are not easy to obtain on the earth. If the player "explodes" hard, they will find more surprises. In the dome residential area, you can design a miniature city. Outside of the dome, you can plan the development of the entire Mars. In the game, the player can be said to be an existence beyond time and space. You will see new immigrants from the earth continue to join and increase due to your governance. | ||
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| King Of Dragon Pass | A Sharp LLC | [top] | |
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This game has the makings of a strategy title with a blend of resource management, battles, and social interaction. On the other hand, it has a mixture of quests, tribe creation and magic that give it a sort of RPG feel. The outcome is a unique gaming experience that, despite it's shortcomings, is sure to capture the attention of serious strategy gamers. It uses the background of Glorantha, the setting from the RPG game Rune Quest. The object of the game is to become King of Dragon Pass, uniting all the various tribes through diplomacy, magic and battle. You begin the game by creating and defining your tribe or clan. Gameplay in KoDP revolves around managing your tribe through seasonal turns, over a period of several years. A single year cycle consists of seasons of Sea, Fire, Earth, Storm, and Sacred. In each season, with the exception of Sacred, your tribe is allowed to perform two separate actions. Some examples of these actions include performing a quest, attacking another tula (land), sending out an emissary for trade / politics, building fortifications, exploring the map, building shrines and temples to your gods, and much more. The seasons play a big role in the actions you take, for if you decide to attack another clan during harvesting seasons, your food supply will decrease. On top of the normal seasonal actions available, random events also occur, each requiring a decision on the gamers' part. Events can range from personal disputes with neighbouring clans, to more global problems. Managing relationships with your neighbouring clans is key to succeeding in KoDP. Whether you show generosity, mercy, or loyalty to other tribes is important in creating trust in order to trade goods with them, another important factor in KoDP. It's almost impossible to survive without trade. You can loose livestock or fall short on harvest, but developing trade routes can help you survive these hardships. Normal management areas include farming, relations, war, clan, magic and exploration. KoDP contains no animation whatsoever, and for much of the time doesn't have graphics as much as illustrations or artwork. In July/2015, a port of the revamped mobile version which includes extra content was released on PC. This updated version comes with 48 new scenes, 4 new illustrations, new advisors, bug fixes, and a mildly less punishing economy. | ||
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| King of the Hill | Flying Tiger Development / Fox Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Based on the FOX animation series of the same name, it's about this Texas Family and their misadventures with their friends and neighbors. As a game, it's actually two unrelated games (installs and runs separately). One is a romp through the neighborhood with little "parlor" type games such as Tic-Tac-Toss, Scavenger Hunt, Mini-Golf, and Lawnmower Race. The other is a cartoony paintball imitation of Deer Hunter. You can also explore a limited part of the town. | ||
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| Klass of '99 | RetroSpec | [top] | |
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This remake of Skool Daze replaces the limited 8-bit graphics and sounds from the original with new enhanced assets while maintaining the same classic gameplay from 1985. Besides the overall graphical improvements, this version adds small touches like random weather and other special effects. The player assumes the role of Eric, a school student in a desperate quest to erase a disastrous report file from the director's computer. The teachers and other fellow students are shown moving about on a scrolling side-view of the building, where the player has to guide the main character to the classes and make him attend and perform other chores from the daily routine. The protagonist can interact with the environment and cause mischief, write messages on the available blackboards, punch the other kids making them fall flat on their backs, and shoot pebbles at distracted teachers with a slingshot. Eric must hit the shields decorating the many rooms of the building to retrieve the password for the headmaster's computer, where the report file is stored. After being caught doing any transgression, he receives a random number of lines as punishment, with 10000 as the maximum allowed before being expelled from the school. Most of the children are anonymous characters milling around the location, but some have names and personalities that can hinder progress. Angelface is the local bully that sometimes contracts mumps, infecting Eric if he crosses path with him and causing the end of the game, as the sick boy is sent home by one of the teachers. Einstein is a snitch, telling the teachers about any misbehavior he witnessed. In Mar/2022, BitGlint Games re-released the original remake from 1999, in glorious wide-screen-o-vision with a few extra little improvements and runs on Windows 10. | ||
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| Laura's Happy Adventures | Playmobil Interactive / Ubi Soft Entertainment | [top] | |
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Laura's Happy Adventures is an adventure aimed at girls that uses the typical Playmobil look for its graphics. The player takes the role of Laura who breaks accidentally a stone from her grandfather's collection. In the rubble she finds a fairy's luck charm that gives her the quest to make everyone happy. This results in about six missions, e.g. finding missing binoculars. The game itself is played like most other adventure games; the player explores his surroundings, finds items and uses them to solve inventory based puzzles. Additionally there are many conversations with other people. Laura is controlled with the keyboard and almost all actions are triggered with space. There are some mini-games like redecorating the house of Laura's parents. | ||
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| Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver | Crystal Dynamics Inc. / Eidos Inc. | [top] | |
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The successor to Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, this action-adventure title brings the land of Nozgoth into the third dimension. Gone are the beautiful landscapes and proud people; in their place is the corrupt empire of Kain, his throne at the seat of the very pillars he defiled. You are one of Kain's lieutenants, Raziel, cast into "the abyss" for an act of insolence. You somehow survive, although you are only a shade of your previous self. Swearing revenge on your former master, you set out on a journey that takes you across Nozgoth, unraveling the mystery of your origins in the process and devouring the souls of those who stand in your way. Soul Reaver is in 3rd person view and follows Raziel on his quest to purge the land of vampires and take revenge on Kain. Raziel can shift between the "material" and "spectral" realms, and sometimes certain areas are only accessible through shifting. Throughout the game, Raziel gains abilities by absorbing the souls of his brethren, such as the ability to swim while in the "material" realm, or the ability to phase through gates while in the "spectral" realm. Eventually, Raziel gains the Soul Reaver, a powerful energy blade that protrudes from his arm. In Dec/2024, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered was released with ability to play in original or remastered graphics. | ||
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| Lego MindStorms: Star Wars Droid Developer Kit | Intelligent Games Ltd. / The LEGO Group | [top] | |
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Build your own Star Wars-inspired creations using LEGOs and your imagination. Included is the Droid Developer Kit software that contains step-by-step instructions for building such droids as R2-D2. Using the included "Micro Scout" minicomputer, give your creation a brain that controls the sound, motor, and light sensors of your droid. Once construction has been completed (the "Jedi Apprentice" step), move onto the Jedi Knight and Jedi Master challenge of building more complex droids with less instruction. | ||
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| Lego Rock Raiders | Data Design Interactive Ltd / LEGO Media International, Inc. | [top] | |
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Based on the underground LEGO universe, you must take control of a team of LEGO figures and build your way through mission based levels, ranging from saving lost crew members, finding hidden bases destroyed in the rubble and building your base to gain new vehicles. As your crew grow in confidence, they learn new abilities like piloting skills or become explosive experts. All the LEGO pieces from the Rock Raiders series are there to choose from when building your base, and the LEGO minifigures move just like the real thing (just without the hands pushing them along). You lead and control a team of highly trained engineers as they explore three underground worlds consisting of lava, ice and rock. Your objective is to mine tunnels and collect energy crystals and LEGO ore to be used to power and build new machinery. Obstacles and dangers lurk around every corner, though, as the precious materials are guarded by several indigenous creatures including Rock, Lava and Ice monsters, Slimy Slugs, bats and spiders. Your crew of five includes Bandit (navigator and sailor), Docs (geologist), Jet (pilot), Sparks (mechanic) and Axle (machinery operator). To keep the team safe, you need to establish and maintain a Rock Raiders Headquarters and defend it from attack from the menacing denizens of the underground. To accomplish the mission, you control a fleet of mining vehicles and machines (hover scout, digger, transport truck, rapid rider, laser cutter, tunnel scout, loader dozer, granite grinder, chrome crusher and cargo carrier) and various tools (drill, shovel, hammer, spanner, laser beam, pusher beam, dynamite and freezer beam). It's designed for building block enthusiasts ages eight and up, features a point-and-click interface and requires a 3D accelerator. Adjustable options include game speed, music volume, sound effects volume, brightness, help menus and graphic displays. | ||
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| Life of Christ, The | Discovery Interactive | [top] | |
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This contains 40 narrated multimedia lessons about Jesus, from birth to resurrection, and an interactive database detailing his life and ministry. Each of these 6 to 7 minute narrated presentations concludes with a question for discussion and a 6 Question Quiz about each lesson’s content. This “lesson index” makes Life of Christ a terrific tool for Sunday Schools and home learning. The 40 presentations can be played through from 1 to 40 as a game over several hours or days (or classes). The Professor’s Office Bookshelf is a database of multimedia, interactive quizzes. and maps about Christ’s life and the New Testament. When they accumulate several completed quizzes/scores in a topic area, the Scorebook rewards them with an answer to a Clue question about Jesus to put in the Cluebook. As they fill up the 60 slots in the Cluebook, the game gives combination codes to unlock the mystery chests sitting on the Professor’s Bookshelf. The game also rewards them with “combination codes” to unlock the “Mystery Chests” sitting in the Professor’s office. Part of the Game takes place in a Castle: If you’re playing your way through LoC’s content, some of the clues needed to fill-up your cluebook are found only in a 3-D CASTLE which students can explore. The rooms of the Castle are guarded by Jesus Quizzes, and the clues themselves are hidden behind objects. The entire Castle is guarded by a Books of the New Testament ordering game (which our exclusive guide gives you the secret to bypassing). Can’t find an answer to a Castle Quiz? Well, you”ll just have to go look it up on the Professor’s Bookshelf. | ||
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| Live Wire! | Code Monkeys Ltd., The / SCi Games Ltd. | [top] | |
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A 3D puzzle game where you cross a gridded landscape (Tron-cycle like) leaving a coloured trail behind you. Any square on the landscape that you managed to colour on all sides gets claimed by you and earns you points. You're up against a varied number of opponents and the game covers about 50 levels, with the landscapes having different properties and shapes (e.g spherical world landscape). Add to this a bunch of pickups and bonus abilities, and you've got a retro-puzzle game that's a bit fun. | ||
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| Mech Commander Gold | FASA Studio / MicroProse Software, Inc. | [top] | |
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This includes the original Mech Commander along with the new campaign Desperate Measures and several improvements, including completely new terrain, new mechs, and multiple difficulty settings. It also includes an editor to design your own missions. Mech Commander itself is an isometric real-time strategy game with the persistence of the Mechwarrior role-playing. As you lead your lance through missions, their skills would grow, you'll salvage/capture more mechs, more weapons, and so on and so forth. Desperate Measures is set immediately after the liberation of Port Arthur, the player once again assumes command of Zulu company in a campaign to liberate the desolate planet Cermak in the Periphery, taken by a renegade Smoke Jaguar, Star Colonel Marcus Kotare (a character that was featured briefly in MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries), for an unknown reason that is revealed later in game. Once again, the player starts with inferior Inner Sphere mechs (pilots and mechs from original campaign cannot be exported into expansion), though both mechs and pilots are better than in the start of the original campaign. The expansion features a total of three campaigns. Aside from the missions, the expansion also includes a new soundtrack, new landscapes along with redesigned and new buildings, new weapons, three new mechs for each side—Stiletto, Bushwacker, and Mauler for IS and Shadow Cat, Nova Cat and Turkina for the Clan, and new vehicles including Alacorn, Pilum and Regulator tanks, as well as ammo trucks that also doubled as mobile bombs and Centipede scout vehicles. Desperate Measures also acted as testbed for the concept of custom NPC mechs that had their own names (like Kotare's Turkina), weapon configurations and overall superiority to the standard modifications. In 2010, it was made available as freeware. | ||
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| Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: The CD-ROM Game | Mattel | [top] | |
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Are you a man? Are you a woman? Either way, you can attempt to learn more about your opposite sex in this game based on the book by author John Gray. The game is a series of quizzes, proctored by animated hosts, that test players' knowledge of how men and women think and behave. In single-player games, a player challenges the computer and is scored based on answers from the book. The quizzes are multiple choice with four possible answers. Each question is presented in one of three formats: text on a card, video clip, or an audio clip on a simulated answering machine. Players must choose to take the quiz for either "Mars" (men) or "Venus" (women). There are ten questions in each quiz and a total of eight quizzes for each sex. It offers two multiplayer variations. In online play mode, a network or Internet connection is used to compete against up to seven opponents. Here, one player is put in isolation and asked a question; after an answer has been posited, other players try to guess the response, scoring one point for each team member who guesses correctly. Online play features a chat option, for both team members and opponents, that's timed to keep the game moving. In party mode, two teams compete on one computer. While one team answers a question, the other team must look away. Then, the second team must guess the first team's answer. Gameplay is similar to the online mode but each team only gets one guess. No matter which mode of play is chosen, players must create a representative character and profile. Online players can look at this profile at any time during an online game. | ||
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| Millennium Racer Y2k Fighters | Creat Studio LLC / Cryo Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is a 3D racing game set in the 3rd millennium. Race virtual bikes on multi-level tracks in a virtual world set in the Internet to a background of techno music. Choose the player’s look including color and face type or use your own picture. There are eight different bike colors to choose from and four different engine types from fast with no grip to tight grip and good acceleration. Arcade mode offers three tracks (at first) to race on each one having different levels on which to race with which the player has to jump up on to reach. The higher levels having a faster track called superconductor, which allows the player a boost in speed. The player's bikes are equipped with boosters, which are filled up by jumping through rings and can be activated at any time. There are two different championship levels to choose from: 5 laps with four AI (Artificial Intelligence) players with average skills and professional and 7 laps with seven AI players with high skills. In each race the player receive points for coming in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and even additional points for time distance between the player and the player in front. Each new track requires a certain point total to be unlocked. After unlocking tracks in championship mode, the player may race on them in arcade or create a custom race by choosing laps (3, 5, or 7), number of AI opponents and the list of player profiles (Player Ghost – each player can record how they raced a particular track and mode and save it to a separate file. This can then be used as an opponent in a race). The player may race in the real life Internet with seven other players in multiplayer mode. | ||
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| Murder Mystery Party | KO Interactive Inc / Valusoft Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a planner for holding a murder mystery party in your own home. To use the planner you move through a series of rooms completing information and making decisions about your party and its theme and characters. You are also able to select and print invitations as well as review information and instructions about setting up and throwing the party. The program begins in the main area of the foyer. From here you can access the six rooms that will help guide you through the planning of your party. The second area, the Theme Library, will help you to chose between serveral different mysteries: As The Sun Sets, Redrum, The Last Dance, Holidazed, Outfoxed at Coventry, Trails End. When you have chosen your Theme, you will proceed to the Character Studio to setup your guest list. In the Invitation Workshop, you can choose from several different invitation styles. Finally, the Party Review allows you to check all of your party information and the Printing Press helps you to print out all the material you will need to host a successful party. | ||
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| Napion 3D | NewSoft | [top] | |
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Rare 3D arcade game of Spanish origin. Did you ever want to travel through time ?.. Live the most remote times in history or become a microscopic being and fight within your own body. This is a 3D Adventure, in which you have to make use of your best weapons to fight against enemies of the most mysterious. Namely, Egypt, Greece, the Middle Ages, your own house, or perhaps your own stomach. Everything is within your reach if you accompany NAPION in his incredible adventure. | ||
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| Odium / Gorky 17 | Metropolis Software House / TopWare Interactive | [top] | |
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Mutants have been found in the bombed out Russian city of Lubin, and a trio of soldiers (Sullivan, Ogritz and Trantigne, each of different nationalities) enters the city to find out what happened. You control the team and direct them through the world of surprises and mysteries that wait to be resolved. The game is composed mainly of two playing modes. First - the "adventure" mode, where you walk freely around the city, pick up items and use them in various places, and sometimes see cutscenes - conservations between characters. When you encounter the mutants, the gameplay switches to a turn-based strategy, a little similar to games such as X-Com: each turn, first all your men may move and act (attack, push items), and then all the mutants move and attack. During combat, your characters gain experience, and eventually gain levels (in mid-combat) and can improve their statistics, such as accuracy, luck etc. | ||
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| Only Fools and Horses Comedy Pack | BBC Worldwide | [top] | |
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Can you Adam n' Eve it? Del Boy, Rodney and Co. are joining the technical generation and going all interactive in this Only Fools and Horses Comedy Pack. Never one to miss out on a new trick, the dynamic duo will be up to their usual antics the moment the CD-ROM is inserted into your PC. Containing all your favourite moments from the brilliant and hilarious BBC series', the CD-ROM is divided into 3 main areas - Del Boy's Bargains, Rodney's Diploma, and The Nags Head Knees Up. By rooting through Del Boy's Bargains, you'll find desktop items that only Del would acquire - ones that don't work properly. These include Del's calculator with added 'functions', and a calendar with pearls of wisdom from Del and Rodney, such as "This time next year we'll be millionaires". Taking a peek at Rodney's Diploma gives you access to a host of different backgrounds, cursors, icons and sounds, and a personalised video and still image screen saver which you can edit together yourself, or use Del's recommendations. You can also pop in for the Nags Head Knee's Up, and view classic moments from the series on the big screen TV and test your Only Fools knowledge at the Pub Quiz. Finally, if you fancy a little distraction, you can risk a few virtual shekels on the Fruit Machine and it wouldn't be the same if you couldn't take to the streets of Peckham in a 3-wheel driving game would it? | ||
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| Planera med Mulle Meck [Sw] | ELD Interaktiv Produktion AB / Levande Böcker i Norden AB | [top] | |
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Tired of having pieces of paper everywhere where you wrote telephone numbers and the opening hours at the stables? This is the perfect aid for the disorganized family and lets you plan per month, week or day. Then choose to print or to use it only in the planning system. In addition, there are a lot of other fun things. Paint pictures, make your own signs and send images to your friends. It can also help you learn the basics of how to manage the computer. So go ahead, it will be the favorite of your family! It gives new boat and car parts in the calendar bi-weekly, starting in January 2000, for the former Mulle Meck games. | ||
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| Power Dolls 2 Advanced [J] | Kogado Studio Inc. | [top] | |
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This is, like other installments in the series, a sci-fi mecha-themed turn-based tactical game. Visually and gameplay-wise it is nearly identical to Power Dolls 2 and Power Dolls 2 Dash, though without the selectable difficulty level of the latter. It introduces three new campaigns which depict a renewed struggle between the governments of Omni and Earth after an attempt at peaceful reconciliation by Omni was foiled. There is a greater number of selectable characters and specific vehicle requirements (types of planes, helicopters, etc.) for certain missions. | ||
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| Power Dolls 3 [J] | Kogado Studio Inc. | [top] | |
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A tactical simulation game where you organize your troops and execute battle plans. The player decides the strategy plan, organizes platoons and strategy units from 25 female members according to the strategy plan, selects weapons, and fights on the tactical map. Introduced real-time system and platoon system. It is also possible to promote members. | ||
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| Power Dolls Mania Kit 3 [J] | Kogado Studio Inc. | [top] | |
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A collection of desktop accessories for the tactical simulation game "POWER DoLLS 3". Includes a screen saver, window mascot, wallpaper, calendar, timer, mini-game, clock, and bonus icon collection that can be used as a message board when you leave your desk. In addition, Kogado label soundwear is included, with an original pin badge. | ||
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| Prehistoric Animals | REMedia Inc. | [top] | |
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This is an educational game that explains a lot about prehistoric life during the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. The game features hundreds of different prehistoric creatures from over ten different prehistoric time periods. There are illustrations, articles, real pictures, and even videos. The game has five different sections for articles and videos. They include "Introduction", "Early Life", "Rise of Vertebrates", "Fossils" and "Display". It also has 10 sections to view classified groups of prehistoric species going in evolution order including Protomammals, Flying Reptiles and Ornithischian Dinosaurs. You can look up a prehistoric creature through the database, print an article, look up an article in the index, and you can even take a quiz on different chapters. A score is shown during the quiz, but there is no difficulty level or support for highscores. | ||
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| Prince Of Persia 3D | Red Orb Entertainment / The Learning Company | [top] | |
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In this first 3D sequel to the classic puzzle action series, you are just minding you business, having dinner with the Sultan (who happens to be you father-in-law) your new bride, and the Sultan's brother, when all of a sudden everything changes. The Sultan's nephew has imprisoned you and captured your bride, and now you're going to have to fight to regain the life you worked so hard to earn. Escape your cell and evade deadly traps, break spells and find weapons and deal with diabolical puzzles. There's 12 complex levels and seven detailed environments. The third-person viewpoint can make things a little confusing sometimes but the various palaces, caverns, dungeons and ruined cities have been well created and some of the many opponents you will face on your travels are truly fierce. Armed initially with just a sword, you'll eventually progress to magic potions and a bow and arrow - this doesn't sound like much, but the combat system is actually very elegant, relying on a good sense of timing and dexterity. Players used to more destructive projectile weapons might be disappointed, though. The combat system alone sets it apart from the rest of the pack, but also contributing to the game's atmosphere are the many puzzles and traps, the latter including some nasty razor-edged gadgets that bring tears to the eyes. | ||
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| Psychedelic Bus of Dead Knowledge: A Grateful Dead Mind Expansion Trivia Game | Cosmic Light Computing, LLC / Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a trippy deadhead knowledge game loaded with psychedelic eye candy. It features over 1,400 questions on the Dead. The game also features awesome swirling psychedelic graphics. It has hours and hours of play without a repeat question. It was officially licensed by the classic rock band The Grateful Dead. Wavy Gravy said of this game, "What an eye-popping, ear-tingling, mind blowing treat for the Jerry deprived." | ||
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| Puzz3D: Notre Dame Cathedral | Dyad Digital Studios Inc. / Wrebbit Inc. | [top] | |
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The "going up" foam jigsaw puzzle line from Wrebbit, Inc. makes its digital debut as part of an ongoing CD-ROM series. Each standalone release focuses on an architecturally significant building, with players able to manipulate pieces on a scrolling felt table before positioning them together in 3D space. The puzzles also offer multiple levels of difficulty, influencing the number of pieces available to build the structure. Options include adjustable sorting trays to store fitted pieces, three levels of zoom, and the ability to view a full-screen reference picture. Notre Dame Cathedral is notable for featuring an interactive twist: once players complete the puzzle, they will be able to explore the multi-floored interior and participate in a mystery involving ghosts and a Gypsy girl. | ||
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| Rezerwowe Psy [PL] | Nekrosoft / IPS Computer Group Sp. z o.o. | [top] | |
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A tactical strategy game similar in gameplay to Jagged Alliance. The player controls a contemporary team of mercenaries who are not only characterised by a set of skills or equipment, but also personal traits, what makes each of them a memorable individual. The game content was intended to start a scandal. In addition to violence of close combat between cold blooded mercenaries, mobsters and corrupted policemen, expect vulgar language, adult themes (including prostitution or homosexual sex acts - that's how your team "blows off the steam", apart from taking drugs and drinking alcohol to excess). Game creators wanted to laugh up or at least parody everything: ranging from pop culture to church and politicians. No wonder the box screams "18 or older". The game was packed in a military style stencilled wooden box. | ||
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| Rockman Gold Empire [Ch] | Strawberry Software / Soft-World International | [top] | |
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This is a hybrid of Monopoly and SimCity with a 3D perspective. The game is based on luck and strategy, much like RockBoard. Playable characters consist of Rockman (Mega Man), Forte (Bass), Blues (Proto Man), Duo, and a new character simply called "The Mayor". Dr. Wily is auto-controlled by the game. The objective of the game is very similar to Monopoly, you simply acquire assets by rolling the dice and spending money. Winning or losing doesn't seem to have an effect on the storyline. Because of Rockman's bravery and wits, all of Dr. Wily's new creations had fallen. Dr. Wily is very disappointed and decided to quit dominating the world and stop inventing new war machines. When he was cleaning his Garage, he found a mysterious plan – "Gold Transfer" in his pile of robot plans. The plan shows how to transfer gold into pure energy, and combining with some certain material to form the ultimate alloy. Dr. Wily decided to examine this plan, and secretly plots to conquer the world. On other hand, Forte left Dr. Wily and gave a part of the plan he had stolen to Dr. Right. Dr. Right told Rockman to collect gold quickly to stop Dr. Wily’s evil plans and he began to build structures to hold off Dr. Wily's attack. All of the art used on the packing and manual appears to be taken directly from Mega Man 8. Also, the opening video scenes seem to be taken from Mega Man 8 as well. Other than that, the game is mostly original compared to the other games in the series, using new music and uniquely original in-game graphics. | ||
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| Schwarzschild W2 [J] | Kogado Studio / NEC Interchannel | [top] | |
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In this strategic sci-fi war simulation, the player progresses with the used character changing according to the scenario. As with W, you can use three heroes, but it will forcefully change as the scenario progresses, it can not be selected like W. The protagonist is Adel Rockford to the last, and the hero who will handle in most chapters is also her. Regarding battleship development as well as W, we will develop parts separately. There is no battleship foundation. Battleships that can be developed in each chapter are limited. Types and performance differences that can be developed in each chapter are small. The development situation is reset almost every chapter, so much fun to develop is gone. This pattern is the first time in past Schwarz series. Obtaining the strongest battleship needed at the last battle at the event follows the past series. For battle, the fleet battle is almost the same as W. The operability is deteriorating by example Planet Battle is the most painful, is not it? It is almost impossible to prevent a fleet attacking by a planet alone. It is useless even if you keep a fleet stationed. In the past series, if the fleet was stationed, it is the form that the defense fight using the fleet is carried out first, then the planets themselves are fighting, and by placing multiple fleets on the planet, Although I could set up a defense line as a base, even at the W2, even if the fleet is stationed, it will suddenly become a planet warfare. So if you are defending a defense line you have to lay a fleet in front of the planet and you have to go back to the planet for refueling. It's difficult chapter 3, was the commander of the Rain Rogue Army. When using it is the most difficult. From the home country 'directive' to which planet to be controlled ', but if it can be controlled as it is, a decent supply comes from the home country, but if it fails, the quality of the battleship refueled I can not maintain the front line because it falls. If you can not control by the deadline it would be better to try again obediently. I suffered from the second directive. Because there is performance difference from the enemy country, I will lose if I do it properly. As I overcome this, I can get along because there is a decent battleship supply from my home country. It is the hardest part of this chapter that we can not produce battleship at all. Let's stop battleship development moderately. It can not be developed anyway. Once the hero returns to Adel, development and capital of the battleship can continue to the end so until then until that time we will do it by securing the number of fleets. In Chapter 5, you must destroy all the fortress and you will not be able to proceed to the final chapter. This point is caution for caution. In Chapter 6, we lose to the Galactic eighth powerful army. Please drop the main star (New Earth). If the enemy's mobile fortress is destroyed earlier than that, the scenario will not proceed further. | ||
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| Schwarzschild X [J] | Kogado Studio / NEC Interchannel | [top] | |
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In this strategic sci-fi war simulation, players advance the path of federal control as the leader of the Karon Liberation Army. It seems that this game also does not have Hao ED (an ED that can be seen by controlling all the stars). Instead, there are sub-scenarios for each country and you can see the circumstances of the country. (Egara is pleasant so let 's hold out all the Egara territory.) As a feature of this game, there is a thing called the commander's use. Since "event does not occur unless this commander is available when holding down a particular star system" event occurrence condition, an event will occur that you miss seeing when you play without knowing. Except for those events, the story is one trail so we will proceed along the flow. Unlike the previous works, there are talks that you do not understand unless you are doing past works, so you can enjoy more by playing past works (especially W). Do not forget to bring up fleets because of the capabilities of the commander. Because the De Pelane class fortress ship is the strongest ship, it may be better to intensively train missiles. In some cases, before the fleet reaches the borders of the next battle country, we will open up the battle, so let's limit the defense power of the border star system to MAX. If you do that, it will prevent the enemy fleet with just the defense power of the star system. The points to raise defense power are as follows: Main star and its surroundings (initial territory except San Siro); The border of the Western Region (the first star system that attacked); Beckham and its surroundings (most important); The borders of the Southern area (the first star system that attacked); It is good that the first Eastern Controlling Area educates the domestic officers by sticking to the point of declaration of war on Egara or Zeula (final goal = 2 thousand). | ||
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| Sequence Palladium 2 [J] | Usagi San Team / Kogado Software Products | [top] | |
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The location is the westernmost point of the Croisette continent. People live quietly on a small island. Most of the island is covered with virgin forest, and animals and spirits sing around. It is the people of the surrounding towns and the nobles who own the territory who know the small villages. I was injured. They call this village "The Sage's Village." One issue was taken up in Sage's Village. In the parliament of "the treasure wise men". Has completely lost the message from the neighboring country. The neighboring island was similarly isolated from the continent. The wise men finally realized that the "power of darkness" was resurrected and, like ancient history, they decided to carry out a plan to throw Ein into their whirlpool. Already, several people including Ain were selected for the village as a survey of neighboring countries. They are well. Kill time at end meetings. Faith will accompany the "Peaceful Sage". A brief explanation will be given to the members of the survey team, and the neighboring town will be the first destination. Before departure, in preparation for the outside world where you do not know what will happen, a wizard's mock battle near the village. A contract between the knight and Parasuite. Each parameter changes depending on the contractor. Also, this time, if you cancel the contract, there is considerable damage, so you have to select the contract partner more carefully. Composition/Armed selection - Select a wizard and weapon to mount. This time, magic and combat options are pre-populated in the wizard, so the aircraft's performance is limited and the use is naturally decided. Choose the aircraft that suits your strategy. Composition/briefing - Operation description and unit formation screen. Carefully check the strategy content and enemy force, and select a pair suitable for it. Tactics - The number of maps is over 40. Clearing the active scenario of your choice, you can get the rare training items and armor. The balance has been redesigned and a whole new battle awaits you. | ||
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| Sim Theme Park / Theme Park World | Bullfrog Productions Ltd. / Electronic Arts Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the sequel to Theme Park and the second game in the series. It is a theme park management game where players build their own theme park with roller coasters, rides and food stalls. Each building can be customized for its appearance, prices and also the length of the ride. Roller coasters play an important role as the main attraction for visitors. Players can design a custom ride and then test it from a first-person view. In this version the park can be built in four different worlds: Lost Kingdom (prehistoric theme), Halloween World (spooky theme), Wonderland (fantasy theme) and Space Zone (futuristic theme). The game boasts 3D graphics and players can walk around in their park as if they were one of the guests, and go on the rides. Golden Tickets can be won by doing great things to the park and these can be used to buy new rides and parks. | ||
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| SimCity 3000 | Maxis Software Inc. / Electronic Arts Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a simulation and city-building personal computer game. As a mayor, it is your job to manage your city. It starts off empty, but will grow. You can zone parts of your city for residential, commercial & industry. In addition to zoning, you can build roads, parks, trains, water pipes, power plants and much much more. If you are successful, your city will grow and prosper. If you fail you will bankrupt the city and get thrown out of office. Most of the gameplay from SimCity 2000 remained in SimCity 3000. The concept of waste management was added as well as the ability to choose from three zoning densities. Also, farms could appear in certain industrial zones. The idea of dealing with neighboring cities was much expanded in SimCity 3000. Players could negotiate deals to buy or sell electricity, water, and waste management services. The game also introduced business deals. Players would have the option of allowing a certain type of building to be built in their city. If they allowed it to be built, the player receives a certain amount of money, but also has to deal with an undesirable effect. Players also were given better help. Advisors in SimCity 3000 gave the player in depth advice rather than simply discouraging the player from cutting funding as they did in SimCity 2000. The player also had petitioners, usually citizens from their city, asking for certain ordinances to be enacted or taxes to be cut. The newspapers were replaced with a news ticker. If something was wrong with the player's cities, the news stories would reflect this. If everything was going well, the stories would be humorous nonsense. The ticker would sometimes have a warning of a disaster to come. Another new feature was landmarks. Landmarks were there mostly for aesthetic purposes, though building one would open the tourism advertising city ordinance. Landmarks were free to build, but limited to ten per city (though there is a cheat that can remove this limit). Graphically, this improved upon its predecessor. Buildings were grouped together more rigorously by economic class, creating distinct neighborhoods. The ground had grass and varied in color with elevation. The land had five levels of steepness instead of one. Instead of only pine trees, this added several types of trees, with oaks being prevalent. On the other hand, it got rid of the waterfalls introduced in SimCity 2000. Most of the disasters from the previous games were removed but it includes: Earthquake, Fire, Nuclear meltdown, Riots, Tornado, UFO. Along with the ability to dispatch police and firefighters, the ability to activate a warning siren to help your sims get to safety was added. | ||
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| Sleepwalker | Exelweiss Entertainment / Crystal Interactive Software | [top] | |
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Sleepwalker is an isometric puzzle where a sleepwalking man in his pajamas needs to be guided to safety. The character walks automatically and cannot be controlled directly. Instead the player needs to put up signs and objects in the environment to help him around and to avoid contact with monsters. Signs are collected in a vertical bar on the right side of the screen. Farther levels include new types of items. The game contains about 100 levels. | ||
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| Star Trek Trivia Challenge | Sound Source Interactive | [top] | |
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To play, you'll need your brain on the bridge, your finger on the pulse of pop culture, and your tongue firmly in your cheek. You'll need to know that Khan likes to serve his revenge cold and that Ricardo Montalban once pitched a product for serving sandwiches hot. That Data is, indeed the "little wooden boy" from the Starship Enterprise and that Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories" featured a young Brent Spiner. Yup, we got your alternate Trek universe right here. Prime directive? To lighten up. Phasers? Set on FUN. Over 1000 questions related to Star Trek The Original Series and Star Trek THE NEXT GENERATION. Mind-warping categories include: Klingon 101, Haiku Am I?, One Degree of Separation, and more. Ideal for pop culture connoisseurs as well as Trekkers. Fun, energetic, easy-to-use interface. Up to 3 players compete on one keyboard – no additional equipment required. Tournament play is perfect for parties, social events, rite-of-passage ceremonies. Much like the previous game Star Trek: The Game Show, the game takes the form of a quiz show with questions being drawn from both The Original Series and The Next Generation as well as from greater body of pop culture that has built up around these two series. When starting a game players can choose to have the questions involve either one of the series. Alternatively, a "Combination Game" can be played where questions involve both The Original Series and The Next Generation. The game can be either played solo or with up to three players playing and competing against one another on the same computer. The game then takes place across two rounds, the "Combination Game" featuring a Original Series round first followed by a Next Generation round, the interface being suitably themed for each series. There are four categories (each with a Star Trek themed name) to every round each category featuring four questions. There is then a final round where players are required to guess what a particular phrase is drawing from either one of the shows. After the end of the game player's high scores are added to the in-game high scores chart. | ||
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| Star Trek: Starfleet Command | 14° East / Interplay Productions, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a real-time space combat game based heavily on the boardgame Star Fleet Battles that allows the player to represent any one of six empires. Choices include the United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, Hydran Kingdom, Lyran Star Empire, Gorn Federation or Romulan Star Empire. Based on data from Quicksilver Software's Star Fleet Battles board game, Star Trek: Starfleet Command features more than 50 campaign missions, four classes of ships and more than 50 3D hull designs with 300-plus variations. The game offers multiple tutorials as well as multi-player options ranging from two-player modem or serial cable (including deathmatch battles) to up to six players via LAN or the Internet. The player can achieve in-game promotions from the level of Lieutenant Commander to Rear Admiral and increased task force control commensurate with the promotions. Battle craft range from frigate to heavy cruiser and dreadnought ships. Through this promotional system of gameplay, newer and more powerful ships are made available as advancement in rank occurs. Original Star Trek scenarios can be played out as well. Action is at the tactical level and includes literally dozens of options and capabilities found in the original Star Fleet Battles. A wide range of diverse elements ranges from suicide shuttles and photon torpedoes to fusion beams, cloaking devices and monsters. Damage control, move and turn (in battle) cost rates, defensive maneuvers and five types of phaser fire are but a few of the game elements. In 2000, a Gold Edition was released. It was an enhanced re-release which comes patched to version 1.03, and includes all the missions which were previously downloadable from the official website (3 for the Federation, 3 for the Klingons, 10 for the Hydrans, 7 for the Gorn, and 3 for the Romulans). | ||
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation | MicroProse Software, Inc. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a 4X turn-based computer strategy game set in the Star Trek fictional universe, specifically related to Star Trek: The Next Generation. The player takes control of one of five civilizations, either the Federation, Ferengi, Klingons, Romulans or Cardassians. Thirty other races from the Star Trek universe are included as minor races in the game. In addition to the strategy mode of the game, it also features a 3D combat mode which uses the Falcon 4.0 engine. The game's release was intended to tie-in with the film Star Trek: Insurrection. It received average to good ratings from critics, who praised the look of the game but were critical of the AI of enemy factions, the research technologies and the time it took to play. The game is played on a 2d Galaxy Map which represents star systems, task forces, empire borders and other space phenomena via the use of icons. Map size varies: small (10x13), medium (12x16), and huge (18x26).[5] There are also separate screens for empire research, colony management, intelligence and diplomacy which are all accessed from a right-click main menu. The player starts with a star system under their control and the purpose of the game is to create the most powerful empire in the galaxy. This is achieved through diplomacy, colonization of new worlds and defeating rivals. Winning the game in an alliance with a rival empire is also possible. Unlike similar games such as Master of Orion, diplomacy isn't the core means of winning the game for all factions. Instead the victory conditions also allow for the player to win if they control 60% of the population of the galaxy and the inhabited systems, but an alliance with another empire increases the percentage required to 75%. The "Vendetta" victory conditions requires an Empire to defeat two rivals; for the Federation it is the Romulans and the Cardassians. Space Battles are turn-based, and allow for the player to issue orders to individual vessels. The player then watches the two sides follow their respective orders at the same time. These sequences can be recorded and replayed later in multiple camera angles. Space combats can also be skipped, allowing the computer to work out the results. Unlike games like Master of Orion II, there is no ability to customize the look of individual vessels or classes. Each of these use predefined designs. Multiplayer for up to five players can be played over a LAN, and was available on the internet via Hasbro Interactive's Games.com. The player is also required to manage resources for their empire. At an individual system level, the player must manage energy to power structures, food to feed the population and industry units which determines how quickly ships and structures can be constructed. Across an empire, the player must also manage credits which allow for structures and ships to be instantly constructed, to support ships beyond the maximum allowed by the population and to be used as gifts or bribes. In addition to population, the number of starships that an empire can build is restricted by the number of dilithium refineries it owns. | ||
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| Star Wars Episode I: Racer | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | [top] | |
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Based upon the Pod Racing scenes of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, your mission as young Anakin Skywalker or as one of a collection of strange characters from around the Galaxy is to compete, survive and win in the high speed challenge of Pod Racing. Each character has a unique Pod that can be upgraded with the credits you win after each race. Finish first to gain the most prestige and compete in greater and more challenging tracks, including the now famous race along the sand dunes of Tatooine that determined the destiny of many lives. It features a variety of tracks spanning several different planets. It includes all of the racers featured in the movie and more, including Teemto Pagalies, Dud Bolt, Mars Guo, and Ben Quadinaros. The following is a list of different playing modes featured in the game: Tournament - The primary game mode. Race for money to buy parts or pit droids, and unlock new tracks, racers, and upgrades. There is no difficulty setting in this mode; Free Race - Allows you to practice any previously unlocked courses using any unlocked racer. However, you cannot earn money or unlock tracks and racers. You can, however, set the difficulty of your opponents; Time Attack - The same as Free Race except you race against the clock constantly trying to improve your time. This mode is absent from the PC version in which, instead, the free play mode allows the player to set the number of computer opponents to 0; 2 Player - Race against another real player on any unlocked course. You can adjust the difficulty, number, and speed of the computer opponents; Multiplayer - Race against other players on a local network on any unlocked course. The PC version uses the deprecated IPX protocol to accomplish this, while the Macintosh version uses the TCP/IP stack. The multiplayer mode can support up to 8 players. | ||
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| Star Wars Episode I: The Insider's Guide | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | [top] | |
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This is a thorough guide of over 500 entries to the characters, technology, vehicles, and locations of The Phantom Menace. It also contains the official trailers and posters of the first prequel film, as well as additional information on the previously released Episodes of the saga. The software also includes Behind the Scenes details, as well as providing a guide to Expanded Universe material relating to Episode I. It has: exclusive interviews with George Lucas and the production team; 2000+ images such as concept art, making of shots, photo stills, and more; theatrical trailers, selected film footage and clips; over 300 pieces of original art, including rotating 3d models of major vehicles and craft; complete screenplay with annotations. | ||
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| Starcraft: Stratospace | Unknown | [top] | |
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In search of dominance of the galaxies the three species: Terran, Protoss and Zerg challenge you once again in 1000 thrilling new deadly game levels and missions. This is a very rare expansion set for Starcraft & Broodwar. It contains 3 new campaigns. It includes 100 Internet Links to StarCraft sites, Maps, Missions, Editors, Utilities, Sounds, Strategies, Newsgroups. Single player and multiplayer options (up to 8 players). Face-to-face combat, allied or team play over a network or via the Internet. | ||
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| Svea Rike II [Sw] | Korkeken Interactive Studio AB, Target Games Interactive AB / Levande Böcker i Norden AB | [top] | |
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This is a real-time strategy game based on the history of Sweden and popular board game. The gameplay is very similar to that of the first game. You start in the year 1471, and the goal is that 350 years later, in 1821, you should have succeeded so well that you will be elected as king of Sweden. | ||
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| Tarzan Print Studio | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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This brings the jungle to you, with hundreds of Tarzan projects. Create personalized projects for school, friends and family, featuring your favorite Tarzan images. This CD-ROM offers hundreds of projects, including stickers, birthday banners, school calendars, holiday greeting cards, party invitations and more. This software lets children use the artwork from the Tarzan animated film to create stickers, birthday banners, calendars, greeting cards and party invitations. Included in the package are samples of Avery stickers and cards. The artwork is plentiful, and there are many project templates to choose from including placemats, door hangers and labels. | ||
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| Toyland Racing | Revistronic / Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | [top] | |
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The game is unexpected blend of racing and comics. What can be better than toys driving toy cars, even in such great Spanish cities as Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla. You can drive with your friend in one car through 15 different tracks of the world under the guidance of Mr. Chetty. There are different difficulty levels and multiplayer is up to 8 players. | ||
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| Typing Ougi: Hokuto no Ken Gekiuchi [J] | SSI Tristar | [top] | |
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This is the first in a series of typing software where the objective throughout is to defeat hordes of adversaries by typing words correctly. During boss battles, the player must fill out a special move gauge in order to accumulate enough strength to perform a finishing move with the space key. Players control Kenshiro as they defeat adversaries using their typing skills. With the exception of Akira Kamiya as Ken, all the characters in the game were voiced by new actors. There are seven stages in all. An updated version of the original Gekiuchi, dubbed Gekiuchi SE or Second Edition, was released in 2000. This version addresses some of the flaws and omissions from the original release by adding a key configuration and difficulty settings. The number of words were also increased. Owners of the original version were allowed to download an upgrade patch for their version of the game. | ||
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| Venice: Fortune and Glory in the City of the Doges | France Télécom Multimédia / Cryo Networks | [top] | |
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This is a online-only managerial simulation set in the 15/16th century (the in-game timeline began in 1499). In other online games the player reaches after experience points and level-ups - in this game the goals are wealth, respect and political influence. There are basically two job categories: producers (of one good, e.g. bricks or olives) and traders, both keep the economic cycle alive. The producers sell their goods on the market place to other producers which need it as resource for their own production (e.g. olives for olive oil) or to traders. Large amounts can be traded in the stock market. When initiated the production of a good is carried on automatically (every hour represents two days) - this means the player only has to be online to change the settings and to trade. If the player has made enough money he can take care of other human needs. Social respect is earned by having a large art collection. This include paintings, sculptures, furniture and jewellery which can be purchased at auctions or antique dealers. At regular intervals the richest people of Venice (speak: the most successful players) elect a city council which in turn elects the Doge. He is the most important man of Venice and has various additional tasks, e.g. setting the tax. The game included 6-Months-free use of the game. After 6 month you had to pay a monthly fee of around $7. The game's servers are now shut down. | ||
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| Void Runner | Jordan Touzsouzov | [top] | |
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This is a free arcade/action game with fast and addictive gameplay. You can feel the spirit of the maniacal old-style computer arcades: run and jump over the abyss and traps, and count on your reflections. It's similar to SkyRoads, where you ride your spaceship on platforms in space trying not to fall off. You must jump over the spaces where platforms end, and avoid getting squished by the blocks that move up and down. The game contains 9 levels with excellent 3D graphics, accelerated via OpenGL. | ||
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| Voyage au coeur du cinéma français [Fr] | Mandarine Interactive | [top] | |
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You are a journalist. Your press card in your name bears witness to this. You receive a call: a photographer is waiting for you to start the interviews in the film industry. Your editor-in-chief is waiting for your next article. So let's get to work. Mandarine Interactive specialized in offering titles paid for by brands which then gave them to their loyal customers. This process was particularly in vogue at the turn of the century and this was sponsored by an ice cream brand. The software can be seen above all as a database and information on trades around the 7th art. The great figures of cinema who have since made people talk about themselves (and not always for good) as the most anonymous are presented with the help of photos. Mini-interviews are available with personalities like Isabelle Carré. Mini-games punctuate the title (law game, memory game). Just before its immense success with “Yoco”, this developer offered to take people behind the scenes of cinema with the help of studio magazine: what are the professions? How does everyone contribute to a film? This is the fabric of this software halfway between culture and education. | ||
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| Worms Armageddon | Team17 Software Limited / MicroProse Software, Inc. | [top] | |
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A sequel to Worms 2, this expands upon its predecessor by enhancing a few facets of gameplay and including play over the Internet through Team 17's WormNet. Like the previous Worms installments, the game is an artillery variant. The player give an artillery piece a shot angle and shot power, and try to hit the opponent, taking into account wind effects. The player and the opponent exchange these shots in a turn-based fashion. The game puts the player in command of a team of up to eight worms, which can move around the landscape (one at a time), using many types of weapons to try to dispatch the enemy, from bazookas to mini-guns to exploding sheep. In some situations, the worms can also jump, swing by rope, and descend with a parachute. The game includes an expansive editor that allows players to customize nearly every aspect of the game. Custom teams can be created, and players are able to edit their special weapons, grave markers, flags, victory fanfares, and voice sets, which can be imported into the game from outer sources. A random terrain generator and a terrain-import system are provided as well. The latter makes it possible to import into the game files in image formats, which the game converts into playable terrains. | ||
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The Flying Liftboy (Dutch: Abeltje) is based on a 1998 Dutch film directed by Ben Sombogaart. The film was based on the 1953 Dutch children's book Abeltje by Annie M. G. Schmidt. After starting the CD-ROM, you will end up in the elevator. You may now operate the elevator. There is a separate button for each game. If you don't know what to do exactly, just press the help button. Abeltje will then tell you what you can do on this CD-ROM. You use the key to change the level of the games. If the key is on level 2, then all the games are a lot harder. Be careful: NEVER press the green button. In the film puzzle you have to try to puzzle the film well. First you choose a film fragment with which you want to play. The film fragment is cut into 15 pieces that are mixed up. By clicking on two squares with the mouse they switch. Keep puzzling until you can see the entire film well. In level 2 the squares are sometimes also rotated to make it extra difficult, with the right button of the mouse you can rotate a block well. Tumpman - In this game you have to try to find all the mothballs with Mr. Tump. He needs them to cure the people in Perugona. Watch out for the evil rebels, they will do everything they can to prevent you from getting the mothballs. When you have found all the mothballs, you have to get the key as quickly as possible and take the elevator to the next level. Luckily, there are boxing gloves with which you can chase the rebels away for a while. Test your memory with the memory game. Try to find the cards with the same images as quickly as possible. The faster you find the cards found each other, the more points you get. Quiz - How well do you know the Abeltje film? In the quiz you have to try to answer 10 questions about the film correctly. The faster you know the answers, the more points you get. For each question you can choose from 4 answers. Can you answer all 10 correctly? Hitchhiking - Make the same journey as Abeltje and his friends do in the film. In this game you control the elevator and you have to try to avoid all opponents along the way. You have to fly quickly to get to the end point on time. First fly to New York and then go in search of Perugona to fly back home via the volcano. The computer will always remember the highest scores. This way you can always see later who played the games best. Compare your scores with those of your friends. | ||
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| Alex Builds His Farm | Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. / Playmobil Interactive | [top] | |
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This is a game based on the world of the Playmobil franchise where the boy Alex wants to become a farmer. In a 3D world, he can participate in different activities such as constructing a farm by copying the shapes and colours of a model, scare away the crows in a wheat labyrinth, help Mrs. Duck find her ducklings on the lake, race his dog Oscar, collect eggs in the henhouse, and more. Each building holds different activities and Alex can also walk around to talk to other characters such as his parents, grandparents, Oscar the dog and his sister Sarah. Alex can win up to three certificates (ranging from Good Farmer to The Best Farmer) and print these afterwards. He also carries The Big Farming Book that tracks the progress of the different activities and offers additional information. | ||
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| American Girls, The: Dress Designer CD-ROM | Mattel Interactive | [top] | |
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Explore the world of dress design using six models wearing fashions from the past 200 years of American history. Each young girl's ensemble reflects the specific era in which she lived (1774, 1824, 1854, 1864, 1904 and 1944). While choosing dress patterns, colors, accessories, hats, shoes and more, each girl provides facts pertaining to her time period including such items as the types of food, chores, school study subjects and the types of clothing worn. Using a point-and-click interface, The American Girls Dress Designer allows you to create and design new outfits, drawing from a large on-CD library of fashion options. Just some of the many features include specific fabrics, patterns, colors and spools of thread, the addition of lace, ribbons and trim, touch ups with buttons and bows and accessories like shoes, hats, flower bouquets and candles. | ||
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| Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok | Fox Interactive | [top] | |
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Based on the animated movie, Rasputin has released a horde of demonic servitors on poor Anastasia's heels, and now its up to you to guide her to safety. Pooka is your faithful canine (who'll be with you every step of the journey), and Bartok is the evil bat who fills your world with treacherous riddles and cheers for the bad guys. You'll travel to five locales throughout Russia solving puzzles, creating items, and engaging in a series of entertaining mini-games. With voice acting from Meg Ryan and an in-depth storyline, the game will have you feeling like you are at the movies. It is illustrated with more than 60 hand-painted scenes and original animation, including backgrounds from the movie. | ||
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| Arthur's Math Games | Creative Wonders / The Learning Company | [top] | |
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This invites kids to join Arthur and the gang at the carnival and have fun while learning math. There are six fun-filled activities and five difficulty levels to keep the challenges fresh. Kids learn a number of essential math skills, including counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, basic geometry, simple fractions, memory skills, problem solving, and patterns and sequences. There are also art and music activities for extra fun for kids ages 4 to 7. Arthur Shows You How Much Fun Math Can Be. Arthur, D.W., and friends welcome your young learner to a carnival of math discovery. Six fun-filled adventures build essential early math skills including counting, logic, and geometry. From making correct change at D.W.’s lemonade stand to sorting creepy critters at Francine’s Amazing Bug Show, every charming activity keeps kids engaged, stimulated, and eager to learn. Features: Turn playtime fun into math success; Build skills in counting, addition and subtraction, basic geometry, simple fractions, logic and memory, pattern recognition, problem solving, and simple multiplication and division; Enhance learning through creative expression with bonus art and music activities; 5 progressive skill levels; Hours of Fun. | ||
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| Babe and Friends: Animated Early Reader | Sound Source Interactive / TDK Mediactive | [top] | |
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The pre-school adventures with the friendly pig! Let your child go on a discovery tour: Babe and his new friends in town are planning a circus event to raise money for social purposes. But before the inhabitants of Metropolis will purchase tickets, Babe and his friends have to help them a little. 7 exciting assignments in which it is important to pursue goals and to assume social responsibilities, teach preschool children basic skills, such as helpfulness or group work. For example: Babe and his friends plant trees in the city park to clean the sidewalk, rehearse with the orchestra as well as many other useful activities. And if all tickets are sold, it is finally: "Manege frei!" Game teaches you: letters, counting from 1 to 10, recognition of colors and shapes. | ||
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| Banke på! [No] | Alfabeta Gammafon Multimedia | [top] | |
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Knock on and visit the small house with the blue door. Knock on the six doors, click your way through the rooms and greet the monkeys, rabbits, the little man and the others. What do teddy bears dream of? In addition to what you can do by clicking your way through the rooms, the CD-ROM contains four games: Find the banana man - Keep an eye on the movements, don't lose your banana man out of sight. It's about clicking on the banana he's hiding in; learn the clock - Move the watch's watch's watch and you'll hear how much time is. The cuckoo helps; water the flowers - Watch out. It's about watering all the flowers without any of them withering; and now we'll cook soup - It is about choosing the right ingredients for the soup. You learn to recognize different vegetables to fruits. | ||
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| Barbie Generation Girl: Gotta Groove | Mattel Interactive / Vivendi Universal Publishing | [top] | |
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Dance and perform the coolest moves with Barbie and her Generation Girl friends. Welcome to this CD-ROM where dancing, cool music and friendship are where it's at. The Generation Girl friends love to do things together, especially dance. Ana knows salsa, Nichelle lives for swing dancing, while Tori loves athletic hip-hop moves. Chelsie does dreamy European dances, and Barbie loves dancing to pop music. Lara will assist you in creating cool sets for your final performance. You'll love helping each Generation Girl share her own special moves with her friends. Getting ready for the big dance performance at the International High School in New York is the best, as you help the girls create and practice routines, choose cool costumes and design beautiful stage sets. Then you get to put on your special show in the Performance Dome. Together, well all be the stars of the show | ||
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| Barbie Sticker Designer | Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Barbie becomes mobile as you can now take her with you anyplace you can put a sticker. This design program allows you to create stickers with different backgrounds and special effects starring Barbie, her friends and even yourself. Put them on notebooks, lockers, diaries or backpacks - even paste them on cards to give your friends. Features include colorful backgrounds, fashion accessories, mix and matching, assorted fonts and hundreds of images from the World of Barbie. The program consists of three main areas: Photo Studio, Design Studio and Screen and Print Studio. The first is used for uploading images captured via a digital camera, the second allows you to rotate or resize items and the third provides the wherewithal to merge photos with existing backgrounds via the Image Editor and print them out. A special feature of the program lets you import and crop photographs to include on your stickers, making it possible for your and your friends to pose with Barbie. Create your own Barbie screensavers so she'll keep you company while doing computerized homework. Requirements include a good quality inkjet color printer and Avery brand sticker sheets (5 sheets containing a total of 70 are included with the package), a Barbie Digital Camera (sold separately) or a color scanner for photos. Adult supervision is highly recommended when printing the stickers. | ||
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| Barbie Storymaker | Optimum Interactive / Mattel Interactive | [top] | |
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Unlike books and television shows, where you have no input into the storyline direction or character makeup, Barbie Storymaker lets you bring Barbie stories to life. You choose the setting, the props, and the characters. Have your story play out in the mall, at the beach, in the ballet studio, or plan a storyline in and around the Barbie Dream House. As the author and creator of your interactive story, you can name (many of) your characters and direct their movements. Choose from Barbie dolls, animals, friends, and family. Have the characters' dialogue appear as onscreen text or record your own voice and add sound effects. Once you've constructed your tale, link the scenes together and watch the Barbie stories play out. In addition to making stories for your computer screen, you can design real coloring book pages to print on your ink jet or laser printer. | ||
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| Barbie Super Sports | Click Entertainment / Mattel Media | [top] | |
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The blonde icon takes on the sports of Snowboarding and Rollerblading. Both events have a practice area where Barbie gives advice on how to race and get better scores, which will earn tickets that can be traded in for better equipment. And you'll need better equipment if you want to beat Barbie and her friends. After beating the computer-controlled opponents, challenge your friends to a race with the Two-Player mode, or see who can complete a course the fastest in the Time-Trial mode. | ||
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| Barbie: Digital Makeover | Digital Domain Inc. / Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Now girls can create digital makeovers for themselves and their friends - and Barbies too. A brand-new look is just a few clicks away with this CD-ROM. Now girls can put their own digital images into the computer and create hundreds of hair and makeup styles for instant makeover fun. This combines the fun of digital images with glamour and creativity play so girls can create instant virtual makeovers for themselves, their friends, and Barbie too. Make over Barbie, Christie, Kira, and Teresa, for more fun. Use Barbie's magical mixing devices to make your own original textures, colors, and personalized makeup. | ||
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| Barbie: Party Print 'n Play | Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Ain't no party like a Print 'n Play party. This software allows you to customize stationary, greeting cards, and stickers, among other things. Choose from many cool designs and layouts. Barbie points and clicks the way to help you design, create, and print your own personalized stationery and stickers, using Barbie images and your own text. | ||
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| Barbie: Totally Tattoos | Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Girls can create their own tattoo designs from hundreds of colors and graphics, and wear them themselves or make tiny matching designs for their Barbie dolls. Special temporary tattoo printout sheets are included. | ||
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| Barney's Night Before Christmas | Lyrick Studios | [top] | |
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On the Barney's Night Before Christmas DVD, a straight to video movie starring the popular purple dinosaur from kids television, there is a menu saying there are 8 interactive games and 4 weblinks to different websites. There are 8 games: Let's Decorate Cookies - Pick a Cookie shape and drag decorations to the cookie. Why are there only 3 icing colors? Holiday Memory Game - Plays just like any Memory game. Christmas Puzzles - Plays just like any Jigsaw Puzzle game. Paint a Holiday Picture - Use the colors to fill in the picture. Connect the Snowflakes - Connect the Snowflakes to make a picture. Matching with Barney - Click on the pictures and find the one that is the same. Let's Count Ornaments - Click on the ornaments to count them. What's Next? - Click the picture that comes next in the pattern. | ||
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| Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense of Adventure | WayForward Technologies / Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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Kids ages 3 to 6 (and adults) who love that lovable brown bear, Bear, from Disney's Bear in the Big Blue House (and Jim Henson's muppets), will love this CD. With outstanding graphics, music and sites and sounds of the Disney Channel show, kids will love interacting with their favorite characters. Meet Bear, of course, Tutter, Ojo, Treelo, Pip and Pop (kids know who they are) for one great interactive experience. There are five adventures which makes the program rich in content, and five minigames. The main objective is to help all the characters of the Big Blue House with their things in order to collect baking supplies and collect the bunches of berries that are scattered all over the house in order to make a triple-berry pie. Graphics are great, and among learning concepts touched upon are the five senses, color mixing, and matching by attribute. | ||
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| Black Cats and Pointed Hats | BVM Produktion GmbH / Tivola Publishing, Inc. | [top] | |
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Prince Frederick of Frivolia has been turned into a frog by the witches of Witchville. To reverse the curse, you have to sneak into the town and give the seven witches responsible for this tragedy a gift. Each part of the town: the market place, the barber shop, the pub... has hotspots that trigger events. The witches will only appear if you find the correct locations. The game is suited for children from three to ten. Unlike most other educational games, there are no math or logic puzzles to solve. Be prepared for some spellbinding insights into a witch's everyday life: what's a broom-TV? What do little witches learn at school? And why does a witch's cat need an MOT?! | ||
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| Blinky Bill And The Magician | Forest Interactive / The Learning Company, Inc. | [top] | |
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This single player educational title for ages 3 - 8 features Blinky Bill, a cartoon character who originated in Australia who's been around since the 1930's. He's featured in comics, an animated movie, a couple of TV series' as well as computer games. This title is based on a televised program from the series 'The Adventures Of Blinky Bill'. It is an educational title and as such features a bright colourful main menu in the form of a stage with lots of pieces of magicians equipment on it. Clicking on some items triggers a piece of animation while others trigger a mini game. The hotspots on the main stage are: The Magic Book - This takes the player to the story book page. The comic book like story can either be read by the player or it can be read to them. The pictures in the story have hotspots within then that trigger short animations. The Scarf Box - This launches a mini game of colour recognition. The Paint Box - This gives the player the option to create their own pictures on-screen. The Globe - The player searches for thumbnail pictures of things that happen in nature, from rainbows to cyclones, and when selected they are presented with the full sized image and hear a short description. There's also a ball labelled WWW which is a link to the Blinky Bill Clubhouse, a web site that is no longer running. The Crystal Ball - This takes the player to a screen with an assortment of simple games involving recognizing numbers, colours, animals and words, and simple arithmetic. The Blue Box - Triggers a maze game where the object is to help Blinky find his swag bag. | ||
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| Blinky Bill's Kindy | Yoram Gross EMTV Pty Ltd., Forest Interactive Pty. Ltd | [top] | |
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This game is the second of three activity edutainment software CDs titled "Play & Learn with Blinky Bill". This one is for kindergarten users, and features 18 core activities, 14 of which operate on 3 levels. Activities include: tell the time; odd one out; tell the difference; number sequence; tidy playground; matching; safety posters; addition; jigsaw puzzles; music play and join the dots. Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by Australian author and illustrator Dorothy Wall. | ||
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| Blinky Bill's Play & Learn: Year One | Yoram Gross EMTV / Forest Interactive | [top] | |
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This offers children educational continuity over the most important educational years in maths, language, social skills and the environment. Printable progress reports, reward system to encourage children to try their least favourite subjects and over 200 unique lessons. Play and learn with Australia's favourite Koala for children ages 5-7. Learn sorting & categorising, cleaning up, how to save water, animal sounds and a lot more. Activities: Free Play activities; Free play - Dominoes; Sorting & categorising animals and their homes, following a pattern, comprehension skills; Free play - Clean up game: Mouse manipulation, environmental care, speed and accuracy; Free play - Slip Slap Slop... Sun and weather safety awareness, helping friends, health; Painting game - Visual discrimination, creativity, object manipulation. Scoring Activities: Matrix Game - Following a matrix, visual discrimination of 2D shapes, matching skills; Categorizing by shape, number, size and use, following instructions; What's that sound - Audio discrimination, learning animal sounds; Number order - Ordering numerals to 100, following a sequence; Save water maze - Environmental care; Subtraction - Developing subtraction skills to 20, following instructions; Find the missing piece - Advanced visual discrimination, understanding 2D shapes, developing visual memory; Multiplication - Developing multiplication skills to 20, following instructions, sharing; Memory game - Developing visual memory; Clock Bingo - Telling the time to 1/2 hour building speed an accuracy; Addition - Developing addition skills to 20 and mental calculation skills including speed and accuracy with addition; Coin addition - Developing addition skills with money, comprehension of the value of money, coin recognition; Secret Code Game - Various health and safety issues, matching skills, comprehension skills; 3D Shape Game - 3D shape recognition, visual discrimination. | ||
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| Blinky Bill's Play and Learn: Preschool | Yoram Gross EMTV Pty Ltd., Forest Interactive Pty. Ltd | [top] | |
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This game is the first of three activity edutainment software CDs titled "Play & Learn with Blinky Bill". This one is for preschool users, and features over 200 fun-filled and unique lessons. There's 18 core activities, 14 of which operate on 2 levels. It focuses on developing your child's social and environmental awareness. Two specially designed scoring modes: A 'Reward System' which encourages the child to attempt all activities. | ||
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| Blue's Clues: Blue's 123 Time Activities | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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Devoted to teaching kids ages 3 to 6 early math and thinking skills, this features the characters from the popular preschool television show Blue's Clues. There's a big backyard fair, and emcee Steve greets players in his inimitable fashion. The game is a series of mini-games tied together with the backyard fair theme, each geared toward teaching match and logic skills while it entertains. A breakdown of the mini-games: Baby Bear's Card Game. Players try to be the first to get rid of all their cards. This is a variation of Go Fish - players match shapes and quantities; Bell's Souvenir Stand. Players weigh souvenirs to fill requests; Felt Friend's Pattern Parade. Players help decorate floats by completing patterns; Shovel and Pail's Mother May I? Game. Uses a simple number line to help kids count and add; Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's Snack Stand. Kids sort food items according to their attributes; In Tink's Train Ride, players help Tink build his train while learning about adding and subtracting items in the bins; Cash Register's Prize Tent is the place to redeem Blue Dollars that have been earned from playing the other activities. Use Blue Dollars to earn a Big Prize. There are 9 parts needed to assemble each Big Prize. | ||
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| Blue's Clues: Blue's Treasure Hunt | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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This was the first Blue's Clues CD-ROM game from Humongous Entertainment, which features the USA Blue's characters including video footage of the human character Steve. This two CD game allows multiple pre-school kids to each have their own settings, by entering names. The game is controlled by the mouse, with plenty of things to click on. The images are a collection of real-world, clay, and paper - just like the Blue's Clues tv show. And, of course, there are paw prints to find. In this game, you help Blue and Steve enter the Land of Great Discovery. To do so, you must complete three unique treasure hunts (these can change each time), multi-level pre-school learning, a Blue skidoo and lots of locations. | ||
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| Candy Land Adventure | Realtime Associates Inc. / Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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Targeted at the 3-6 age level, this brings the popular children's board game, Candy Land, to the computer screen with colorful graphics, interactive gameplay and a musical background. Two children can play simultaneously in a "team" mode where they take turns and work together to rescue King Kandy. The game provides both an easy and hard level of play allowing for some adjustment to each child's skills. King Kandy has been kidnapped by that mischievous Lord Licorice and that means trouble for candy lovers everywhere. It's up to you to follow your sweet tooth on a magical journey through Candy Land. Meet all of your favorite characters, explore your favorite lands, and use your early match and language skills to rescue the King. Explore all of your favorite places, including Molasses Swamp, Lollipop Woods, Gumdrop Mountains, Peanut Brittle House, and Ice Cream Sea. Solve the challenges in each land to win the candy Gloppy loves. Practice size and shape sorting with Princess Lolly. Learn your letters with Jolly the Miner. Paint and create with Queen Frostine. Build shape-matching and memory skills with Gramma Nutt. | ||
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| Cap'n Crunch's Crunchling Adventure | Cobalt Interactive / Quaker Oats | [top] | |
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According to Quaker Oats legend, Cap'n Crunch cereal gets its unique flavor and crunchiness from a special element known as Crunchium. Very rare and found only deep beneath the surface of the earth, Crunchium is not featured on most standard periodic tables. Nevertheless, there are some wily thieves who know all about the importance of this special element and they have stolen the world's supply. Realizing that cereal production will plummet without this special ingredient, Cap'n Crunch confronts the thieves and challenges them to a contest to win back the world's supply of Crunchium. Instead of entering the contest himself, the Cap'n enlists a cute, furry, young Crunchling creature to compete on behalf of cereal lovers everywhere. Before the contest begins, however, the young Crunchling must be properly raised. Players need to feed their new Crunchling to keep him healthy and pet him to keep him happy. Training sessions involve different forms of running and jumping practice to hone skills that will be crucial in the final contest against the Crunchium theives. The Macintosh installation of Cap'n Crunch's Crunchling Adventure allows players to raise several Crunchlings to well-fed, healthy adults but does not allow players to put their virtual pets through any of the training or enter them in the duel against the Crunchium thieves. The Windows installation of the game features all of the creature development as well as the training exercises and duels against the thieves. The CD-ROM also features audio tracks that accompany the game and can be played on most standard CD players. | ||
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| Cars, Trains & Planes | Eureka Multimedia | [top] | |
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This is an Australian edutainment game where children can discover the wonderful world of travelling machines, through fun-filed interactive games, fun facts and pictures. | ||
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| Cartoon Constructor: Multi-Pulti [Ru] | BASI / MediaHouse | [top] | |
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Every child is by nature - a creator, artist, designer. Draw a picture, build a house out of blocks, assemble a model airplane or a machine - how interesting. And what if we give children the opportunity to design the cartoons themselves? At his disposal - great characters, wonderful music, funny sounds, bright colors. And come up with a completely twisted plot and voice characters in different voices - only adults may be afraid of such a simple task. Age, which is designed for the game is 6 and over. Instructions for creating cartoon Cartoons? It's easy. Eight simple steps - and cartoon is ready. Make your first cartoon in 20 minutes. We start with a blank screen. Before proceeding to the creation of the cartoon, let's come up with a plot. Perhaps we'll get a fairy tale? Or adventure? Or maybe, Detective? Will all the actors play good characters? Or we'll give someone the harmful role of villain, and good characters will have to beat him? Select the location filming. Now we have to decide where it will be action cartoon. Choose - forest, road, cave, city square, beach, bridge, apartment or somewhere else? By hodumultfilma action can jump from one movie set to another. We arrange the scenery. A good animator before shooting will take time, placing decorations on the set. Cartoon will look much more attractive and more fun. Assign actors in the leading roles. Well, Now for the actors. Of course, you have already decided who will be starring in your cartoon? If not, then it's time to do it. Choose from ten talented actors, each of whom you met in books and movies. Puss in Boots, Mowgli, Malvina, Baba Yaga, Barmaley and other characters are looking forward to participate in the filming. We show the actors what to do. Our actors - the real stars of the screen. At the command of the director they will walk, run, talk - all with stunning artistry. Action. Shoot. And yet, every actor is able to do special, only his inherent action. For example, Barmaley can strelyatiz pistols and saber-rattling, and good ghost flies, walks on tiptoe and tease. Add the sounds and music. Add sounds and music, and cartoon immediately transformed to become "live" and "real". If you are a little standard sounds, take the microphone and ozvuchte actors in different voices. Writing credits. We just need to add titles - and the cartoon is ready. But, however, you can do without titles. With music, sounds, great actors and a thrilling story our cartoon turned out not worse than Disney! Well, like it? Then - go ahead, multipliers. | ||
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| Clue Jr.: SpyGlass Mysteries | Terra Glyph / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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You are called upon to use your talents as an amateur sleuth to help solve 15 different cases in The Fantastic Museum Mysteries. It seems valuable items have been stolen from the museum and, at the behest of Joe Security, the museum's guard, you must help the Clue Jr. Kids track down the missing items and solve the mystery. To aid you in your detective tasks, the game includes a Clue Jr. SpyGlass that must be plugged into your PC game port. Holding the SpyGlass less than 12 inches from the screen (flat, not at an angle), you scan the scene to locate clues and items. Once you discover a promising area, you click the SpyGlass button to acquire the item or get information from various icons (notebook, hallway arrows, curators and so forth). The game world consists of five museum wings in which the stolen item might be hidden: Science, Dinosaur, Jungle, Medieval and Egyptian. At the start of each mystery, you are shown five possible suspects and through the collection of clues, must determine which is the culprit. In the Information Booth, run by Gabby, you can receive important data about specific items you enter in your notebook as you explore. Once you collect the right number of clues to solve the mystery, you must visit Joe Security in his Security Tower. In addition to the adventure, there are five mini-games to play, one each located in the five museum wings. In the Dinosaur Wing, you need to match a series of fossil pairs within one minute while the Jungle Wing game requires you to zap bugs with the SpyGlass in order to get them off an ape. You have a maximum of eight hearts (lives) and each time a bug escapes, you lose one; however, you gain one each time you zap ten bugs in a row. The other mini-games include another 60-second timed challenge in which you try to duplicate a pattern of buttons that flash (Science Wing), eliminate knights that appear onscreen before they have time to exit the screen (Medieval Wing) and zap mummy heads as they pop up in the Egyptian Wing. In addition to Joe Security and Gabby, each museum wing has its own curator and there are four Clue Jr. Kids, each with his or her own personality traits. | ||
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| ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: Secret of the Living Volcano | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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This game tests students in the 9-10 age group on a wide variety of subjects including math, language arts, science, social studies, and problem solving. Focus is on geometry, fractions, verb tenses, life science, ecology, U.S. and world history, and cultural diversity. Four skill levels are provided for each of 16 different activities, with detailed help available along with progress tracking reports accessed through an options screen. The ClueFinders are stranded on a living island by a giant wave, and must collect various types of "cryptiles" (e.g., turquoise, jade) to free captive animals and people. The island is beset with an active volcano that's on the verge of erupting, and players must discover the secret of the living island to rescue the castaways, Owen and Leslie, before it's too late. Game locations include the Poison Garden and Biosphere Chambers, as well as eras relating to the Revolutionary War and Civil War among others. It features the A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology which constantly monitors abilities and skills, automatically adjusting the level of difficulty. An Adventure Kit includes a map maker, adventure logbook, encoder/decoder, and more. A 2002 Deluxe re-release included a bonus disk: "Mystery Mansion Arcade." | ||
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| ClueFinders Math Adventures: Mystery of the Himalayas | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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In a village high in the Himalayas, twenty-four priceless treasures have been stolen. An elder of the village calls the ClueFinders to help uncover the treasures and the thief's identity. Many, including the elder's pessimistic apprentice, believe the Yeti is behind the theft. However, the clues all point in different directions and it appears a different person is responsible for the theft of each item. The game is set up similar to Clue in that the central goal of each round is to identify three variables - who stole the treasure, which treasure they stole and where they hid it - based on clues. Clues are acquired from playing games and helping the villagers with their work. Once the user has enough clues he/she can limit down the number of possibilities until only one remains. When sixteen treasures are restored, the game is won. This is the only Cluefinders game that doesn't include a backpack, as nothing is needed to be stored. It encourages learning in a wide variety of math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, data evaluation, fractions and decimals, equivalents, comparisons, charts and tables, bar and line graphs and pictographs. Intended for the 9-12 age group, it also includes word problems and introductory geometry (area and perimeter, figures and shapes, angles and lines, space, prism and pyramids), as well as nine games and activities with ten levels of difficulty. | ||
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| ClueFinders Reading Adventures: Mystery of the Missing Amulet | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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The ClueFinders are transported across the galaxy to rescue a dying planet from the grasp of the sorceress Malicia. You'll have to uncover the planet's secrets and collect useful clues to unlock a great mystery! To save their friends and the planet, two halves of a broken amulet with healing powers must be joined. Joni and Owen must travel to the shrines where the halves of the amulet are kept. Along the way, players must solve grammatical problems and learn reading comprehension, spelling, synonyms, antonyms and more. As they do, the inhabitants of the planet, each imprisoned by the evil sorceress, are set free. Another curriculum-based adventure from the makers of the Reader Rabbit series, this ClueFinders mission focuses on grammar, vocabulary building, and logic skills to improve reading-comprehension abilities. With nine different learning areas and friendly characters to help solve mysteries, kids may enjoy the game format so much that even those frustrated with reading in class will have fun. The story line on the first disc revolves around a search for a missing amulet--each area supplies clues to aid in this search, as well as problem-solving missions that must be completed before finding both halves of the amulet. Like all programs in this series, it uses A.D.A.P.T technology, which assesses your child's abilities and then automatically adjusts when necessary, providing learning tips as needed and tracking progress. On the second disc are printable, personalized workbooks and reward certificates, as well as a master progress checker that allows parents in-depth monitoring of a student's progress. An online database of educational tools provides a terrific additional resource for you to help your child develop a lifelong love for reading. Whether he or she is already a great reader or needs extra tutoring, this program can provide any late-elementary student with valuable new skills and hours of enjoyment. | ||
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| Crayola Magic 3D Coloring Book: Favorite Places | EAI Interactive / IBM | [top] | |
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This is an interactive CD-ROM that allows children to colour a picture and watch it come to life with true 3D colouring pages. It is designed for ages 3-7 to maintain early computer skills. There are 64 colours to choose from. There are also a variety of themes such as vehicles, animals, fantasy, space, and many more. Two activities include colouring by letters and numbers, and a connect the dots game. A scribble pad is available where children can draw their own pictures. Pictures can be printed out to share with others, including friends and family. There's over 100 coloring book pages, 20 amazing 3D textures and patterns, 5 extra fun tools included: paint, paint hose, and glitter tool. 7 Exciting Coloring Activities: Spend a day at the Circus; Blast into Space; Buckle up for Vehicle voyages; Travel Around Town; Frolic with Fantasy fairies & dragons; PLUS... Color-by-Number and Connect-the-Dot activities. | ||
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| Crayola Magic Princess: Paper Doll Maker | Crayola Interactive | [top] | |
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Crayola Magic Princess, which can be used alone or as an add-on to IBM's Crayola Magic Wardrobe, allows girls to design and color outfits for princess figures, while they learn about four historical time periods. As with Magic Wardrobe the program's main screen features a paper doll in a historical room setting. The user clicks on the wardrobe to the left of the screen to choose between Ancient Greece, Old Japan, Medieval England and the French Empire. If Magic Wardrobe is also installed on the computer, the time periods from that program will be available as well. The user can skip around between the two programs without changing disks. Each era includes authentic clothing, hair, headdresses and footwear with which to adorn the paper doll. This clothing can be altered and decorated using 72 Crayola colors, coloring tools and various stylish stamps. It can then be printed to use with the included cardboard paper doll. Additional dolls can be printed from the program at any time. Three bonus activities round out Magic Princess, including a 'Women in the News' section which delves into the lives of four famous princesses, a Diary section, and a 'Write a Letter' section with royal stationery to decorate and print. | ||
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| Create and Draw in Elmo's World | Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Elmo invites the user to join him into an adventure of an interactive drawing and animation experience. The Drawing Page: This area is utilized by the majority of the activities while creating and drawing animals and finishing scenes. Picture Poem: Elmo reads poems that are all about animals one line at a time, which draws a small portion of the animal after each line is read. Visit the activity by clicking on the picture on the wall. Dorothy Imagines: Help Elmo's goldfish Dorothy pick different animals to imagine Elmo as. Or you can see what Dorothy imagines about herself. Click on Dorothy's bowl if you want to do all this. Draw a Song: Sing a song about animals with Elmo in six places. Each musical note represents a different scene and song - the tree stump, the coral reef, the backyard, the pet store, the pond, and the beach. Select the piano to play the game. Mix-N-Match Animals: Make strange and unusual animals by mixing and matching their heads, bodies, and tails/feet. Click on the dresser to go to this area. The Big Zoo: Explore a rainforest, a farm, a savannah, and life underwater and draw the animals that live in each environment. For this activity, click on the door. Animal TV: Watch seven different TV stations of animals, and you could also watch your drawings on TV as well. To access this kind of fun, click on the television. Users can even click on the window shade to see what's going on outside Elmo's window. | ||
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| Curious George Reads, Writes & Spells for Grades 1 & 2 | Vipah Interactive, Inc. / Houghton Mifflin Interactive Corporation | [top] | |
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This is the fourth game in the Curious George Young Readers series. Curious George becomes a reporter for the local newspaper. Children become part of a Curious George adventure while learning reading skills and storytelling. They get to write 30 different stories and two great articles for Curious George’s newspapers. The game features a selection of episodes, mostly spelling games and is divided into two parts. Part One is where Curious George and his friend Billy need to search Lola the parrot who mysteriously got out of the cage by George avoiding the rules from Billy. Part Two features Curious George fixing up the mess at the library where the Mayor tells the librarian that the books will need to be returned by five o'clock. After a game has been completed, a bonus game can be played to earn more points even when they have got all of the words right in the episode's game they have played. Upon exiting the game, the player can decide to print out a progress report of how they have done throughout the game. | ||
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| De Dwaze Tovenaar en de Beestenbende [Du] | Savannah Entertainment / Bruna Multimedia | [top] | |
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The Mad Wizard and the Beasts is a breathtaking fairy tale with many games that can be played in different ways. Imagination and cleverness are required to complete the games successfully. For one game it is better to transform into Flora, for the other game it is better to go disguised as Mr. Mouse. The difficulty of the games is automatically adjusted to the player's skill. This part of the silly wizard also contains fun, catchy songs that you can sing along to in no time. Exciting adventure game where you have to use both your brain and your imagination. The game adapts to the level and age of the player. Contains dozens of games and is packed with original music. | ||
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| Dinosaurs | Eureka Multimedia | [top] | |
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This helps children, ages 4 - 10+, discover the prehistoric world of dinosaurs through interactive games, fun facts and pictures. | ||
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| Disney Magic Artist Studio | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. / Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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This lets kids of all ages "create, learn, animate, and print" using a wide variety of tools, images, and artwork with a cast of Disney characters straight from the cartoons, movies, and comics. Dozens of tools such as tubes, sprays, shapemakers, drips, paintbrushes, fillers, and the special Doodlemorph provide for endless hours of creativity, using implements ranging from crayons, pencils, and chalk to whipped cream and markers. Three unique areas in the Art Studio offer a range of activities. The Creation Area includes 15 art tools with special style options and a Stamp Drawer with more than 100 "Magic Stamps" featuring Mickey Mouse and other favorites. Players can customize pictures and items when in "Under the Hood" mode and create slide shows with music (15 styles) and special effects. In the "Chalk Talk" area, animated drawings come alive with a magic slate tool. Images can be imported in various formats for the PC (.bmp, jpg) and Macintosh (.pict) using a digital camera or scanner, and .AVI animation files can be exported to Windows. Parental Mode allows parents and caregivers to monitor and control functions such as exporting, importing, printing (pictures and images), fancy printing (greeting cards, stickers, postcards, flip books, etc.), and more. | ||
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| Disney's Digital Coloring Book - Mickey Mouse | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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Children will spend hours of fun with Disney's Mickey Mouse: Digital Coloring Book. Choose from many of the scenes from the popular cartoon movie. Swing into a jungle full of fun. This high-flying CD-ROM features Mickey Mouse in a variety of scenes. This software lets children use the artwork from the Mickey Mouse animated film. | ||
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| Disney's Digital Coloring Book - Tarzan | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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Children will spend hours of fun with Disney's Tarzan: Digital Color Book. Choose from many of the scenes from the popular cartoon movie. Swing into a jungle full of fun with Disney's Tarzan Digital Color Book. This high-flying CD-ROM features Tarzan in a variety of scenes. This software lets children use the artwork from the Tarzan animated film. | ||
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| Disney's Digital Coloring Book - Winnie the Pooh | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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Digital coloring book featuring Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Each electronic page of the book is customizable, that is you can add or delete elements from the scene. You can color the settings and characters with both solid colors and patters. The graphics are excellent in true Disney style. | ||
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| Disney's Tarzan Activity Center | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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Ready for a jungle adventure of your very own? Then fire up your PC and install Disney's Activity Center: Tarzan for some fun with everyone's favorite man-ape. Professor Porter will guide you through more than 65 levels of Arcade-like action and creative activities to test your reflexes and your brain. Based on the animated Disney film of the same name, you get to play as baby, young and adult Tarzan at different points in the games. Professor Porter has a map which you click to go to the different games waiting for you. You can record stories of your exploits in the Jungle Journal in English and then convert them to crocodile, elephant, gorilla or leopard speak. A printable decoder card helps you translate everything back, and you can e-mail it to your friends so that they can read all the secret messages you'll be sending them. In Tarzan's Jungle Tumble, you control Tarzan through a 2D platform game as you make your way through the jungle, Elephant Falls and the ship, where you meet up with the evil Clayton and his thugs and try to stop their despicable plans. Over in Trash the Camp Music Maker, the goal is to help the gorillas put together their own band with the various objects lying around the camp. When they're ready to go, you can click the victrola to record your song and play it back. On the sheet music screen, you can manipulate the notes and insert lyrics for your tune. If you'd rather play a variant on Concentration, check out Fetch-the-Sketch. Your job is to lure the baby baboons out of the trees and reveal the sketches hidden on the vines. Keep playing until you find one which matches the sketch in Jane's book. On the first level you only have to match two animals which look alike, but in the second you have to match a grown-up animal with its baby and in the third you have to pair up animals with the sounds they make. In Terk and Tantor's Power Lunch, you must help feed all the animals which have come over for a meal. Bounce the chameleon ball into an animal's square and then bounce it into the foods that animal likes to eat. Some of the squares are special ones and will change the game; the sloth slows the ball down while the cheetah speeds it up, for example. Finally, you can sing along with some of Phil Collins' music from the movie in Tarzan's Sing and Swing. If you'd prefer to sing solo, click on the picture of Terk with her hand over her mouth and you'll only hear the music. If you'd like to see how the music for the movie was created, check out the sneak peak video included on the CD-ROM. All of the projects which you create, from the decoder cards to the personalized stickers found in the Adventurers' Stickers area, can be printed using special Avery supplies which you can buy at just about any stationery store. | ||
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| Dr. Seuss Preschool | Creative Wonders / The Learning Company, Inc. | [top] | |
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A host of classic Dr. Seuss characters guide children through essential reading and math skills. Children will join Horton the Elephant, Yertle the Turtle, Fox in Socks, Hop on Pop, and others in challenging and fun activities intended to help them learn the alphabet, numbers, counting, phonics, beginning reading skills, sorting, classifying, music and rhythm, memory skills and shapes and sizes. There are over 250 lessons included. A special feature allows for parents to create and delete separate screen names for multiple children, as well as track each child's progress in all activities through a feature called Progress Tracking. | ||
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| Dr. Seuss Toddler | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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Explore the Extraordinary World of Dr. Seuss. Your child is invited by the ever-popular Cat in the Hat to create his or her own special hat and visit all the cat's friends. This pairs learning activities with fun. Developed with the help of educators this software offers a full year of essential toddler skills set in the world of Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat helps your child learn early vocabulary letter recognition counting sounds and more.Make music with the Seussville Band learn ABC's with Fox in Socks and play with other lovable and memorable Dr. Seuss characters with the Cat in the Hat narrates and provides positive reinforcement. For every completed activity your child will receive a trinket for (what else?) a hat courtesy of the Cat. Each new trinket will adorn the final hat and your child can decorate and print the masterpiece of a hat. No mouse clicks: kids can just move the mouse and something happens onscreen; Set in the colorful world of Dr. Seuss; Teaches numbers letters shapes colors matching and mouse control. | ||
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| Easy-Bake Kitchen CD-Rom Playset | KnowWonder Inc. / Hasbro Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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The littlest cooks will mix up lots of fun in the Easy-Bake Kitchen. Eight cooking tools on the play set make it easy to make, bake, decorate and play. Follow the recipes or make your own wild and wacky creations. Have a tea party or play fun games and activities like the Gingerbread Race, Escaped Cookie Dough, Decorating Bonanza and the Cookie Icing Game. There's even lots of fun to have off the computer as well, with a feature that lets kids print out their final creations, plus party invitations and real recipes to bake at home. No waiting, no mess, instant fun for the littlest of bakers. | ||
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| Eva & Adam Ny I Klassen [Sw] | Bonnier Multimedia / Pan Vision | [top] | |
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You are new to the class at Backaskolan. It's just one week to the big party on Friday. To find out who you can join in the party, you have to answer a lot of quirky, fun and perhaps embarrassing questions that tell the truth (?) About how you are and what you like. The questions can be about everything between heaven and earth friends, love, parents, food, animals, music, guys and girls. It's an unusually clever and funny CD-Rom, full of surprises, music and cool animations. Play yourself or with your friends. | ||
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| Fireman Sam: Key Stage 1 | The Productive Play Company | [top] | |
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This is a children's educational game based on the popular animated TV Series of the same name. This Fireman Sam CD-Rom is visually and musically stunning. Users help Sam cope with Pontypandy's troubles in this comprehensive cross-curricular disc. The graded activity modules provide a range of stimulating games allowing the children to learn whist at play | ||
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| Fisher-Price Magna Doodle | Stunt Puppy Entertainment / The Learning Company, Mattel Media | [top] | |
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All the fun of the Magna Doodle toy is now on your PC. Choosing from five different environments, kids can draw and erase like magic. Kids can create hot-air balloons, submarines, mermaids, and spaceships. They will be thrilled when their creations take off and come to life. Kids can watch their doodles animate. Children can also print out their creations. They are given templates to follow like cars, dogs and spaceships and must try to make their doodle approximate the template. | ||
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| Fisher-Price Outdoor Adventures: Ranger Trail | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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With Ranger Rudy as their guide, children are encouraged to explore the great outdoors and play seven trailblazing activities at Camp Wonderoo. Players make a new discovery at every bend of the trail as they uncover and learn about more than 60 wildlife animals, plants, rocks, fossils, and more. With activities from stargazing to boat racing, creating cave paintings to singing around the campfire, children will gain a new respect for their environment without ever setting foot outside, and complete activities, earn badges, and search for examples of wildlife at Ranger Rudy's request. Once they find all the items listed on Ranger Rudy's clipboard, players are invited to test their knowledge at the Nature Match Game and ultimately earn their Junior Ranger Patch and recognition as an Official Camp Wonderoo Junior Ranger. | ||
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| Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch | Humongous Entertainment | [top] | |
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Set in an underwater version of the Wild West, this is the fourth installment in the superb kids adventure series. It is geared toward children ages 3-8. Like its predecessors FF4 is a colorful animated adventure that ties together a number of mini-games. Cousin Calico's prize-winning Hogfish have been rustled, and the player must help Freddi solve the mystery. There are many environments to point-and-click through as the plot advances. The player searches for clues, collects items and interacts with colorful game characters. The game and story are both dynamic, so every time the game is played the player will have a different experience. Mini-games include: Stella's Sodaloon (a Nickelodeon machine where kids can view some old-fashioned movie clips), The Interactive Wanted Poster (filled with outlaws with wacky names like Crazy Fin Sally, and Crooked Hat Pebblefield; kids get to mix and match the different descriptive words that distinguish the outlaws' outstanding characteristic and their crime), and The Oysteroid Arcade (shoot pearls out of a clam in order to burst air bubbles before they get too close; modeled after the arcade classic Asteroids, the larger bubbles split and make 2 smaller ones). The educational focus of this edutainment title is on the development of strategic thinking skills, problem solving, decision making strategies, deductive and inductive reasoning, sequencing and memory skills, hypothesis, testing and evaluation. | ||
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| Furby: Big Fun in Furbyland | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. / Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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It's a Furby fest! Targeted at the 4 to 7 age level, this offers activities ranging from game playing to personalized Furby design. From the Design-A-Furby screen, you can create an adult or baby Furby, change its colors (paintbrush) and patterns (eyes, feet, ears, mane, and fur) and give it a name. Once designed, your Furby enters Furby's Clubhouse where several interactive options await. The clubhouse contains a cupboard with seven items (flashlight, comb, feather, sleep mask, milk, cookies, and candy), radio (various types of music), changeable (color) walls, and ceiling and window (outside view of day, night, sunset, or storm). Also provided is a camera option for taking screenshots (printable), a portrait (another chance to change the Furby's color patterns), and a scrapbook. This contains four games. The first is In the Clouds, a game in which Furby flies through the sky, gathering food and gems and avoiding obstacles. The goal is to navigate through five levels to reach the Furby banquet. The game has bonus levels for picking up extra points, special items (balloons and flowers) that make the journey easier and a health bar. In Furby Fest, you sort groups of Furbys into roller coaster cars using five different criteria. These five levels of play include sorting by identical group, manes and ears, fur, eyes and manes, and finally by eye color. A clock counts down during the activity and if the Furbys are not sorted correctly within the time limit, the roller coaster leaves without them. Another timed game is Furby to the Rescue. In this Pac-Man-type maze, you must help an adult Furby rescue a baby Furby on each of five levels and capture a golden key using point-and-click or keyboard directional arrow keys. As in the cloud game, you'll meet obstacles and pick up special items as you navigate the maze. The goal of Club Furby is to keep your character dancing by clicking on four colored disco balls in the same order as the colors appear on a large disco ball suspended from the "club" ceiling. Each of the five levels increases in difficulty by picking up speed. As with the other games, after each is completed your final score, if high enough, will be entered in a top ten list of scores for that particular game. Rounding out is the scrapbook that contains a complete guide of how the Furby phenomena developed, guides that translate Furbish to English and vice versa, coloring pages, and photographs. | ||
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| Gil's Bible Jumble | Cactus Game Design / Top Meadow | [top] | |
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Someone has taken verses from the Bible and hidden them in the forest. Gil needs your help to search through the forest, find the missing verses and return them to the correct Book of the Bible. Gil's Bible Jumble features beautiful cartoon graphics, many different soundtracks and is completely narrated by Gil so that it can be played by children who can not read. It is your job to help guide Gil on an adventure through the forest visiting different books of the Bible and helping to find and return the correct missing verses to them. | ||
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| I Spy: Spooky Mansion | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. / Scholastic, Inc. | [top] | |
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This was the second of the I Spy games based on the series of children's riddle and puzzle-solving books by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo. Gameplay is fully point-and-click. At the bottom right of your screen there is an arrow you can use to back out of a game or a room. On the top right you have a question-mark; when you click on it you will hear instructions to help you proceed. It combines traditional, photorealistic I SPY picture riddles with an adventurous story and a long-term goal. As kids explore ten creepy and intriguing rooms, they find picture riddles, multi-leveled games, and spooky surprises that encourage problem solving, rhyming, reading, vocabulary development, and creativity. With every riddle they solve, kids earn a piece of the Secret Message Puzzle, which reveals clues to a thrilling finale. The riddles are little rhymes that are read aloud when clicked on, and the puzzles are designed to exercise some basic mental skills for 6 to 10 year-olds: problem solving, vocabulary, visual memory, logic and reading. In 2005, a Deluxe upgraded version was released having 50% more puzzles, three different ways out of the house, a secret room to discover, seven ghosts to create, and more. | ||
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| Josefine og gjengen [Nor] | Pinjata / Minimedia | [top] | |
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The fifth and largest, most comprehensive Josefine title contains lots of activities and fun, with lots of music and singing, and the kids will come back to it many times. Josefine and the gang has a lot of variety. Missions certainly help to raise the ability to think logically and rationally, but in a very funny way. These so-called missions can consist of: join Josephine and Sofus fishing, find objects in a maze, help Sofus on skateboard / snowboard, look for things in the dark attic, ride your horse and get medals, cook, assemble words of a funny story, listen to stories and lots of other educational missions. In the game there are also many different tunes that are easy to learn and does not take long while you walk around humming them. | ||
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| JumpStart Learning Games: ABC's / JumpStart: ABC's | Funnybone Interactive / Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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In JumpStart Learning Games: ABC's, the JumpStart gang has a mystery on its hands. Someone spilled juice in the JumpStart train's caboose and didn't clean it up. Children join Eleanor Elephant and friends on a fun-filled train adventure to deduce "Who left the juice in the caboose?" As kids travel to different locations and play learning games, they earn clues and use their deductive reasoning skills to solve the mystery. Along the way, kids can also listen to six fun songs, which reinforce letter recognition, letter sequencing, and letter sounds. | ||
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This game focuses on teaching math skills for ages 5-8. In the game, the player joins Frankie in his dreams and helps him collect dog biscuits by playing games. There are three dream settings: deep space where Frankie is an astronaut, a tropical island where Frankie is a pirate, and the wild west where Frankie is a cowboy. As in other Learning Games, at the the beginning of the game, the player can select their grade level, from preschool to third grade. Unlike most JumpStart games, users do not select one of three difficulty levels; rather, there is a difficulty bar and "easier" and "harder" arrows, allowing for many increments of difficulty. There is also no toolbar, but rather an options screen accessed by clicking a paw button. Snack-troids: This activity takes place in the Dog Star Asteroid Belt, which contains numerous dog biscuit-filled asteroids. A certain number is given, and Frankie must form an equation that equals that number by placing asteroids in a space pod. Asteroids will fly by with numbers on them, and the user must place an asteroid in the space pod, click a satellite with either a Plus or Minus sign (on later levels; otherwise, only addition is used), place another asteroid in the space pod, and then pull a lever. Some levels include other features, such as having to break up a "ten" asteroid into "one" asteroids with a hammer. Green creatures in flying saucers called "space pooches" will sometimes appear to hassle Frankie by zapping asteroids into nothingness, but the user can cause him to kick them away by clicking. Bonebeard's Treasure: Help Frankie find lost treasures. The user uses the mouse to guide Frankie across multiple scenes of a tropical island, looking for numbers to complete a sequence (either counting or skip-counting, depending on the level). At the very end, a treasure chest will be presented with another sequence of numbers that the user must complete. Bone-anza: Help Frankie face off against Sheriff Kitty. Signs will appear with equations, numbers, inequalities, etc. on them, and Sheriff Kitty will give certain guidelines on which ones to hit. Click on a sign to have Frankie throw a bone at it. | ||
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| JumpStart Learning Games: Phonics | Funnybone Interactive / Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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Laugh and play while learning critical phonics fundamentals! CJ and the JumpStart Gang guide 4-6-year old learners through JumpStart World, driving a school bus which takes them to visit fun and interesting places. Arcade-style gameplay and sing-along songs teach important phonics fundamentals that are critical to reading success. It is based on the video JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop? Locations and Activities: Farm - Move the basket to catch the items according to the instructions; Firehouse - Collect rhyming words by moving CJ around the firehouse with the arrow keys; Train Station - Match uppercase and lowercase letters; Bandstand - Listen to songs and watch videos. There are five songs, all of which are originally from the JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop? video. The songs are: Why Did the Bus Stop?, Stop! Look and Listen, Cuckoo Cuckoo, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, and Where is Pepper the Dog? | ||
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| JumpStart Math for Kindergartners / JumpStart Kindergarten Math | Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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JumpStart Math for Kindergartners originally known as JumpStart Kindergarten Math is a subject-based JumpStart game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1999 that focuses on kindergarten math skills. The game begins at Hopsalot's schoolhouse. Hopsalot welcomes the player to kindergarten, when suddenly he recieves a mysterious letter. The letter contains an invitation is for a birthday party in Cloudtown. It also contains a bean. Hopsalot plants the bean, and it sprouts into a gigantic beanstalk that carries the schoolhouse into the sky. Then a giant comes out of his house and sees the house. He mistakes it for a birthday present, and Hopsalot says that it's no present, and that they've just come for a visit. The giant introduces himself as Guthry and says that it's his birthday. He's very gloomy because he feels that everyone has forgotten his birthday. He goes back into his house, and Hopsalot and the kids decide to help him feel better. Hopsalot starts exploring Cloudtown. He bumps into a girl named Dash. She tells him that Cloudtown is where birthday parties come from, and that Guthry works hard making all the birthday stuff that they bring down to Earth. She says that the people of Cloudtown are planning a special surprise party for Guthry. She asks Hopsalot and the kindergartners for help, and they agree to help. Dash wants them to find 100 sparkly candles for Guthry's birthday cake. Thus, the player starts helping out around Cloudtown to find candles for Guthry's cake. | ||
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| JumpStart Phonics | Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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This game teaches beginning reading skills for ages 3-6. In this game, the player goes to Camp Readalot and plays activities to earn 26 Alphabetical Merit badges. The game utilizes "Read 'n' Respond" speech recognition technology, so players can use a microphone to sound out letters and words and receive feedback. There is also a toolbar. Activities: Vowel Bees - Help the bees find the correct hive by choosing the correct vowel or vowel blend. Pierre is the Host of this Activity; River Raft - Find the letter(s) that Casey asks for; Totem Pole - Find the consonant or consonant blend that the totem poles ask for. Kisha is the Host of this Activity; Shipwreck Rhymes - Find rhyming words. Cecil is the Host of this Activity; Storybook Cave - Choose the correct letter to complete the word, or the correct word to complete the sentence. Eleanor is the Host of this Activity. | ||
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| JumpStart Pre-K Year 2: Trucks N Things | Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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Give your child a head start on Kindergarten. Designed by teachers, this invites kids to explore an adorable Preschool town while solving puzzles, playing games and singing songs that reinforce important fundamentals. Creative, colorful games and interactive activities delight children. Lovable characters encourage learning in every skill area. The playful approach to teaching combines essential skills with fun games to give children confidence in their learning abilities. Activities reinforce visual discrimination, thinking and word skills in preparation for the challenges of Kindergarten. It has: 20 Interactive Play Areas, 17 Sing and Learn Songs, Over 30 Skills Taught, Special Tutor Mode, Adjustable Difficulty Level, Parent's Progress Report, Music can be played through an Audio CD Player. Kids Learn: Reading Readiness, Phonics, Word-Sound Recognition, Memory Development, Counting, Quantities, Sequencing, Size Relationships, Shapes, Colors, Social Concepts, Creative Play. | ||
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| King and I, The: Animated Thinking Adventure | Sound Source Interactive | [top] | |
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Starring characters from the 1999 animated film of the same name, this software program for kids ages 4 to 9 (in schools and residential uses) is designed to stimulate critical and developmental thinking skills. It contains appealing and dazzling 3D graphics and characters that will attract and provide a powerful learning environment for most children. Also, it features some adjustable skill levels that will match your child's growing abilities, rewards and surprises that encourages extended play, and hours of creative fun with printable cards, awards and flyers. It contains a number of activities including eight educational games and puzzles that involves your child in problem-solving, planning, observation and deduction, memory challenges, observable physics, music and creative design. Rama's Hot Air Rescue is an arcade style game in which kids propel a hot-air balloon along with Rama rescuing people and avoiding obstacles. The King's Printing Press contains rather simple print options including 3 different kinds of projects - cards, awards, and newsletters. Players simply select from a few pictures and words to customize their projects, and they are limited to the given text. Louis's Floating Fireworks involves directing Louis on a raft around a maze-like river to push boxes onto the loading dock. Kids need to plan ahead and use a bit of strategy to play this game. Tusker's Fruit Launch is great fun that kids need to adjust the force and angle at which Tusker the baby elephant throws fruit in order to get it in a basket. They must consider the weight of the fruit and the height of the basket from the ground. Prince's Practice Match involves repeating patterns of Prince Chulalongkorn's fighting actions (kick, straight, duck, etc.). As the levels increase, there are more moves and longer sequences to remember. Anna's Umbrella Game is a real test of memory and concentration. Players hide given objects in the kids' umbrellas, and must watch as the children toss and exchange umbrellas in order to remember where the objects are hidden. Tuptim's Mixed-up Music requires kids to place bars of musical notes into the correct order to play a given song. Master Little's Jug-O-Gems is an arcade-style activity that involves maneuvering Master Little to catch falling gems while avoiding falling rocks at the same time. | ||
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| Krakels ABC Det Magiska Äventyret [Sw] | ELD Interaktiv Produktion AB / Levande Böcker | [top] | |
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This children's game is intended to be an aid in learning to read and write. Characters from Lennart Hellsings books are used in the game. Krakel comes from one of the more known figures in Hellsings production, Krakel Spektakel. Intended ages are from 8 to 10. One day a wizard crashes into Näppelunda there Krakel and his friends lives. All magic items and scrolls runs away and the player must help Krakel to retrieve them. This is done by solving a series of problems which all are based on reading and other language skills. | ||
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| Krakels ABC Läsa [Sw] | Levande Böcker | [top] | |
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In this educational reading game you go around as Krakel in a park in Näppelunda and where you can play three mini games. The goal is to complete each game three times and collect three pieces of puzzle from each game. When you have collected the nine puzzle pieces, you get two bonus activities; "Signmaking machine", where you can create signs and invitation cards that you can print and "My own book", where you can write your own stories. The game's graphic design is similar to the game Krakels ABC - The Magic Adventure. However, this game is much shorter than the other games in the series. | ||
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| Land Before Time Preschool Adventure, The | Sound Source Interactive / Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | [top] | |
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Match shapes, recognize colors, learn the alphabet, build counting skills. Think, learn and laugh in The Land Before Time. Making tracks through The Land Before Time with all the kids' favorite dino pals increases shape matching skills, reinforces alphabet and number recognition, and much more! Each time children successfully complete a fun and educational activity, they are rewarded with a magical seed to plant. Once six seeds are earned, kids celebrate at The Great Valley Harvest Party. Skills accomplished: Counting skills. Distinguishing between upper and lower case. Sequencing numbers and objects. Categorizing numbers, letters and objects. Color identification. Familiar faces and powerful graphics inspire young children to learn. Six age-appropriate actives help kids master essential developmentally skills. Learning is reinforced with printable achievement certificates. Three different skill levels to suit your child's growing abilities. Working toward a common goal with friendly characters promotes teamwork. | ||
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| Land Before Time: Toddler Time | Sound Source Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the fifth educational title based on the The Land Before Time movie series. This game is designed for toddlers, and features five activities with three levels of difficulty. The targeted age group is two to four. Four-year-old children may enjoy the five multilevel games that help promote logic, memory and letter and number recognition. Kids at this age typically have the strong mouse skills necessary to run this program. The program offers colorful graphics and a nice challenge range, although testers wished for more activities. There's a spelling game where kids help the Land Before Time characters cross a river by matching letters to spell words. There's also a dot to dot activity, a maze game, a memory game and a fish feeding activity that helps children split the keyboard into left and right hand areas. | ||
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| Language Arts Grade 4 Mission Masters: Network Nightmare! | Morgan Interactive Inc, Earwax Productions / McGraw-Hill Home Interactive | [top] | |
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This title consists of 5 mini-games focused on building language skills. The Mission Masters - Paline, Mia, Rakeem, and T.J. - are a team of young agents working for the Intelliforce Agency, a high-level cooperative whose goal is to maintain order on a rather unruly planet. From within the agency's top-secret Command Control Center, the agency's central computer, M5, has detected a threat and...you're the agent assigned to the case. First thing, you'll be transported to SMART - the Satellite Mission Assignment, Reporting, and Tracking Center. There, you'll be briefed on the details of your assignments. Your job is to successfully accomplish each of five missions. With each accomplishment, you'll not only make Earth a safer place, but you'll rise within the ranks of the Intelliforce Agency organization. When you've completed all five missions, you become eligible for First-Class Agent status. Complete all five missions at the hardest level, and you'll be an All-Star Agent AND you'll join the ranks of the Mission Masters. Buster Bandwidth is back. He's been releasing computer bugs into satellite and communications networks all over the world. We've got to stop him, or we'll be back to rotary phones. M5 is next on his hack list, so you'd better get going. Report to the SMART Center and M5 will tell you what to do - if he still can. | ||
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| Learning Ladder: Year 4 | Dorling Kindersley / Avanquest | [top] | |
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Devised to develop children’s skills in literacy and numeracy, learning ladder forms a complete learning system for your child. This disk covers the vital school subjects of Maths, English and introduces basic scientific concepts in a fun 3D environment. Woody the pencil encourages and motivates children through the interactive lessons and tests. Maths section covers fractions, decimals, comparisons and shapes English section focuses on punctuation, grammar, spelling and comprehension Interactive science world covers curriculum topics of forces, materials, light and sound. The progress chart monitors each of the activities and allows you to assess your child’s strengths and weaknesses. | ||
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| Learning Land 1-58 | De Agostini UK Ltd | [top] | |
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This is a series of educational titles aimed at children. The Learning Land was published as a part-work series with a new title appearing every two weeks, each CD was accompanied by a magazine. #1 - At the Playground contains five activities. Pond Pals - this is one of the more overtly educational activities in which Biff shows the player a pond and explains a bit about the pond life as the player clicks on each item. Not all the creatures are visible, some swim across the screen and the player must chase them with the cursor. Match-up - here the player is shown a set of cards, some with pictures and words on them, others with a single letter. The object is to match the letter to the right picture, 'e' with 'egg' for example. Picture planet - this is a join-the-dots to make a picture game. Litter Patrol - here the player has to locate all the items of rubbish hidden in the picture. Funstation - an activity where the player composes their own picture by placing park related items onto the screen, this can then be printed off and coloured in. The activities play directly from the CD and are mouse controlled. Completing each of the first four activities earns the player a piece of a jigsaw, called a jiggle 'coz it makes you giggle. There are sixteen pieces needed to complete the puzzle with the remaining pieces coming in issues two, three and four. #2 - Biff's Birthday, #3 - At the Funfair, #4 - Let's go Shopping, #5 - Tim's got a Cold, #6 - Seaside Fun, #7 - In the Garden, #8 - Off to School, #9 - Sports Day, #10 - Down on the Farm, #11 - Putting on a Show, #12 - Spring Cleaning, #13 - Biff's New House, #14 - Milly's Birthday, #15 - Toy Hospital, #16 - It's Mealtime!, #17 - Gym Club, #18 - In The Woods, #19: On the Train, #20: Circus Time, #21: At the Doctor's, #22: Camping Out, #23: Hide and Seek!. There were 58 discs in total plus a Christmas special disc. | ||
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| Lego Friends | Flipside Ltd., Ivanoff Interactive A/S / LEGO Media International, Inc. | [top] | |
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LEGO Friends is a music-oriented adventure that involves creating songs, dance steps, and even scrapbooks. Targeted specifically toward girls, the game stars a female teenager trying to help her all-girl band "Tuff Stuff" prepare for the school's big music show. Activities include talking to friends on a cell phone, snapping photos, and participating in themed mini-games. Players can hang out with the girl group in four different locales, including a bedroom, café, auditorium, and basement. Also featured on the CD-ROM is an interview and music video of the female band "Loose Chippin's". | ||
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| Lemon Dog in Code Name Alpha | Pocket Money Software / Ransom Publishing | [top] | |
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This is a mini game featuring the Lemon Dog character from a Scottish game developer. When moving Lemon Dog's spaceship by numbers you may jump directly from 0 to 9 and back from 9 to 0 by pressing the relevant key. Likewise if you choose to play by letters then you can jump directly from A to Z and back from Z to A. This will save you moving the spaceship back through the full range of positions. | ||
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| Lemon Dog in Dognapped | Pocket Money Software / Ransom Publishing | [top] | |
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This is a mini game featuring the Lemon Dog character from a Scottish game developer. | ||
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| Life's Little Lessons with the Berenstain Bears: Little Bears Make Big Helpers | Sound Source Interactive | [top] | |
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Longtime favorites, the Berenstain Bears introduce very young users to important life lessons in a new series from Sound Source Interactive. In this title, children learn about helpfulness and cooperation by helping Papa Bear gather honey, assisting Mama Bear in making a quilt, running errands with the whole Bear family, and helping Brother and Sister Bear clean up their messy room. | ||
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| Life's Little Lessons with the Berenstain Bears: When Little Bears Are Scaredy Bears | Sound Source Interactive | [top] | |
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This is part of the "Life's Little Lessons" series. This game deals with scary things. The entire Bear family shares stories of things that frightened Sister Bear and Brother Bear when they were just young cubs. In particular, the game focuses on the big fears of young childhood: scary noises, scary shadows, fear of failure, and scary masks. Players are told about the scary experiences Sister Bear and Brother Bear had, and are shown ways to deal with and get around their fears. For instance, in the case of fear of failure, players are told to practice what they are scared of failing at, and to keep practicing until it becomes second nature. After hearing about each fear and how the cubs overcame it, players take part in an activity that reinforces dealing with that particular fear. At the end of the activity, players receive a printable color certificate from the bear who told the story, and another certificate after players have successfully completed all the activities, proclaiming them a scaredy bear no more. | ||
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| Life’s Little Lessons with the Berenstain Bears: Time to Clean Up, Pick Up, and Recycle | Sound Source Interactive | [top] | |
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The Berenstain Bears have a big problem. What's to be done about the littered park, the waste in the city dump, and the high water bills? In four short stories and fun activities, Brother and Sister Bear discover ways to help their hometown and the environment stay clean and green. Kids will love joining the charming and funny family as they try to make a difference by learning and applying little lessons about recycling, conservation, and community responsibility. Eco-Bear Little bears get busy gathering up the litter in the city park. Brother and Sister discover the importance of recycling. Cubs and kids learn how to make a little water go a long way. Little bears plan an event to help their town stay clean and green. Four short stories - Four story related activities Thinking Puzzle, Arcade-style Game, Sorting Puzzle, and Creative Craft Activity Explores ideas about recycling, conservation, and community responsibility. Promotes teamwork with two-player option. Adjustable levels of difficulty. | ||
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| Little Bear Preschool Thinking Adventures | Creative Wonders / The Learning Company | [top] | |
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This is based on the Little Bear books and television series. Little Bear is planning a "Just Because" party for all of his friends. He sets out to visit each of his friends to invite them to the party, eventually arriving at the house of Grandmother Bear, who has a special surprise for his party. The player can help Little Bear collect vegetables and berries to make soup and pie for the party, and help Little Bear's friends complete tasks by playing learning activities. The activities in the game are all designed to reinforce learning skills for children ages 3-5. | ||
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| Little Bear Rainy Day Activities | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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It's raining at Little Bear's house, and he needs you to help him with some activities to pass the time. He's got seven projects that focus on building skills in creativity, memory and matching, decision making, problem solving, and counting. There are more than 50 exercises designed to attract and keep the attention of children in the 3-6 year old age group. A large number of printable projects assure continued gameplay after the computer is turned off. Among the many activities available is helping Mother Bear bake Gingerbread Friend Cookies, playing dress up with Little Bear and his friends Cat, Owl, Hen and Duck, and doing jigsaw puzzles. Other rainy day activities include decorating and making pictures or cards using stickers, coloring pictures, and playing matching games. The pictures are similar to those seen on the associated cartoon series on television. It features a point-and-click interface, and a color printer is highly recommended. Once players are finished playing, the rain dries up and Little Bear is free to go out and play with his friends once again. | ||
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| Löwenzahn 3 [G] | Terzio | [top] | |
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Documentary CD ROM for children from 6 years on to teach about nature, surrounding world and technology. This disc covers the following themes: Knights and castles; Clocks and time; Magnets; Puppet theatre; Hares, rabbits, hedgehogs; Forest and Mushrooms. | ||
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| Mad Magician, The: Bellini's Bikini | Savannah Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is the third game of the acclaimed Danish children's game franchise about the wizard Bellini. Listen to the sound of the voodoo drums. Hear the children of the night howl and growl. The island of Holidonia is as spooky and strange as it is exotic. You have to help Danny and the animals to stop Uncle Bellini before he finds the magic formula. | ||
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| Madeline Classroom Companion: 1st & 2nd Grade Math | Creative Wonders / The Learning Company | [top] | |
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Featuring the dynamic French waif and plenty of entertaining activities, this 2 CD set is judiciously split by grade level. Disc 1, set at the Louvre Museum in Paris, includes 1st grade math, while Disc 2, featuring art from the Musee d’Orsay, encompasses 2nd grade math. Madeline awaits in each museum gallery to invite kids to explore the masterpieces and complete 18 entertaining math exercises. Beginning math is all about memorization and drill, and this program offers plenty of opportunity for both. While it does not explicitly teach math skills, it provides kids with hours of practice in a friendly environment, with beloved and familiar characters. Multi-player games let kids choose to play with friends or alone, against the computer. Skills addressed include addition and subtraction, measurement, problem solving, patterns, fractions, geometric shapes, multiplication, money, and telling time. As an added bonus, girls learn to count in both French and Spanish. Each disc includes a special section with printable, away-from-the-computer activities. Successfully completed activities earn users coins that can be used to purchase postcards, stamps and pictures at the Museum store. The program also includes a printable progress report. | ||
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| Magic School Bus Explores The World Of Animals | Scholastic Inc., KnowWonder Inc. / Microsoft Game Studios | [top] | |
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The Magic School Bus is the basis for a multimedia project for children headed by Scholastic. The Magic School Bus characters and stories appear in television shows, books, board games, and CD-ROM computer games, always with a lesson to be learned and an emphasis on fun and understanding. In the show and games, magic is used to demonstrate science and technology. Often, schoolmates Arnold, Phoebe, Carlos, Mikey, Wanda, and the other kids in Ms. Frizzle's class are shrunk or transformed, to help them see everyday science from a whole new perspective. Of course, having a Magic School Bus to take the class to all sorts of fantastic places helps to keep the learning fresh and interesting. Climb aboard the Magic School Bus for an exciting ride filled with untamed science fun for kids ages 6 to 10. What a beastly mix-up - animals from the Wild Animal Park are returned to their wilderness, but they're in the wrong places. Help Ms. Frizzle and her class return them to their natural habitats on a rescue adventure that spans the globe. Players can enjoy more than 14 games and puzzles, seven experiments, more than 60 photos, eight multimedia reports, and printable awards, While doing this kids can travel to seven geographic locations, including the Arctic, the African Savanna, and the Himalayan Mountains. A range of tools helps kids figure out science clues and return the animals to their natural habitats. Plus, kids can use the bonoscope to learn about and see the animals' skeletons. | ||
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| Maisy's Playhouse | Sound Source Interactive, Inc. / Simon & Schuster Interactive | [top] | |
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This is based on characters from a children's book series by author/illustrator Lucy Cousins, and an animated television series, characterized by it's bright primary colors and the thick hand-drawn appearance of its outlines. Maisy herself is a little white mouse; she and her animal friends explore places and activities of interest to toddlers. In this game the player is introduced to three rooms in Maisy's house; in each room are many clickable animations to explore with the mouse - drawers and cabinets open to reveal items, water runs and the toilet flushes, toys move and lights click on and off. There are three levels to choose from, and at the 3rd level Maisy will enter the room and perform an appropriate activity, such as taking a bath or donning outdoor clothing. In the top left of each screen is an easel icon which brings the player to a page of seven mini-games: Gingerbread Cookies - piece together broken cookies and then decorate and print; Hide and Seek - find Maisy and her friends hiding on the page; Painting - find the picture that doesn't belong in Maisy's painting; Clean-up - click on Maisy's toys to put them away in her playroom; Getting Dressed - choose the appropriate clothes for Maisy to put on for a specified activity; Train - help Maisy's friends board her train; Coloring - listen to directions to help Maisy finish a painting or print out to color later. The focus of this game is on the preschool skills of color, shape, and number recognition, following directions, and creative play. | ||
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| Mia's Reading Adventure: The Search for Grandma's Remedy | Kutoka Interactive | [top] | |
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Mia is an adorable little mouse who lives in the attic of a charming old Victorian house on Carrington Lane. One day Mimi, Mia's grandmother, suddenly becomes very sick and asks Mia to go to the store to get the ingredients she needs to make her medicine. But as soon as the quest begins, Romaine Rat robs Mia of her Sparklies (currency in Mia's world) and now she must also earn the currency needed to buy the ingredients. Invited by Mia to join her on her quest, the player guides Mia through a beautiful 3D world, solving various challenges, as well as practicing literacy skills. The Mia series features a specially adapted, navigation engine that grants children complete control over the main character, Mia. Many surprises, discoveries, and other characters await, as Mia and her friends find their way through a very special house in an interactive animated story that will captivate children from beginning to end. Mia has been designed to support the school's curriculum from kindergaten to grade three, and includes nine exciting full-featured literacy skills activities each with four distinct levels of difficulty. Throughout this adventure the player will develop many basic and intermediate skills and must use logic, memory, observation, and concentration in order to explore this captivating 3D world as seen from the perspective of a mouse.The Mia series has won over 130 awards including Best e-learning program from the United Nations, Excellence in Educational Publishing – AEP (USA); Winner – Early Elementary Foreign Language – Bessie Awards (USA); Gold Award – Parents' Choice (USA) and many more. Fun Subjects: Spelling, vocabulary, early reading, phonics, word recognition, sentence comprehension, and rhymes. Mia's adventure products have been tested by educators, parents, and the toughest critics of all – kids. | ||
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| Midnight Play | NHK Educational Corporation / Simon & Schuster Interactive | [top] | |
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Midnight Play is a unique interactive experience for children and children-at-heart. This highly creative and engaging CD-ROM brings to life the colorful and fanciful works of Kveta Pacovská, an award-winning Czechoslovakian children's book illustrator. With music by Japanese Academy Award nominee, Michiru Oshima, and computer animation by the acclaimed French company, Dada Media, Midnight Play becomes a spontaneous interactive fantasy. There is no text: the story is implicit. It begins with the first click of the mouse, as the player enters a dark and quiet theatre. It has creative play with painting and color, music and rhythm, dance and theatre. The dancer's movements are controlled with the mouse, and there's a host of Midnight Play characters with unusual habits. | ||
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| Miss Spider's Tea Party | Hypnotix, Inc. / Simon & Schuster Interactive | [top] | |
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This invites children 3 to 7 years old to enter children's book author David Kirk's world of color and wonder. Mini-games provide hours of fun with a healthy serving of age-appropriate basic skills practice. Miss Spider's friends want to attend her party, but they each have a problem that needs to be resolved. It's up to the child to play the games and help all the friends make it to the party. When the child succeeds at all mini-games, Miss Spider thanks the player with an invitation of their own - something to print and cherish. Each game has an easy, medium and difficult level. The game contains a lot of 3D images and animation that capture the unique look and feel of the book. The mini games: The Beetles River Cross Game - The Beetles want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they have a wide river to cross. Help them get from shore to shore by jumping from rock to leaf to tadpole to branch without falling in the water. The Crickets Band Game - The Crickets want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they need to form a band. Player matches each musical sound with its instrument. Match the whole band and they'll play a tune. The Bee Flower Matching Game - The Bees want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they have to pollinate flowers. Each Bee has a flower in mind. Choose the ones they're thinking of so they can finish up and head to the party. The Hiding Butterfly Game - The Butterflies want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they must find all their friends. The colorful Butterflies are cleverly hiding in several scenes. Find them all so they can come to the party. | ||
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| Mission Kellogg's / Mission Nutrition / Tony & Friends: New Adventures - Invasion in Kellogg's Land | Kellogg Company | [top] | |
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The infamous King Kroko swims together with his crocodile gang through the ocean to find a new home. After they reach the peaceful Kellogg's Land they steal all supplies and recipes. Now the player takes the role of Tony Tiger to get them back. The game is a 3D platformer in the typical Tomb Raider perspective where the player jumps through the levels, fights enemies and solves small puzzles. The player has the ability to transform into other characters from the Kellog's franchise, e.g. Smack, which have other abilities. There are three worlds - Corn Country, Rain Forest and Frosty Mountains - with six levels each. This game was available as an offer in boxes of cereal. | ||
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| Mission to McDonaldland | Hardlight Interactive, Quoin Technology Pty. Ltd. / McDonald's Australia | [top] | |
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Astor, an alien from the planet McMars, makes first contact with Ronald McDonald and his friends in order to request permission to land and explore McDonaldland. Unfortunately, his spaceship collides with "the first dinosaur in space" on his way and crashes on Earth with his spacecraft in pieces. Ronald and friends step in to help out, setting out on a mission to locate all of the pieces of the spaceship. This point-and-click adventure game features a heavy focus on minigames. The player character moves around the screen on their own, following the player's cursor. Each area features a different player character, giving the player the chance to control the whole csat. Players can click on various items around the screen to interact with them. Aside from the McDonald's hub restaurant, players can travel to four different areas, each of which has its own minigame and a piece of the spaceship to find. After collecting all the pieces of the ship, players can then travel to McMars. | ||
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| Monopoly Junior | Minds Eye Productions / Atari Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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A computer adaptation of the 'lite' version of Parker Brothers classic real estate trading game. Monopoly Junior is a much simplified variation of Monopoly designed for 5-8 year olds. The PC version is a direct, kid friendly translation of the board game. | ||
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| Monster in the Park | Greg Ryan / Ambrosine | [top] | |
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A puzzle game for kids where you try to capture the cute monster. Put the playground pieces around the park to build a path to the monster. Lots of different obstacles and levels of difficulty make this a puzzling game with a fun theme. | ||
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| Multimedia Dinosaurs | REMedia Inc. / Lifeboat Productions | [top] | |
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This is an educational dinosaur game, with flash animation, colorful graphics and lots of dinosaur illustrations. The menu of the game has three sections: Dinorama, Dinosaur Database and Dinosaur Silhouettes. Dinorama is a cartoon area where you can watch flash animated cartoons of a dinosaur's life. There are 18 cartoons in total, two for each dinosaur featured. Dinosaur Database has three educational sections in it. The Gallery section is a giant collection of 48 colorful illustrations. It lets you view one up close when you click on it on the right side. This is the educational section about those dinosaurs. The Names section has a list of 50 dinosaur names that can help you locate the dinosaur that you are trying to find in the gallery section, and lists two new dinosaurs that were not shown in the gallery. The choose section has four dinosaur fact groups that help you identify a dinosaur by its size, how it ate, what time period it lived in and what continent it lived on. Dinosaur Silhouettes is a game in which you have to identify a dinosaur that has been completely blackened. The game does not have different difficulty levels, continually goes on and there is no highscore. | ||
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| Muppet Kids: Letters - Capital and Small | Brighter Child Interactive / Brighter Minds Media Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a Preschool and Kindergarten oriented game that features the Muppets and teaches uppercase and lowercase letters with 22 activities going through all letters of the alphabet, starting with A and gradually working towards Z. The activities consist of simply clicking or clicking and dragging objects that correspond with the highlighted letter of the alphabet. For ages 3-6. Kermit Piggy Fozzie and Gonzo are all here to help make reading fun. Your child can learn about Sorting and Ordering with Kermit Piggy and the whole Muppet Kids gang. Muppet characters come to life in a series of animated lessons with talking instructions. Each title features more than 20 activities. Learning to Read software was designed by award-winning educators. The new version of the product now features 3-D animated clips of Grown Up Kermit and Gonzo commenting on the child's progress. Phonics familiarizes readers with common consonant sounds and how to recognize these sounds at the beginning of words. Special Features: Used in School systems throughout the country; Fun animation and sound ;Talking instructions so children can play with a parent or alone; Easy mouse usage; Designed by trained educators; Now featuring 3-D animations with Kermit and Gonzo; Your child can start learning with the Muppets now; After all learning wouldn't be as much fun if it weren't for Kermit Piggy and the entire Muppet Gang. | ||
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| Muppet Kids: Sound Patterns - Phonics | Brighter Child Interactive / Brighter Minds Media Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a Kindergarten oriented game that features the Muppets and teaches the first letters of words, mainly through rhyme within a total of 20 activities. The player simply clicks or clicks and drags the correct option from a choice of two or more objects. Award winning Muppet Kids software makes learning fun. Includes educational games designed by trained educators to teach and reinforce skills as they entertain. All games are animated and colorful including talking instructions so the child can work with a parent or alone. It keeps children on the path to reading using learning games that teach the sound of letter combinations, short vowel sounds and more. Skills taught include letter identification, letter sounds, short vowel sounds and more. Includes over 20 activities for your child ages 3-7. Great for home schooling and the classroom. Give your kids a head start on reading fun. | ||
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| Muumit Ja Näkymätön Lapsi [Fi] | Norsk Strek AS / WSOY New Media, later Nordic Softsales | [top] | |
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Moomins and the Invisible Child is the fourth Moomin computer game. It's the first, and also the only, Moomin computer game where the player gets to control the character ( Ninni ) himself. Ninni is invisible at the beginning of the game, and the player's task is to gradually make Ninni visible by performing various tasks. There are seven different types of tasks: Apples save the birds with Little My; Moomin paper canning machine; Taking jam jars into the basement using the Niisku machine; Moomin Troll Badminton Game; Making different outfits for Ninn; Music Identification with Snufkin; Picking mushrooms with Moominmamma (locked; opens when enough other tasks are done). After each mission, Ninni becomes a little more visible. Moominmamma is involved in every task, and gives advice to all of them. All but one of the tasks can be accessed from the menu inside Moomin House , not from the Moomin Valley overview, as in the previous and subsequent Moomin computer games. The Moomin Valley will be seen in the game’s opening video and in a separate story about “Family Day”. Only Moominmamma talks about the characters in the game, her voice is by Ulla Tapaninen, who is familiar from the stories of Moomin Valley. The plot and content of the game refer very loosely to Tove Jansson’s short story The Invisible Child. | ||
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| My First Amazing British Isles Explorer | Dorling Kindersley | [top] | |
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Supports Key Stages 1-2 of the National Curriculum in England, Wales and Ireland and Scottish 5-14 Curriculum. Become a British Isles Explorer - This fantastic travel guide takes you on an interactive journey from Land's End to John O' Groats, involving learning games, animated maps, brilliant graphics and fun facts. You can collect virtual stickers, send postcards or take the ultimate test in the British Isles Explorer Challenge. Features: Broadens children knowledge of human anatomy; Learn about life processes; Find out about the human life cycle; Information about bones, organs and health; Virtual Stickers awarded after completing a puzzle; For ages 6-10. | ||
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| My First Amazing Diary | Doring Kindersley | [top] | |
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My First Amazing Diary provides a terrific way for children to start writing their diaries while teaching three basic steps: start With Pictures, learn to Use Words and write about it. You can learn to express yourself with pictures - even before you actually read and write. Select pictures that show how big you are - or what kind of hair your brother has. Then listen closely as your choices are real aloud by the computer. Lead to read words as you hear them. Complete simple sentences. Put words and pictures together to describe when you were small and your favorite things. Express yourself with words. Use the story starters and interactive diary to record activities, thoughts and feelings. It's a great way to build skills (and save memories) you'll keep for a lifetime. | ||
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| My First Bible Stories | Dorling Kindersley Multimedia | [top] | |
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Bible Stories Brought to Life. Based on the best-lovedBible stories from the Old Testament. This combines exciting multimedia technology with the story-telling traditions that have brought Bible stories to life for thousands of years. An engaging sticker book, fun games and a general quiz ensure that, through play, children will familiarize themselves with the names, places and events of seven favorite Old Testament tales. To complete each story, children play games and practice vital skills as they pair the animals on Noah's Ark or help Abraham get to Canaan. Develop an awareness of essential values such as love and forgiveness through exploration of key stories from the Old Testament. Interactive Bible Stories - Explore seven of the best loved stories from the Old Testament. Encourage Creativity - Crate your own greeting cards and stationery, using illustrations from these biblical stories. LearningFun - Games and activities encourage problem-solving and build memory. Features: Teaches, reinforces, and tests general knowledge of the Bible; Develops problem-solving, pattern-making,memory, and listening skills; With a wide range of activities, games and an extensive quiz to support the stories, this disc is sure to appeal to children whatever their interests and abilities; Includes an extensive stationery areawhich can create personalized letterheads, as well as drawings to color in. | ||
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| My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens | Artech Studios Ltd. / Infogrames Europe SA | [top] | |
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This is a game for young children that is based on the 'My Little Pony' franchise. The game starts with the player creating their own pony using a paint box screen to change the colours to their liking. Then the pony is given a name and the player is taken to Ponyland where the game begins. The game starts at a bridge. To the left is the farm where the player gets to know and train their pony. To the right is the pony village. The player starts on the farm where they feed, groom and train their pony. There is a limited supply of food in the inventory to start with and more can be grown or picked from trees. When the pony has grown she will be confident enough to enter the village and have fun with other ponies. In the village there are four cottages, each with its own resident and mini-game(s). Ivy's Beauty Salon where the player can dress and/or style their pony's hair. Light Heart's Game Cottage naturally has the most activities. There's Tic-Tac-Hoof, a Tile Switch Puzzle, videos to watch, books to read, Sweet Berry's kitchen where cakes can be baked, and pictures to colour in. Sun Sparkle's Dance Studio has a dance floor with coloured squares. The mini-game here is a 'Simon Says' like game where the player has to repeat the sequence in which the dance floor squares light up. Morning Glory's schoolhouse has a memory game and pictures to print. Throughout the game the player can take pictures of their pony, these are held on an album along with the pony's pet certificate, awards, the pony diary and mail messages. | ||
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| Nick-o-Matic Design Factory | Nickelodeon / Mattel, The Learning Company | [top] | |
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Create Your Own Nickelodeon World. Your favorite characters from the top Nickelodeon shows are everywhere you want them to be. 650 ready-made projects. Over 2,000 graphics. Use the designs we give you or, hey, create your own. You're the boss. Construct, e-mail, print, stamp, stick, fold, send, wear... with the Nick-O-Matic Design Factory, you can do it all. Just pick it, click it, Nick it. Ages 6 and up. Airplanes; Banners; Birthday Kits; Bracelets; Calendars; Certificates; Envelopes; Fax Pages; Gift Wrap; Greeting Cards; Growth Charts; Invitations; Keychains; Letterheads; Masks; Mobiles; Name Tags; Necklaces; Notecards; Online Cards; Party Kits; Photo Album Pages; Photo Frames; Place Cards; Place Mats; Postcards; Posters; Puzzles; Shadow Boxes; Signs; Stationary; Stickers; Tattoos; Trading Cards; T-shirt Transfers; Window Decals Included inside is a variety of supplies to get you started creating your own Nick stuff. 2 sheets of printable shrink sheets to create key chains and jewelry 2 sheets of clear decals for removable tattoos or window decals. 20 restickable small round stickers. 9 restickable large round stickers. Want to throw a party with Angelica and the gang? They're here. Put Chuckie's face on a mask? You're covered. Eat your dinner off a CatDog placemat? Bon appetit. If you can imagine it, the Nick-O-Matic Design Factory helps you make it happen. Create 100s of projects with the characters from all of your favorite Nick cartoons. Featuring Graphics and Characters from the following NickToons: Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, CatDog, Rocko's Modern Life, The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Wild Thornberrys, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers, KaBlam! Features: 650 ready-made projects; Over 2,000 graphics; Use the designs we give you or, hey, create your own. You're the boss; Construct, e-mail, print, stamp, stick, fold, send, wear… with the Nick-O-Matic Design Factory, you can do it all. | ||
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| Nickelodeon Director's Lab | Artech Studios / Viacom New Media | [top] | |
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Melissa Joan Hart helps to instruct you through the many features of this movie maker utility for kids. The Game is laid out in a Room with several doors, each leading into the differect aspects of Filmmaking and all contributing to making your imagination come alive with bits of snot and smiley faces. The rooms needed to make your masterpiece a reality are of course: The Sound Lab; a Sound Effect producing room with mixer controls, recording abilities and of course a loop tool to make your noises ever more annoying or maticululously perfect for your audience's needs! The Music Lab; for creating your theme tunes and dramatic music for your intense drama productions, everything is well laid out and it's one of the easiest to use music creation systems. With nine different instruments and the ability to layer them you'll soon find yourself making the catchiest jingle your friends will love. The Video Suite; Cut together frames from all your favourite clips, adding in visual effects or just stamping in a random image over someones face, the main action will commence in this room. The Graphic Studio; Got a frame missing? Want to make a real cartoon? This is the drawing room, with Paint-like tooks such as Line, Circle and Square makers, Fillers and more snot than you know what to do with, this is the place to make a masterful piece of art, or just scribble on a page. The Title Editor; Play around with Fonts, colours and changeable backgrounds to get your best Hollywood Headline up and ready to show the world just who's calling the shots around here. The Directors Lab; Once you've laboured away in all the other laboratories it's time to head here to splice everything into a film, import whatever you've created elsewhere and really sit down to become a proper movie editor, It's up to you what goes where, whether it's titles in the middle of the film or screams at the beginning, be creative and see it all come together. Finally we have the Screening Room; Your own personal home cinema to sit back, relax and watch your final product as it hits the big screen. Clips, sounds, music files and images are taken from a wide range of sources including some of your favourite classic Nickelodeon Cartoons. There's many hidden things in each room that you wont notice initially, such clicking on light switches and different areas that will spark different mini animations to occur. | ||
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| Olli ja Olivia: Ontto tammi [Fi] | CyberFact / ArteFact | [top] | |
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Ollie & Olivia: The Hollow Oak is a learning adventure for kids 4 years of age and older. Ollie and Olivia must find a honey jar with the magical nectar. Along the way, they must find a key, diving goggles, a magic ring and a crystal ball in order to move forward. They should also remember to collect and score acorns in an Owl quiz that is filled with questions about nature. | ||
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| Oregon Trail 4th Edition | MECC / The Learning Company | [top] | |
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A thrilling trailblazing adventure that builds real-life skills. As the leader of a wagon party, you’ll choose your team and supplies, read maps, plan your route, and guide your team through the unknown wilderness. Tough choices lie ahead, but with the help of your wagon party and people you meet along the way, you’ll complete this challenging journey and arrive in a new land. Select a team with skills you think are important, stock up on supplies, and hit the trail. Learn History Firsthand - Read authentic journals, maps, and newspapers from the 1840s. Talk to the people you meet along the way - their advice may help you make decisions. Replenish your food supply by hunting and fishing. Survive the dangers of the long journey - buffalo stampedes, sickness, and gunshot wounds. Watch history come alive with 3D travel, 360° panoramic views, and full-motion video. Use guidebooks, maps, advice from fellow travelers, and instinct to determine the best route to Oregon. Will you cross the raging river or continue along the trail? | ||
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| Papyrus: The Curse of Seth [Fr] | Public Technologies Multimedia, Dupuis / Ubisoft | [top] | |
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This is an adventure based on Belgian comic book series and cartoons of the same name Gieter Lucien. Seth, the god of evil, made prisoners of six major gods of Egypt. Papyrus helps to save them in six missions, recovering elements that Seth has hidden: characters, sets, props and sounds. Compose music, draw, create hieroglyphic writing secret messages and solve puzzles. With the tools of the program, you can also create your own adventures. Not a conventional children's adventure, the game consists of six phases in which we complete the scenes with backgrounds, characters, animations and sounds that are lacking. For example, you can ask us to put on the empty decorated Nile scenery a sun in the sky and the sound of a bird, then we go look at the gallery objects and pictures, put them in our inventory and use them on the empty stage. At first it might seem easy without the slightest complication, but it's not as easy as it sounds, since the names of the objects can be confusing and we will keep trying until they tell us we've decorated it well. Basically puzzles consist in following the onscreen instructions and do what is said. You also have to make animations and musical compositions, play an odd game with hieroglyphs and draw what they ask. There is also the occasional puzzle that is more like classic adventure game puzzles, but always very easy and seeking above all creativity. | ||
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| Pettsons Julspel [Sw] | Gammafon multimedia | [top] | |
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This contains six Christmas games based on Sven Nordqvist's characters Pettson & Findus for kids up to four years of age. Pettson thinks a lot about his big Christmas gift secret. He has provided a lot of games and games for Findus and you, so you do not get bored while waiting for Christmas Eve. | ||
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| Phonics Alive! 3: The Speller | Advanced Software | [top] | |
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This teaches students to plan how to spell new and unfamiliar words. Traditional Spelling Rules are explained and actively taught, followed by practice activities. Sight Words are taught and practice games ensure that learning is fun. To best suit individual needs, students are able to choose from a variety of sight words (general lists, community signs, science words, mathematics words, secondary words or compound words). A wide variety of additional words are provided with sound files enabling teachers to add custom word lists to the program. Students will advance their understanding of the grapho-phonic nature of our language and of the complicated alphabetic mapping system of English. The program consists of 15 modules. It is self paced and sequentional. The starting age of the program is 8 or grade 3. It continues the tradition of excellence in offering fun learning through a high quality teacher resource. The student is again offered a technology based, highly interactive environment through which they are actively taught. It is a student centered approach, anticipating errors and stimulating interest through visual puns, broad humour, animation and sound effects. | ||
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| Piggy In Numberland | Legacy Interactive Inc | [top] | |
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This invites youngsters ages 3-7 to learn about basic numbering, addition and subtraction, place value and geometric shapes as they explore the whimsical world of Numberland. Eleven different games include options such as completing dot-to-dot pictures and coloring them, a treasure chest concentration game, and falling blocks containing an addition problem which need to be placed on the correct answer. Student progress is measured in the brain power section where a part of the brain is colored for each activity completed. Once all the activities for a specific game are completed, the youngster is rewarded by being able to make a toy in the Imagination Machine Game Room. Eighteen toys are included and are made by matching the geometric shapes needed for construction. The excellent sound and graphics keep children engaged. All the instructions are given verbally so there is no need for adult intervention once the youngster knows how to use a mouse. A superb example of educational software. It was later modified and re-released as Stuart Little: His Adventures in Numberland which was one of the cd's of Stuart Little Learning Adventures. | ||
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| Pingu and Friends | BBC Multimedia | [top] | |
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Play and learn with Pingu and his friends in this fun and simple to use CD-ROM. There are ten great activities for your child to enjoy which will also enhance their language, literacy, maths and navigational skills. The emphasis is on games outside Pingu's igloo - Save Pinga who is lost in a snow cave, have a go at bowling in Snowbowl Alley or help Pingu in his Snowball battle with Robby, Pingo and Pink. | ||
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| Pixeline 5: i sommerhuset [Da] | Krea Media | [top] | |
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Hi, do you want to fish with me? We take with mom and dad and my naughty little brother in a cottage. There are lots of fun physicians we can play together at the beach, the harbor and in the wilderness forest. In the cottage there is music and song, let's hurry, get started. We can also play with jigsaw puzzles, or go out and put a dragon up if you want to. By the beach we build castles in the sand, and little bridge sails with both in the water. We can also help the old sail down at the harbor, come on well, help little brother to sort the fish. | ||
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| Plumo At The Zoo | Synapse Multimedia, Micro-Intel | [top] | |
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This CD-Rom Game is a set of 13 educational activities designed and developed for 3 to 6 year old children by multimedia educational games specialists. Each activity exploits the potential of multimedia to develop the child's cognitive skills such as observation, discrimination, counting, logic, etc. Plumo is a charming and attractive parrot who guides children in their discoveries of the world. He invites them to visit the zoo animals, and to learn by playing games with them. The animals speak out the directions for the children, provide encouragements and positive feedback and help them reach the learning objectives. Within the zoo, children can choose the following games: Match identical pairs of spots on Giraffe's skin; Dress up Bear with clothes and accessories to match his silhouette; Classify different bears according to their colors and sizes; Count the flowers, butterflies, and balloons that comes out of the Kangaroo's pouch; Order, according to their sizes, the eggs that Mother Ostrich has lost in a labyrinth maze; Color the feathers of Peacock's tail in order to complete a logical series; Draw Turtle's shell following a model; Identify the animal that was swallowed by Snake, based on its silhouette; Feed Pelicans with fish of the appropriate sizes; Match animals with skins that dry on the "clothes line". | ||
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| Plumo On The Farm | Synapse Multimedia / Micro-Intel | [top] | |
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This was created by educational game specialists as a series of learning activities for children from 5 to 7 years old. These activities use a range of multimedia tools to enable children to develop basic cognitive skills (observation, seriation, classifying, finding relationships, etc) through play. Plumo the parrot accompanies young users as they explore the world. In Plumo At The Zoo, He invited preschoolers to visit zoo animals who each presented an educational game. (Fun Fact: Plumo is voiced by a male actor in the English version, and a female actor in the French version!) The loveable parrot has returned to help children from 5 to 7 develop cognitive skills appropriate for their age. Through all their activities, the children are guided by Plumo's instructions, encouragement, and advice. A sampling of activities: A flower garden that you must water by connecting the sections of an unusual hose; A clock that you must set to a given time in order to bring a scene to life; A magic blackboard on which you must draw a mystery animal by following the dots, in numerical order or increments of 2, 3 or 5; A beehive, where you reveal the contents of each cell by pairing an animal with the sound it makes; Barn doors on which you complete a symmetrical pattern; A beauty contest for pigs that you arrange according to details of their portraits; A clothesline on which you can hang items on only if their numbers are in increasing order; A bridge that you complete with colored sections following a logical sequence. You can play in both English and French, | ||
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| Pokémon Project Studio (Red and Blue) | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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This program lets the user create all kinds of Pokémon-related projects such as calendars or greeting cards. Dutch, German, Italian and French versions have been released by Mattel Interactive. Each version had stock artwork of 81 different Generation I Pokémon (including Mew). Common favorites like Pikachu and Squirtle were available in both versions, but some Pokémon were version-specific—for example, Kangaskhan was only available in Blue version, whereas Tauros was only available in Red version. Stock art of human characters like Ash and Professor Oak was also included, and users could also add photos and images saved on their own computer. Put your favorite Pokémon everywhere. With over 600 different graphics, 81 of the 151 characters, and 250 different Pokémon projects, you can spend hours building your creativity and imagination. With both versions installed, users have access to all of the Pokémon from both games. Types of available projects: Greeting Cards, Signs, Birthday Kits, Banners, Photo Fun, Stationery, Character Cards, Envelopes, Calendars, Postcards, Crafts, Certificates, Stickers. | ||
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| Pong Pong's Learning Adventure: Back To The Future [Ru] | DataSun Software Corporation / Global Star Software | [top] | |
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Home from his previous voyage, a brave Piglet and duckling Crack find that during this time on Earth centuries have passed, and the world has changed beyond recognition. What happened to their lovely village Magic glade? Is this dirty pen - their favorite transparent river? But where is the green forest? Even the sky is gray and dull, it now looks quite different! Dozens of questions, problems and puzzles from the world of mechanics, geography and physics, anamazing journey, and, of course, meeting new characters are waiting for your children in the next educational game of the "Piglet" series. | ||
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| Rayman Activity Center | Ubisoft Entertainment | [top] | |
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Designed to appeal to kids ages four to six, the Rayman Activity Center stars the popular Ubi Soft character and many of his friends in a variety of educational games. Developed by pre-school teachers, each game has three levels of difficulty and ends with a "surprise" (typically a dance or other cute animation by a character). Each of the 14 games has its own premise such as learning basic French with Joe the Cricket or practicing the concept of three-dimensional space by helping Rayman through a maze of giant erasers. Other concepts stressed in the games include letter recognition, puzzle solving, memory, sound identification, mouse use, keyboard use, spatial awareness, and logical ordering. Additionally, Rayman Activity Center has a Coloring Book section that can be printed out and a radio to hear a song. The child's successes are logged in the Results screen, and any animations earned can be viewed again with a visit to the Rewards Box. | ||
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| Reader Rabbit Thinking Adventures Ages 4-6 | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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Reader Rabbit and his friends need your help to throw a surprise birthday party for Sam the Lion. There are so many fun things to do, from making cookies to practicing party games. This game was designed for ages 4 to 6. The fun and learning don't stop when your child leaves the computer. Customized workbooks and printable activities travel with your child in the car or on the bus. And progress reports will help your child know which skills deserve praise or need improvement. Learning is a journey, and each child learns at a different pace and has a unique set of abilities. Reader Rabbit's ADAPT Learning Technology constantly monitors your child's abilities, helps develop skills, adjusts difficulty levels, provides help, and tracks progress. | ||
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| Reader Rabbit's Math Ages 6-9 | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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This provides nine math activities centered on a sea adventure. Collect boat parts and try to escape from pirates! Learn fractions by dividing pizzas to feed a horde of monkeys. Each activity focuses on a math skill learned in grades 1 through 3. Topics covered include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Now with A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology that helps children build critical elementary math skills. Kids will explore Pirate Island with Sam the Lion, Penelope the Parrot, and Reader Rabbit. Each fun activity has many play levels, progressing from the easiest to most difficult. Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion enter into a sailing race and end up shipwrecked on Pirate Island. They need to find the necessary parts to build a new ship. To get the parts, they will need to explore 9 different areas found on the pirate's map of the island. It allows the user to choose the areas they want to explore. Six of the nine activity areas are designed to teach through simple exercises a fundamental area of math, and 3 of the areas are designed to test your skills. In "Going Bananas" you lay out the right number of banana peels on the path, so the pirates will slip and fall. You can put the banana peels in groups of 100s, 10s or 1s . As you add or take away bananas, you can see the corresponding math equation. The combination of moving the banana peels and watching the math equation change is engaging while visually demonstrating basic adding and subtracting. In "Monkey Pizza Party" you are dividing pizzas into the right # of pieces (fractions) by selecting which number to divide by to get the right denominator. By putting toppings on the right number of pieces, you get the right numerator. In "Tourist Trap" you need to free Sam the Lion by paying the right amount of money. You do this by selecting a combination of bills and coins to add up to the correct amount. The cartoon animated story line succeeds in captivating the interest of the user. It has 6 levels of difficulty which self adjust to the level of the user and it can be easily pre-set to a specific level of difficulty. The 6 levels of difficulty allow for the range of challenge and levels of learning for the 6-9 age group. The program also offers detailed performance tracking by skill area for each user. | ||
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| Reading Blaster: Ages 9-12 | Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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Reading Blaster: Ages 9-12 asks players to help uncover what happened to the residents of Bizarroville and bring them back home. Evidence must be collected, and Drabble's secret lab and inventions must be discovered. Kids will practice and learn sentence structure, parts of speech, reading for detail, grammar, definitions, synonyms/antonyms, drawing conclusions, and using context clues. | ||
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| Rockett's Camp Adventures | Addictive Media / Mattel Media, Purple Moon Media | [top] | |
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This deals with a girl named Rockett and her summer camp experience. It's the last game in the Rockett series. It is also the only game developed under the direct supervision of Mattel. Much of the game is actually an animated storybook as Rockett packs her essential belongings for the trip, travels to Camp Luna, and meets the other kids that she will be spending some time with. Conflict and drama ensue. Along this storyline, the game gives the player the opportunity to make some decisions, such as which poster, book, and photo to pack in the limited space afforded by Rockett's luggage. Similarly, there are critical junctures in the story where the the player is given the opportunity to side with either the elite snobs or the average kids. Interspersed in the storyline are 4 minigames/activities that can also be selected outside of the storyline: Canoe Race - Rockett and a teammate must navigate a canoe from point A to point B on the river while dodging obstacles (such as submarines, octopuses, and whales). Aim for the fastest time. Friendship Bracelets - Customize your own friendship bead bracelet in this arts & crafts activities. DJ Mix Maker - Choose from among several bass lines, drum beats, keyboard riffs, guitar licks, and sounds effects to create your own song. Crystal Caverns - Solve a series of puzzles in order to successfully navigate through the cave and find your friend. | ||
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| Rockman X Math Tornado [Ch] | Strawberry Software | [top] | |
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This is an educational math game for the PC, featuring X from Rockman X. The claim to fame is that in this game, X actually removes his helmet. | ||
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| Rugrats Movie Activity Challenge, The | Broderbund Software, Inc. | [top] | |
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The Rugrats Movie Activity Challenge has six games based on The Rugrats Movie. Each of the games has somewhat of an educational bent -- teaching logic, typing, and critical thinking. But, the games are also just games in the traditional sense. Players have their choice of three difficulty settings: easy, medium, or hard. Each game has ten levels built into it and there is an additional "bonus game" players access if they retrieve Angelica's Cynthia doll during one of the other games. In Traffic Trouble, players must guide the Reptar Wagon through a traffic jam by moving cars around, picking up any pacifiers, baby bottles, or rattles they find along the way. Once players have opened a way out of the jam, the level is over. Similarly, players must shoot the rapids in the Reptar Wagon in Aqua Reptar, picking up the floating pacifiers, baby bottles, rattles, and dolls they find and avoiding bananas thrown by the monkeys. At the end of the level, they must also retrieve baby Dil. Reptar Rhythm has players helping Reptar destroy the city by typing the letter that appears in the brackets. Each level has more letters and the music and the letters come faster. If successful, at the end of the level Reptar's roar levels the city. In Stu's Workshop, players must free Angelica from Stu's antigravity machine by using the machines provided to hit the switch. Making Tracks challenges players to shift the tracks around so that the babies in the Reptar Wagon can retrieve the other characters, the pacifiers, baby bottles, rattles, and the Cynthia doll. On the last track, they must also retrieve baby Dil as in Aqua Reptar. In Monkey Mayhem, players must help Tommy and Chuckie collect items from the monkeys, including jars of baby food. After all the jars of food are collected, they must get Dil back as well. If players manage to grab the Cynthia doll in any of the game levels, they are taken to the bonus round called Spike's Scamper. Players must guide Spike over the ground, pick up the baby items and avoid tripping over the rocks and stumps on the ground. These items are added to the tally of the original game when adding up the score. | ||
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| School House Rock!: Thinking Games Deluxe | Creative Wonders / The Learning Company | [top] | |
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This is a two-CD set containing ten games. These games are split into two sections. The First are called "Thinking Games" and are on the first CD. The Second set are "Learning Adventures" and are contained on the second CD. The games can be played in any order, but it is recommended that players explore the "Thinking Games" before moving on to the "Learning Adventures", as the second set of games expand on the lessons in the first set. Additionally, the "Thinking Games" are set up as arcade-style games, while the "Learning Adventures" are more open-ended. It contains over 60 mind-enriching games and activities. From the mental challenges in Lucky's Arcade to the adventures in the Schoolhouse Rock land of learning, this program is deigned to bring children endless hours of learning and fun. It is designed for children to develop essential critical thinking problem solving and reasoning skills while having a blast playing fun-filled activities. | ||
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| School Zone: Alphabet Express | School Zone Publishing Company | [top] | |
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Help your preschooler learn - and love - the letters of the alphabet. Hop aboard the Alphabet Express Software for a fun-filled learning adventure. A friendly alligator conductor guides little ones through every activity, providing help and encouragement. Your child will enjoy exploring all the letter scenes and discovering each object that triggers a whimsical, surprising animation that will motivate and bring smiles. This award-winning program explores each letter in a variety of alphabet games and activities. For example, click here and match the letter shown to an object whose name begins with the same letter. Or click there to find all the "u" words at the circus. The software features colorful letter scenes, an alphabet song, a fun firehouse game, 30 dot-to-dot puzzles, 15 maze puzzles, 10 hidden letter pictures, movies, and more. Plus, there are 78 coloring pages - 26 that also include writing practice - for on-screen and off-screen creativity. The pages can be printed to encourage children to practice each letter of the alphabet. Features: Easy navigation with friendly audio guidance; A range of high-energy activities maximize challenge and variety; Detailed animations enhance focus and imagination. Skills: alphabet; alphabetical order; letter sounds; letter recognition; eye-hand coordination; beginning sounds; lowercase letters; uppercase letters; matching; pairing; letter-object association; following directions. | ||
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| Sesame Street: Music Maker | Mattel Media | [top] | |
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Make music, sing and play, and learn along the way. This CD-ROM exposes your child to a variety of musical concepts and sounds that unusual instruments make. Eight activities are hosted by Sesame Street characters who guide and encourage your child to enjoy the wonders of music. Change the song's pitch and tempo with Ernie, Elmo, Grover, and Cookie Monster in the Jam Session. Visit six different scenes with Elmo and make songs with special musical stickers. Sing songs with the Sesame Street Muppets, or sing Karaoke style by yourself. Explore the World of Sound at the zoo, the city streets, the home, and the farm. Join Elmo and Ernie on guitar, Grover on keyboards, and Cookie on drums for a rockin' jam session. Get down and boogie at Studio 543. Cookie brings you the music, while Elmo and Grover teach you their favorite moves. Elmo's Magic Music Machine: With Elmo's help, you compose your own songs by selecting different instruments. | ||
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| Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Children's Television Workshop / Mattel Interactive | [top] | |
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Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is an educational software title based on the movie The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. The game is designed to help children ages three and older develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, as well as to instruct them in themes of friendship and sharing. All activities all have two skill levels (easy and hard) that can be selected before starting each activity. Elmo, that adorable red Muppet of Sesame Street fame, has lost his blanket! He needs your help to explore the depths of Grouchland and recover his most treasured possession. You will face many obstacles and challenging activities as you travel through this mysterious land of cranky Muppets. Together with Elmo, you will meet monsters and make new friends, solve problems, play games, and sing songs on this whimsical and musical adventure. | ||
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| Smart Steps 2nd Grade | DK Multimedia | [top] | |
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The most complete learning system for your second grade child. Enroll your second grader in the program with more of everything: Smart Steps. Developed by dedicated educators, Smart Steps covers the complete second grade core curriculum - along with lots of creative activities to help your child head straight to the top. The Playroom - Read a book, create party invitations, play music and much more in the playroom. The Learning Center provides instant access to 300 activities in Reading and Writing Numbers and Shapes and essential life skills. Sticker Book - With up to 218 stickers to collect children will want to come back to the activities again and again to earn them all. Progress Tracker - No other learning system gives such a straightforward way to track a child's progress. Features: 300 non-stop activities; 120 math activities; 10 reading activities; 30 practical science activities; interactive reading books; 5 original learning songs; Child-friendly word processor; Self-motivating sticker reward system; Prepares children for a lifetime of learning. | ||
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| Spot's Busy Day | Hasbro Interactive / Europress | [top] | |
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This is an interactive storybook for toddlers. Suitable for 2 year-old children and up, it features four interactive stories based on Eric Hill's Spot (the yellow dog) books: Spot plays with his ball; Spot amuses himself on a rainy day; Spot bakes a cake; Spot goes to school. Toddlers will play to 3 mini-games from each interactive story. These are very easy creativity and logic games, such as coloring drawings or a 6 to 12 parts jigsaw puzzle. | ||
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| Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required | Humongous Entertainment | [top] | |
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In Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required, players must guide that top class secret agent Spy Fox around the World's Fair in an effort to foil the evil plan of S.M.E.L.L.Y. commander Napoleon LeRoach and his incredible dogbot. Players are helped by Monkeypenny and Dr. Quack. Players must find the off switch, the secret code and way to get inside the dogbot to stop the evil LeRoach and his henchmen in their tracks. Players will have to find a series of objects and use their super-secret spy gadgets to unravel the mystery and stop the rampaging dogbot. | ||
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| Spy Fox In Hold The Mustard | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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Help SPY Fox navigate his M.E.S.S. (Multiple Environment SPY Ship) to collect tomato's and destroy King Konglomerate's robots. Maneuver SPY Fox's M.E.S.S. through water, land, space and air. Climb aboard to help SPY Fox save the world's ketchup supply from the evil King Konglomerate. Junior Arcade games are jam packed with fast and furious gameplay that satisfies kids' hunger for action and surprises. Starring lovable characters and the high quality, hand drawn animation that families have come to expect form Humongous Entertainment, this series will provide hours of action and fun for your children. There's 101 levels of tomato saving fun in this challenging arcade-style game for kids ages 3-8. | ||
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| Star Wars: Anakin's Speedway | Lucas Learning Ltd. | [top] | |
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This game is intended for children ages 4 and up and features young Anakin Skywalker and other characters from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Players can create thousands of tracks filled with turns, loops, jumps, and tunnels while learning the dynamics of speed and momentum. Make pod race tracks on either Tatooine, Ando Prime or Dagobah. Then get to race on them with Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, Gasgano or Ben Quadinaros by picking between three speeds. You can also print out the tracks for use as special trading cards. | ||
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| Star Wars: Episode I - The Gungan Frontier | Lucas Learning Ltd. | [top] | |
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The players must introduce organisms to the Naboo moon of Ohma-D'un in an attempt to develop a stable ecosystem capable of supporting Gungan colonization. The Gungan Council has called upon Obi-Wan Kenobi and Queen Amidala, heroes of the Battle of Naboo, to meet the challenge. Boss Nass provides you with the aid of the Kresch, Jar Jar Binks, and R2-D2. You commence to loading your ship and taking off toward the moon. Once you choose a good spot from which to begin building your ecosystem, you land the ship on the moon, and the sensors are placed. From here, gameplay begins. You release the plants and animals from your ship as you please, and allow them to grow and multiply. The Gungans will occasionally harvest a plant or animal, and use it to help build a bubble city. You can change the amount of life forms that the Gungans take, as well as check on the progress of the Bubble City on the control panel. The game never ends from there, you just have to maintain your ecosystem, as well as the bubble city and Gungan population, as long as you can. There is also a Create-a-Critter function which allows you to use your own designed creatures and a disaster function which allows you to trigger either a natural or man-made disaster on the moon. | ||
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| Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey | Lucas Learning Ltd. | [top] | |
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This is an interactive tale with fourteen animated pages, designed to immerse children ages 4 and up in the exciting story of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. In this adventure book, children will read along with Jar Jar, Queen Amidala, Anakin Skywalker, and Qui-Gon Jinn as they follow Jar Jar on his exciting adventure from the Naboo swamp to Tatooine. This action-packed adventure book contains coloring book pages of your favorite Star Wars characters, sing-along songs, as well as memory and matching games. Imagine the fun of meeting the Jedi in the forests of Otoh Gunga and cheering young Anakin at the Podraces. Humorous (and sometimes surprising) animations create a rich and inviting game environment. Six age-appropriate activities engage players as they escape the core by navigating a Gungan bongo ship through twisting mazes, fix the hyperdrive on Queen Amidala's ship, and solve riddles as they serve food to hungry diners in the Mos Espa marketplace. Early readers will enjoy the choice of hearing the story read to them or reading along with the support of highlighted text. Each adventure book page identifies key words and encourages players to develop new vocabulary through singing definitions and clickable synonyms. Games promote problem solving, memory development, and listening skills and are leveled to provide challenge and a sense of progress. Traditionally animated in 2D with fully-painted backgrounds, it features many Episode I characters, including Jar Jar Binks, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala (and Padmé), Anakin Skywalker and Shmi, and even R2-D2 and Watto. Players may color their favorite scenes and then print their creations in color or in black and white for off-screen coloring. | ||
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| Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center | Lucas Learning | [top] | |
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Just as Yoda instructed Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force, now he can instruct your children in the ways of math, music, reading, and other skills -- well, almost. Instead of the swamps of Dagobah as a setting, your kids can sit comfortably in front of the family computer as they play Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center. Aimed at children between the ages of six and eight, the animated program features six games meant to entertain them as they learn. Each game has four difficulty levels and focuses on teaching a designated subject. In addition to Yoda, several characters from Star Wars movies help to administer the activities, most notably Jar Jar Binks, Queen Amidala, C-3PO, and the Mos Eisley cantina band. Spatial relationship recognition through the use of geometry is stressed in "Unscramble the Queen's Computer," as players attempt to fit a given set of shapes into a puzzle in order to reveal detailed data about characters, vehicles, and items of the Star Wars universe. In "Program C-3PO," young readers can reinforce their novice abilities by helping the protocol droid arrange words so as to form a story. By exploring the Gungan caves, children can enhance their direction-following and map-reading skills, or they may opt to improve critical thinking and time over distance in a race between Jar Jar and Amidala. Finally, musical basics such as keeping the beat and reading notes are taught in the other two games. | ||
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| Super Solvers: Mission: T.H.I.N.K. | The Learning Company | [top] | |
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Super Solvers Mission: T.H.I.N.K is a game in the Super Solvers series that involves logic and puzzle solving. Morty Maxwell is up too his old tricks and is trying to take over the Shady Glen Game Factory and change it to his own Morty Maxwell Game Factory with the help of his Metal Minnions. As the Super Solver, players must battle Morty Maxwell at five different strategy games. In order to win back the Game Factory, the Super Solver will recruit help from Rusty, a metal dog who originally was with Morty Maxwell. Players must travel through a warehouse and collect different items in order to play the game and solve puzzles. Some examples include wood, compasses, boats, shovels etc, The Metal Minnions can be avoided by throwing magnets on the ceiling to trap them. | ||
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| Teletubbies 2: Favorite Games | Ragdoll Productions, BBC Multimedia / Knowledge Adventure | [top] | |
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This is a compilation of games, videos, and activities based on the 1997 BBC television series. Children ages one to four, with the assistance of an adult, interact with the Teletubbies and decide the order in which the activities are played. Activities include Hide and Peep (pick the right screen behind which the Teletubby is hiding), Roly-Poly (direct each Teletubby as it rolls down a hill and plays with favorite items like trees and flowers) and gymnastics, featuring the Teletubbies in various aerobic exercises working out to several musical themes. Indoors, the Teletubbies make ~Tubby Custard, which can be a big mess for Noo-Noo to clean up. As in the television program, videos on the Teletubbies' tummies show children involved in a wide variety of activities, ranging from craft projects to learning basic counting. The videos include How Fish Swim, Carnival, Washing the Car, Sophie's Art Circus, and Playing with Dough. Children can play along with the kids in the videos by creating fish tanks, making objects with the dough, and so forth. Also included is a small printable coloring workbook that highlights characters from the game. Features: Promotes creativity; Introduces matching and sequencing; Simulates imaginative play; Enhances familiarity with computer; Real video clips and lots of music. | ||
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| Thinkin' Things: All Around FrippleTown | Edmark Corporation | [top] | |
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Another great Thinking Things title by Edmark. Kids 4-8 love to play in Frippletown while they boost their brain power. This is creative thinking and problem solving at it's best. In Frippletown kids find hundreds of puzzling problems to solve in four unique environments. In Orville's Flag Shop kids paint flags for finicky Fripples. Discover the secret rule for each Fripple and make the correct flags and paint some extra ones for the shop. Bob and Gaston the bakers need help making cookies for their customers. Each customer has a dream cookie and it is up to you to get the ingredients in the right order to make their perfect cookie. Advance levels involve multiple tools used in exactly the right order. The Fripple Delivery Truck goes all over Frippletown delivering packages. Follow spoken directions and/or find your way on the map to make sure all the packages are delivered to the right Fripple. At the Skate Park, Flo needs your help creating skating art. You choose number sequences and basic shapes to create masterpieces. This is a very unique open-ended activity that kids love. Logic skills are essential in today's high tech world and it is never too early to start sharpening them. These activities are so much fun, kids have no idea they are learning so much. | ||
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| Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure | Mind's Eye Productions / Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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The Britt Allcroft Company's Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure is based on the television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, which itself is based on The Railway Series of books by the Rev. W. Awdry. This 3D adventure features seven engaging activities and new video sequences of Thomas and his railway friends. Today is Festival Day on the Island of Sodor, and there is much to be done to prepare for the fun. Sir Topham Hatt needs Thomas and his friends' help to get everything ready in time. Don't worry about getting confused, throughout the game Sir Topham Hatt will always be available (standing in the corner of your screen) to answer questions and give advice. Your journey begins in the Engine Shed. Here you will prepare Thomas, and the other engines Percy and Gordon for the long day ahead. You can pick-up and use items such as a sponge, wrench, oilcan, and a bucket of coal to tighten bolts, oil the engines, and load-up on coal. You can travel all around the island with Thomas. He needs your help unloading packages from Bulstrode the Barge at the harbor, picking up passengers with Annie and Clarabel, the passenger cars, at the station and building fairground rides with Harold the Helicopter at the Festival Grounds. There will also be problems to solve, such as clearing a rockslide, rounding up escaped cows with Terence the Tractor and more. As you successfully complete each activity you will receive a Certificate of Completion. You can view these certificates in Sir Topham Hatt's office, as well as "postcards" on his wall that are snapshots from the Festival. Certificates and postcards can be printed off in color! At the end of your journey you will be rewarded for your hard work. At the Festival you can listen to music and even direct the band to make music of your own. Instruments you can play include piano, guitar, xylophone, drums, maracas, and more. | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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Famous Arabian tale with numerous action puzzles: treasure hunts, confronting thieves and of course magic word guessing. Brilliant full screen animation with interactive games to captivate your children's imagination. One of a series of fairy tale Adventures produced by New Media Generation which also included: Beauty and the Beast, Brave Tin Soldier, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Ruslan and Liudmila, Sindbad the Sailor, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Tinderbox, The Tom Thumb, Thumbelina. A series of beautifully told stories designed for young children from 2 y.o. to around 7 y.o. In it's simplest form the children can just watch and look at the lovely (and funny) animations whilst being told one of these famous stories. If the child is older there are many options - such as playing inside each story page, travelling to different parts of the book at will, turning on and off Tiffy - the rather cute fluffy green caterpillar who hosts the stories. The series is similar to the legendary Living Books series, with animations not quite as good, but slicker interactivity for the children. Excellent software for the young, requires NO hard drive space as they can be run straight from the CD and perfect educational entertainment for young children. | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: Cinderella | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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Based on the famous fairy tale, all cartoons are voiced by professional actors in four languages. Original music creates a wonderful fairy-tale atmosphere. A child can simply view the story, and if they want to, play with the characters. In all screen pages of fairy tales any thing comes to life as you wish and see surprise unexpected transformations. Children and young people with an interest to play and to learn foreign languages at the same time. If you suddenly have difficulty with the understanding that you can listen to the version in their native language. Interact with the characters and different objects will help develop communication skills with the computer, imagination, intelligence, attention, ability to think creatively and work that requires imagination. The ability to view the process of switching from one language to another language enhances your child's horizons. Interactive cartoon "Cinderella" was created based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Cinderella - a poor orphan that evil shrewish stepmother and her ugly and lazy daughter loaded with hard work from morning till night. Despite all difficulties and mistreatment, Cinderella is not discouraged. The girl dreams to get to the royal ball and meet the wonderful prince. Wicked stepmother and her grumpy daughters try to prevent Cinderella to go to the ball. To help the poor girl comes to her a godmother, a fairy godmother! Thanks to the magic of the Fairy, Cinderella now has a luxury coach, a wonderful prom outfit and unusual glass slippers. She is ready to go to the ball. How will Cinderella meet the prince what will the outcome of this great story be? A little helper caterpillar Tiffy will explain the rules and controls of the game ... let the fairy tale begin! | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: Pinocchio | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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One of a series of fairy tale Adventures produced by New Media Generation which also included: Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves, Beauty and the Beast, Brave Tin Soldier, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Ruslan and Liudmila, Sindbad the Sailor, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Tinderbox, The Tom Thumb, Thumbelina. A series of beautifully told stories designed for young children from 2 y.o. to around 7 y.o. In it's simplest form the children can just watch and look at the lovely (and funny) animations whilst being told one of these famous stories. If the child is older there are many options - such as playing inside each story page, travelling to different parts of the book at will, turning on and off Tiffy - the rather cute fluffy green caterpillar who hosts the stories. The series is similar to the legendary Living Books series, with animations not quite as good, but slicker interactivity for the children. Excellent software for the young, requires NO hard drive space as they can be run straight from the CD and perfect educational entertainment for young children. | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: Sinbad the Sailor | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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An interactive animated cartoon and a fascinating game based on Shahrazada's amazing tale from the "1001 Nights". Brilliant full screen animation and various interactive games will captivate your children's imagination. Listen and read a favorite story in 4 languages. Develops reading skills. Exciting interactive games such as the game "Battleship". It develops quick reaction and ingenuity. Practice mindfulness and logical thinking. One of a series of fairy tale Adventures produced by New Media Generation which also included: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Beauty and the Beast, Brave Tin Soldier, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Ruslan and Liudmila, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Tinderbox, The Tom Thumb, Thumbelina. A series of beautifully told stories designed for young children from 2 y.o. to around 7 y.o. In it's simplest form the children can just watch and look at the lovely (and funny) animations whilst being told one of these famous stories. If the child is older there are many options - such as playing inside each story page, travelling to different parts of the book at will, turning on and off Tiffy - the rather cute fluffy green caterpillar who hosts the stories. The series is similar to the legendary Living Books series, with animations not quite as good, but slicker interactivity for the children. Excellent software for the young, requires NO hard drive space as they can be run straight from the CD and perfect educational entertainment for young children. | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: The Little Mermaid | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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Suitable for children of age 4 and upwards, this is one of the last titles in the Tiffy's Magical Tales series. Guided by a green caterpillar called Tiffy, the children can watch animations and listen the Mermaid told story. Tiffy's voice can be turned on or off and there's an option to go to a special part of a book, for example, the last chapter. This CD-ROM is entirely mouse-driven but the children will use the keyboard's four arrows for the included game: help the mermaid to collect as many amphorae as possible, but beware of sharks, octopuses, and so on. Amphorae are filled with magical water, useful the save the prince. It's multilingual (russian, english, german, french) and needs no installation at all since it can be run straight from the CD. | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: The Snow Queen | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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Based on the famous fairy tale, all cartoons are voiced by professional actors in four languages. Original music creates a wonderful fairy-tale atmosphere. A child can simply view the story, and if they want to, play with the characters. In all screen pages of fairy tales any thing comes to life as you wish and see surprise unexpected transformations. Children and young people with an interest to play and to learn foreign languages at the same time. If you suddenly have difficulty with the understanding that you can listen to the version in their native language. Interact with the characters and different objects will help develop communication skills with the computer, imagination, intelligence, attention, ability to think creatively and work that requires imagination. The ability to view the process of switching from one language to another language enhances your child's horizons. Interactive cartoon "Snow Queen" was created based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Cartoon presented in four languages: Russian, English, French and German. This story will remind adults and young viewers and will tell about such feelings as love, devotion, loyalty, love of brother and sister of the mighty and majestic SNOW Queen, on her witchcraft and true friendship. It manifests the beauty of the human heart in the fact that Gerda's sister Kay, was able to defeat witchcraft and most of all the SNOW Queen to release his brother from prison snowy realm. Is a little fragile girl stronger than the Snow Queen? As thanks to hot, sensitive heart in his chest and extraordinary fortitude, will Gerda be able to break the ice in the heart of Kai? What other tests can the little girl overcome? A little helper caterpillar Tiffy will explain the rules and controls of the game ... let the fairy tale begin! | ||
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| Tiffy's Magical Tales: Tom Thumb | New Media Generation | [top] | |
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One of a series of fairy tale Adventures produced by New Media Generation which also included: Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves, Beauty and the Beast, Brave Tin Soldier, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Ruslan and Liudmila, Sindbad the Sailor, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Tinderbox, Thumbelina. Interactive cartoon "Tom Thumb" is a fascinating story, inspired by the beloved fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Cartoon presented in four languages: Russian, English, French and German. The story takes us to a time when there was a terrible famine, so that the poor woodcutter family was in a very difficult situation. And then decided woodcutter with his wife take their favorite kids, five sons, in dense forest, so they found their happiness there. It must be said that the four sons were ordinary boys, and one had been grown so small that they gave him the name of Tom Thumb. In the morning the woodcutter and his children were alone in a dark and dense forest. Incredible Adventures and the story of the miraculous rescue from the terrible ogre by Tom Thumb and his brothers. A series of beautifully told stories designed for young children from 2 y.o. to around 7 y.o. In it's simplest form the children can just watch and look at the lovely (and funny) animations whilst being told one of these famous stories. If the child is older there are many options - such as playing inside each story page, travelling to different parts of the book at will, turning on and off Tiffy - the rather cute fluffy green caterpillar who hosts the stories. The series is similar to the legendary Living Books series, with animations not quite as good, but slicker interactivity for the children. Excellent software for the young, requires NO hard drive space as they can be run straight from the CD and perfect educational entertainment for young children. | ||
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| Timmy's Birthday Party / Party Fun Adventure | Compedia | [top] | |
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Timmy has a birthday, and all his friends have come to celebrate with him - Silly Sally, the lion and lioness and the goblin. Everyone has brought a gift, and as Timmy unwraps each gift, he finds a multitude of fun and amusing surprises and highly interactive activities: Motion puzzles, Building games, Thinking games, Full painting workshop. All these fun activities provide positive reinforcement throughout the program allowing children to play at their own pace and improve important learning skills. This innovative activity center is based on the characters from the magical interactive world of the Timmy series written by award-winning author, David Grossman. Educational Goals: Fun letter & number games; Improves creativity & imagination; Logic & quick thinking skills; Problem solving skills. Features: Highly interactive; 13 different activities; Full painting & printing workshop; Multiple levels of play. | ||
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| Toms Aventyr: Biblioteks Mysteriet [Sw] | Nordic Softsales / Jansson's Multimedia | [top] | |
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This Swedish adventure for kids aged 3-8 years is translated as Tom's Adventures: The Library Mystery. Kindergarten is closed today, so Tom can go with Dad to work at the city library. There he meets the library ghost Otto, who need help to get his legs back. In pursuit of those, Tom encounters several challenging and educational tasks like the following. The worm Max feel so small, he needs your help to grow a bit. Help the rat by going out to the library and get the book about cheese. To help you with these quests you have an ABC book. | ||
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| Tonka Construction 2 | ImaginEngine Corp. / Hasbro Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a single player construction game for children based on the toy vehicles brand. The game takes the player to Tonkaland where Tonka Joe is there to greet them. There are four activity areas in this game Tonka Mountain, Tonka City, Tonka Desert and Tonka Quarry. All areas play in much the same way. Each starts with an introduction from the character associated with that area who gives a little chat and explains the six stages of the work required. Then the player clicks on the mobile phone to order up the vehicles they need in turn. When the activities are complete the player clicks on the 'Celebration button' and along comes the mayor to declare the construction open and the player gets an award in the game's scrapbook. In the quarry for example the player has two tasks, to find buried treasure within the quarry walls and to make gravel. The treasure is found by selecting the bulldozer and repeatedly driving it into the quarry walls until a rock fall reveals something, or they could use dynamite which is easier but not really a Tonka toy. When all three pieces have been found the player must assemble them at which point the treasure is loaded onto a lorry and taken to a museum. Gravel is made by using a loader to pick up rocks and place them into a rock crusher. Tonka City is the same but has a bit of a twist. The player constructs a building by first selecting a digger and then clicking on a piece of ground until all segments are excavated. They then call up the cement trick and in one click the cement is laid. After that they place steel frames onto the lot to make the building frame to which they add walls, a roof, and 'green stuff'. This element has a feature that allows players to export their creations and to import other peoples creations. However there is only one construction lot in the game so importing a building means replacing the one the player created. Tonka Mountain has two activities, first the player builds a ski resort by placing some buildings in the snow, then they plough and decorate three ski runs. The final area of the game is Tonka Desert. This has the most activity as the player must build a road by first clearing a stretch of ground with a bulldozer, then use a grader to smooth the road, an asphalt truck to lay the tarmac, a roller to flatten it and finally a line painter to put in the lane markings. The game also has a 'scrapbook' which contains the awards the player picks up when completing the tasks and some pictures that can be printed | ||
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| Tonka Raceway | Media Station Inc. / Hasbro Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a game for children aged five and up based on the American Tonka franchise of toy trucks. It is a racing game that can be played with the game modes Time Trial, 2 Player Racing, or Vs. Team Tonka with characters from Tonka Town. The four tracks have different themes such as desert, jungle, rural or tundra. There are over 30 vehicles to choose from with different statistics based on durability, acceleration, top speed and handling. It is also possible to import custom vehicles designed in Tonka Garage. The game's raceway staring screen offers access to different parts of the game. From the announcer's booth there is a press box with the hall of fame the option to print stickers and awards, using the Tonka TV blimp replays can be watched, custom tracks can be designed in the architect's trailer based on the assets used in the four tracks, in the upgrades lab credits earned through races can be used to improve the car statistics, and the starting line leads to the races. The races are arcade-like and played from a top-down view. It is impossible to go beyond the track borders. Cars can only suffer a limited amount of damage before a pit stop needs to be done in order to get the car back to full performance. Along the way power-ups can be picked up such as repairs, a speed boost, a top speed increase or steering help. It is possible to damage the other cars. | ||
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| Tower Of Knowledge 2: Dragon Island [Ru] | New Media Generation / Cyril and Methodius | [top] | |
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A long time ago in a dreamland on the shore of the blue sea settled an evil witch. She wanted to conquer the people of this country and lord over them as their mistress. But how to achieve this, she did not know. Helping her was ancient book, which tells about dragons, burning everything in their paths. The sorceress had sent her brothers a giant cub to turn the dragon into a weapon of intimidation. And then ... you need to save the little dragon from prison and return it to its parents - wise dragons living on the island. The game is a fascinating quest for those who like to travel to fabulous worlds with adventures and mysteries. Many interesting challenges and puzzles contribute to the development of logical thinking and attention to the child. Some tasks contain remarkably elaborate lectures on six subjects (natural history, biology, science, astronomy, English) lasting about an hour. As a learning game with magical characters and a mysterious castle, dungeons, lakes, forests and caves, it introduces children to the world of science. Together with the leading player character, you learn about the mysterious world of nature: how the Earth was made and the solar system; acquire technical skills (physics): the force of gravity; arithmetics, plunge into the world of geometry (points, rays, segments, simple geometric shapes), and even understand the basics of the English language. | ||
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| Toy Story 2 Activity Center | Disney Interactive / EAI Interactive | [top] | |
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The cast of characters from Disney and Pixar's hit 1999 film Toy Story 2 are here in a series of six games designed for younger kids in Disney/Pixar's Activity Center: Toy Story 2. Recreate some key moments from the film or have fun with an activity inspired by it. In Cone Chaos, the goal is to get each toy -- hidden under a traffic cone so that humans don't see them -- safely across a busy highway as the group led by Buzz Lightyear attempts to rescue Woody, who was stolen by a toy collector named Al McWhiggan. It's a Frogger-like game in which the player must avoid the cars and trucks as they cross six lanes of traffic. Next, Toy Shelf Showdown features Buzz inside Al's Toy Barn, where he squares off against his evil arch-enemy Emperor Zurg. If Buzz can put together enough spaceship pieces to make an anti-Zurg spacecraft, he'll win. The only trouble is that he has to avoid hostile robots and bouncing rubber balls in the process. Over at the Critter Corral, you'll be helping Woody in a board game which requires a bit of strategy to win. The goal is to get all your critters into your opponent's corner. This one can be played solo against the computer or against a friend. Luggage Lunacy recreates the climax of the film as Buzz tries frantically to rescue Woody from a morass of luggage which are about to be loaded onto a plane headed for Japan, where Al has a wealthy collector waiting to pay him for Woody and the other toys in his collection. Buzz must safely traverse the luggage to reach his pal. There are three levels of difficulty, each with ten puzzles. Once all ten have been solved, Woody pops out. Kids can also play publisher with Create-A-Comic-Book and Woody's Printing Press. In the former, the user creates their own Toy Story 2 comic book complete with characters, backgrounds, and dialogue. In the latter, they can print greeting cards, postcards, a poster and stickers featuring the characters. Avery Dennison part numbers are included so that parents can buy the proper supplies. | ||
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| Toy Story 2 Print Studio | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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This brings the toys back to you with hundreds of exclusive projects. Create and personalise projects including stickers, greeting cards, party invitations, team banners, calendars, signs, and much more for school, friends, and family, or special occasions, featuring your favourite Toy Story 2 images. There are over 400 pictures from which to select including backgrounds, clipart and characters from the animated film. If that isn't enough, you have the option of scanning a picture of yourself into the program and joining your favorite characters on-screen. You have the option of printing completed projects and there are suggestions in the manual for recommended paper sizes and types. The program is compatible with Avery's stickers and cards for printing purposes. Masterpieces won't come out of thin air, however - you must utilize the designing tools and your imagination. Handled through various icons and sidebars, the designing process lets you modify and rotate images, scale, layer clipart and experiment with font sizes, align text and colors. There are various tools for use with different projects. For example, you can import any scanned photographs located on your computer's hard drive and manipulate them with in-program tools and there are also zooming and "undo" tools at your disposal. | ||
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| Toy Story 2: Digital Colouring Book | Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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Children will spend hours of fun with this Digital Coloring Book. Choose from many of the scenes from the popular cartoon movie. Swing into a jungle full of fun. This high-flying CD-ROM features Toy Story 2 in a variety of scenes. This software lets children use the artwork from the Toy Story 2 animated film. | ||
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| Type To Learn Jr. | Sunburst Communications | [top] | |
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The small size of the student's hands are kept in mind in this lively and innovative animated program that takes students (K to 2nd Grade) from keyboard awareness to typing carefully selected words into short sentences. Best selling typing program for grades K-2. Provides age appropriate instruction in keyboarding via beautifully animated activities. Children will learn to identify left and right keyboard letters, use of space bar and return/enter keys; location and use of specific letter and number keys; typing of simple words and short sentences and insertion of simple punctuation. Fun, non-threatening graphics and activities build self-confidence and success. | ||
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| Välkommen Till Lekskolan Ett Nytt Sätt Att Lära [Sw] | Stockholm: Snille läroäventyr | [top] | |
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Welcome to kindergarten: a new way to learn is a multimedia educational cd-rom for kids aged 3-5. Play and learn with music. Everything is indicated by voice, either English or Swedish. It has a series of mini-games: 1. The classic of any children's collection is a drawing machine. In this case, this entertainment is presented in the form of making a greeting card. You can choose who to give to (mom, elder brother, grandfather, etc.), add one of the ready-made frames, and then write or draw something using the brush tool - there is nothing more. 2. The simplest puzzle with the Penrose staircase. An equilateral triangle is divided into four small ones, and “impossible stairs” are located on all sides. A bear is standing on one of the peaks, and a clown on the other (where exactly, it is chosen randomly). The goal - rotating the entire structure clockwise or counterclockwise, you need to transfer the clown to the bear, while the first can only go down the stairs. Everything is beaten like a circus number. 3. Something obscure, but certainly a parody of shmups. When driving an airplane with a side view, you need to fly, avoiding airships. Mouse control. This fun is implemented just awful. If you have ever played normal shmap, then you will find this “flyer” simply ridiculous - and the point is not that it is for children. 4. You need to buy the ingredients for the cake. A shopping list is displayed at the top of the screen, and details are explained in a voice, for example how many bananas are needed or what color jam should be taken. On the counter there are several types of each product, and you need to choose the right one. Then you have to pay sixteen coins, taking the right amount from the heap. 5. There are several musical instruments: piano, double bass, flute, trumpet. In addition to them there is still a parrot. You can select any of the proposed songs and listen to how an excerpt from it will sound on a particular instrument, as well as how a parrot will pronounce it. 6. You need to find the ball and shoes that are hidden somewhere in the house. With a first-person view, you need to explore the living room, kitchen, bathroom and nursery in search of these items. There are many active points everywhere, when clicked, various funny actions occur (just like in quests from Humongous Entertainment), most of the items can be moved. Behind some of them the ball and shoes are hiding. Four minutes were given to complete the task (otherwise it will rain), but an adult player should leave no more than two, and you can have time to see all the active points. In addition to all of the above, there is a slide show with voice comments about the Unibakken children's cultural and entertainment center in Stockholm. | ||
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| Veta Mera Läsa Och Skriva | Läramera | [top] | |
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Learn More: Read and Write is a program that contains six different exercises aimed at learning the basics of alphabet and spelling. The lessons are given by a small animated old man. The Program is based on 300 fine illustrations for the most common words. Locks and writing exercises with the capability to create custom dictionaries with your own images. You are shown around by the little old man and sheep grazing in a glade. Crossword exercise creates a new crossword puzzle each time. Can be installed with e.g. English dictionary and English number. Recorded speech to all words supports learning. In addition, it has a utility program to customize the contents in the application. Alphabet - You can set to work with upper or lower case letters. Pair words and images with different initial letters. Three images are displayed on the screen and the words with which the images are to be paired are written longest. When you click on the word it ends up next to the picture and the word is said. Pair words and images with equal initial letter. Find hidden words - the words are hiding in a grid with letters. Picture cross - a picture crossword where the content is randomized with the selected dictionary as the basis. Spell words - three pictures on each screen that you are going to write words for. Tools - Here you can change and add glossaries, create your own glossaries, add sounds and pictures, determine the difficulty level etc. The program is very flexible. You can make many different settings such as, audio on / off, choose which exercises to show, fonts etc. Settings are saved for each user. The program can be controlled with mouse, touch screen, keyboard and one or two contacts. NOTE! There are several different language versions on the CD. You can install the entire program in English. Then it can be used to train English. There are also language versions such as Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Italian. | ||
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| Wiggles, The: The Wiggly Circus | Plastic Wax Pty Ltd / Dataworks Australia Pty Limited | [top] | |
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This is a sequel to Australia's top selling early childhood CD-ROM of last Christmas - A Day with The Wiggles. The Wiggles - Australia’s number one children’s entertainers - are going to the circus and they want you to come along and join in the fun. Full of games based around a circus theme, The Wiggly Circus offers hours of fun for children aged 3 and up. Come join Anthony, Greg, Jeff, Murray and their friends Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword in their many adventures at The Wiggly Circus. | ||
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| Wimzie's House: A Surprise for Horace | Micro-Intel, Cinar / Simon & Schuster | [top] | |
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This is a fully interactive CD-ROM episode that allows kids to participate in the fun, learning and play that has made the Wimzie's House TV show so popular with pre-schoolers nationwide. Today, Wimzie and her pals are having a surprise party for Horace. He's been feeling down lately, so the Wimzie's House gang thought they'd cheer him up with decoration's, a cake and gifts. Uh oh! Where are those gifts? Help Wimzie search the house - the party won't be much of a surprise if those gifts aren't found. Each time you play, the gifts are placed in different locations - so each time is a new adventure. There are 3 levels of difficulty to choose from, so children can practice and progress. | ||
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| Wimzie's House: Play Along with Wimzie | Micro-Intel, Cinar / Simon & Schuster | [top] | |
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This is the first in a series of fully Interactive CD-ROM episodes that allows kids to participate in the fun, learning and play that has made the Wimzie's House TV show so popular with preschoolers. It presents five games, which help to develop important thinking and social skills. Pre-schoolers are engaged in fun games to develop their memory and logical thinking skills. They are also taught to identify feelings, both their own and those of others. And of course, the whole gong's at Wimzie's House to make each interactive minute superific fun. | ||
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| Winnie the Pooh Preschool | Disney Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a point and click educational game based on characters and material created by the author/illustrator team of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard. It is a companion game to Disney's Winnie the Pooh Toddler and Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten. Waking up from a nap in the Hundred Acre Wood, a puzzled Winnie the Pooh has the feeling he's forgotten something important and somehow arrives at the idea that it must be Eeyore's birthday. The player follows Pooh in his journey around the Wood to spread the news, dropping in on Kanga, Tigger, Owl, Piglet and Rabbit and helping them prepare a party through various activities and minigames: Kanga's Alphabet Soup - Kanga's soup is missing some letters, the player must match the letters from her cookbook and drop them into the soup; Pooh's Dream - helping Pooh sequence the pictures in his dream will allow him to rescue a stranded Tigger; Owl's Family Tree - the pictures in Owl's photo album are way out of order, the player must help by grouping similar photos; Rabbit's Canning Encounter - Rabbit has to finish his canning before he comes to the party, the player helps by attaching number labels and counting fruits & vegetables; Tigger's Popcorn Calliope - the player matches sounds to help Tigger finish building his music machine (which also makes popcorn); Piglet's Pictures - the player follows Piglet's coloring guide to finish his pictures, and then adds collage materials. At higher levels he learns to mix colors. As the player completes each minigame, party decorations and gifts from the characters appear in Christopher Robin's Party Place. Items there are a measure of the player's progress, or a parent can access the Progress Chart from the sign-in screen. The chart describes the skills covered by each activity, which include letter recognition, sequencing, same/different, auditory discrimination, color theory, number recognition and counting, among others. From the map, players can also access Pooh's Print 'n' Learn which is a large collection of print projects - stickers, flash cards, bookmarks, ID cards, and an entire printable workbook that builds on the skills covered in the game. | ||
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| Winnie The Pooh Toddler | Creative Capers Entertainment / Disney Interactive | [top] | |
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This exercises young minds, encouraging them to think and listen; learn letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and music; practice their mouse skills; and sing along with their favorite Hundred Acre Wood friends - all in an atmosphere of gentle encouragement and fun. Let your toddler discover a fun-filled world of learning with Winnie the Pooh and friends. Your child can learn about letters, numbers, colors, shapes and much more in the warm and friendly environment of The 100 Acre Wood. See your toddler develop important memory, listening and observation skills while happily interacting with Pooh and his friends. The graphics and music are beautiful, but the content and game play is shallow in these five activities that feature Winnie The Pooh and his friends. In Popping Balloons, children match colors, shapes, letters and numerals as they help get a floating Pooh back to the ground. As each balloon is popped, a narrator labels a shape or number. | ||
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| Working Woman Barbie | Mattel | [top] | |
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Mattel took a lot of eggs in the face with the infamous Teen Talk Barbie ("Math class is tough!"). They weren't about to repeat that mistake with their new talker. Working Woman Barbie informs us that "Going to work is fun!" "Saving money is smart" and instead of suggesting a party, says "Let's have a meeting!" Interestingly enough, she's a licensed tie-in to Working Woman magazine. She comes with a snazzy grey suit with a reversible skirt (gotta have that date fashion) and a CD-ROM full of activities. Design your own stationary, prsonalize your own magazine, play lots of cool activities. | ||
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| ADAM: The Double Factor | C's Ware / Himeya Soft, Inc | [top] | |
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Sequel to EVE: burst error. C's Ware adventure/mystery game. The sequel takes place 2 years after the events of EVE, Kojiroh is still struggling to make a living as a private eye, with the help of her assistant now turned girlfriend Kyoko, while Marina has been re-instated to the JSDA's cabinet of investigation. Through the game you'll be switching back and forth between both character's scenarios which involve being a bodyguard for the president (Kojiroh) and investigating a series of weird murders (Marina). As usual, both stories will intersect, twist and bend in every direction possible and dragging them deeper into a web of conspiracy. The game uses the Lucid Motion2 engine for cleaner animation and introduces a new interface which allows for interaction with onscreen objects and persons without the need for the text menu of the original. Also notable is the fact that while ADAM keeps the detective/mystery story as the main selling point it also adds sequences of explicit adult content instead of the "innuendo" that was used in the original. Definitely not for people under 17. An English version was released in 2003. | ||
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| Aiiro no Kankei [J] | Nihon Plantech | [top] | |
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One day main character's dad suddenly dies in a traffic accident leaving only his young widow Mika behind. Sandwiched between step-mother, childhood friend and teacher, what will protagonist do? | ||
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| Aisa no Namida [J] | Pinpai | [top] | |
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Hero and his six friends come to play to a solitary island. There they meet a girl named Lara. She and other local girls get to sing traditional songs which are a key to the mystery of the island and to the legend of a sleeping mermaid. | ||
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| Biko 1: Yo no Kaerimichi [J] | Illusion Software | [top] | |
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Biko is the first in a controversial series of stalking simulators. It invites players to inhabit the role of a sexual pervert, which according to the name of the game has him following girls on the deserted streets of the city. Fall over her, look under her skirt, and improve your time to attack her and rape her, but it is possible to have romantic endings, sadistic endings, or the girl might just run away. | ||
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| Booty Call / Jake's Booty Call | TheRomp.com | [top] | |
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Jake's Booty Call (officially just Booty Call) is the name given to a series of 33 multiplot Flash animation games (and three 'extras') originally produced by Eric Eisner and hosted at Romp.com. In these games the player has to follow the main character, Jake, around and help him on his mission to have sex with various women he sees. Usually the aim is to get him to have sex with one woman; however, a few episodes require more than one to complete. Each episode takes place in different surroundings, and some are easier to complete than others. In the first few episodes, the setting of the game did not change; however, as the series progressed, games gave Jake the ability to choose which setting to go to. The character of Jake is a Gary Stu for Julian Max Metter (also the producer, writer, director and artist, and voice of Jake). The player controls Jake by using a mouse to click on various buttons to choose actions (such as choosing whether or not to take ecstasy) or dialogue (such as to pretend to be local or a tourist). Jake responds accordingly. If, throughout the course of the game, the player chooses the right responses each time, Jake will win and have sex with a girl. The player will be rewarded with a sex scene and the text "You get laid, you big pimp!". In some cases, Jake has sex with more than one girl - in a few episodes, this happens throughout the plot and is referred to as a Bonus Bang; some episodes, notably Hat Trick and It's Your Birthday, require Jake to have sex with more than one girl in order to win. | ||
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| Briganty: The Roots of Darkness [J] | GIGA / Technical Group Laboratory Inc. | [top] | |
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Gady is a black magician and a skillful martial artist who travels around with his personal fairy Leena. Gady is more interested in sexy girls than in anything else, and Leena calls him "the pervert of the century". One day the two of them find a girl in the woods who begs for help. After Gady agrees to help her, she robs all his money and disappears. Before long Gady and Leena meet a sword master girl named Sephina, who explains that her sister started acting strangely after finding a mysterious sword. This is where Gady's adventure begins. This is a side-scrolling action game first on PC-98 in 1995 with role-playing, platforming and beat-em-up elements. Stages are selected from a map and for the most part must be completed in a linear order, though at some points the player can choose which stage to tackle first. In the town it is possible to heal and save the game. The player controls Gady most of the time, though in some stages Sephina is the playable character. Both can jump, defend, and dash; Gady uses fists to beat up enemies, while Sephina fights with a sword. Stages are populated by various types of enemies and usually culminate in boss battles; jumping on platforms and avoiding hazards is fairly frequent. Experience points are awarded for defeating enemies. As the two protagonists level up they learn various combo moves and magic attacks. The game contains some cutscenes with explicit nudity. | ||
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| Chiruhana: Kindan no Ketsuzoku [J] | C's Ware | [top] | |
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Our guy went to his fiance's house to help out after her father got murdered. It seems either this house has a curse or someone is on a killing spree. His detective friend comes to help find what's going on. You get to view how this sad story turn out through our guy and his fiance's sister's eyes. | ||
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| Comic Party [J] | Leaf / Aquaplus | [top] | |
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Early April, Kazuki Sendou is invited by his friend, Taishi Kuhonbutsu, to come with him to Tokyo Big Sight. He is surprised to see thousands of people waiting in line to get in. Apparently they're at Comic Party, a giant doujinshi convention. Once inside, Kazuki meets some of the doujinshi artists and is surprised to find himself enjoying their work. Taishi convinces Kazuki to draw doujinshi after their visit because he recognizes Kazuki's skill as an artist, but Kazuki's childhood friend Mizuki tries to talk him out of it because she believes otakus are smelly, dirty, and disgusting. Her reasoning doesn't help because Kazuki already made up his mind and begins to draw his first doujinshi. | ||
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| Cooties | TheRomp.com | [top] | |
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Welcome to Cooties, an interactive bar where nobody knows your name... and you're glad they don't. Cooties is a series of 25 animated adult flash games spanning different genres. You can use x-ray glasses, make a love potion, have your fortune read, gamble and even throw bottles at Santa Claus. Your adventures are often presided over by Pedro: a stereotypical gypsy with a very short fuse. | ||
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| Darcrows [J] | Alice Soft | [top] | |
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Two large countries, Leben and Carnea, had been ruled by the kings who were men of character, and people in these countries had been living peacefully. However, Leben suddenly intruded into Carnea, and the two countries began to war. The even fights had continued for more than six months, but when the king of Carnea died of illness, gradually Leben got the better of Carnea. In these days, a man in a black suit visited Carnea. He had been a vice leader of the Carnea Knights, Claude, who had suddenly disappeared eight years before. His appearance had changed completely, and that made them suspicious. But when he said he had a plan to beat Leben, they gave their ears to him. He said that they would hire experienced mercenary solders, and that the queen and princesses would sell their bodies to earn money. The queen and her daughter accepted his plan, and they began to take his "lessons". | ||
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| Dearest Vampire [J] | Air Plants | [top] | |
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Our guy is 1/8 vampire. His grandfather asked him to take care of a dead friend's family, which include four sisters and one brother. So now, in the first two months, he can chase after those four sisters, his maid, childhood girl, rival's sister or another vampire. The chasing is easy since he can check a location to see who is there before going, one advantage of a vampire I guess. In the later two months, he has to find a way to tell the girl he loves that he is a vampire and has to go through some obstacles to win her. | ||
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| Deep Purple [J] | Studio Neko Punch | [top] | |
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In a small village on the North Pole witches live. They are forever young and beautiful magic wielders. But first of all they are girls. They feel the need for love, friendship, thrill, suspense, violence, laugh just like everyone else. One of witches starts an investigation to learn the truth about her best friend's death during magical experiment. | ||
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| Diva X: Brittany | PIXIS Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Adult game from DIVA (Digitally Implemented Interactive Virtual Actress) series. You've fantasized about an opportunity like this ever since your very first erection. You and the PornStar, one on one...alone! Enter to Win! Chance of a lifetime! Fuck your favorite PornStar! Read the contest headline. You took a chance...Entered and WON! All wet dreams start this way, now it's your chance to make it come true. "Hello. I'm Brittany and you must be the Winner of the "Pixis Fuck a Pornstar Contest." She utters in that infamous whisper, "Follow me." Welcome to the next generation of True to Life Interactive Fantasy! | ||
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| Diva X: Kanako | PIXIS Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Adult game from DIVA (Digitally Implemented Interactive Virtual Actress) series. Her name is Kanako. You pinch yourself to make sure it's not a dream as she leans in close and whispers that she wants desperately to be touched by someone who can give her the pleasure that she wants, that she desires. Someone like you... This is it. The chance of a lifetime. You down your drink and brace yourself. Diva-X Kanako is the latest installment of the revolutionary Diva-X line of adult entertainment software. | ||
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| Diva X: Kaoru | PIXIS Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Adult game from DIVA (Digitally Implemented Interactive Virtual Actress) series. The perfect girl awaits you. Created in a laboratory simulator just outside Tokyo in the late 1990’s, she is the end result of a half-century of research and development. She has been programmed for pleasure by some of the finest minds available on the black market. Fully poseable, wonderfully jointed and lifelike, this doll is alive. She loves to be loved, and is especially fond of using various parts of her perfectly crafted body to stimulate feelings of arousal in her owner. Directions: Unwrap your new DIVA. Begin seduction. Cocktails optional. Undress her slowly, deliberately, and watch as she comes alive. Engage bodies. Stir vigorously. Repeat as necessary... | ||
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| Diva X: Taylor | PIXIS Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Adult game from DIVA (Digitally Implemented Interactive Virtual Actress) series. She thinks you're a big-time porn director. She walks toward you as you adjust the zoom on your new camcorder. You watch her through the viewfinder, and you realize that this beautiful creature is playing to the camera. Your camera. Could it be? Playfully, she smiles, and stretches her arms, gently caressing her body as she licks her lips. | ||
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There are about 1500 conversations prepared and recorded. Answer fast and correctly - and you'll both brush up your English skills and get to watch naked beautiful girls. | ||
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| Escalation: Aoi Houyou [J] | Melody / Fairy Dust | [top] | |
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Our girl is a student at a private girls school. Day dreaming about the girl she loves during class isn't too wise. During a special lesson, she found out that there are pets in this school and she is invited to be one. Well, if she gets friendly with the girl she loves and her room mate, she will be fine, maybe even be happy. A 2002 remake titled Escalation: Hard Core added voices. | ||
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| Gogatsu no Koro [J] | Seilane / Hyperspace | [top] | |
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One hot May afternoon hero has some free time after school to flirt with girls inside school or outside of it. Get a girl in 7 days starting from the new semester. Special thoughts for you now ... Original picture, Naomoto Sakaki, original story, scenario, Chun Takei, music SE, Yui Takase. A multi-ending type school adult romance adventure game. | ||
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| Green: Akizora no Screen [J] | Jellyfish | [top] | |
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Movie club is preparing a sophomore student film, you are the director and the players are the other members of the club, all girls, lucky for you. The art teacher is also helping with the movie, but there is also an another film project going on, led by your rival who is a bit of an eccentric... There isn't much time until the festival... | ||
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| Hentai Anime Poker | Jast Co. Ltd. | [top] | |
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This is a strip poker featuring anime girls rather than digitized pictures. The game is plot-driven and allows play against multiple girls rather than one at a time. Plays 5 card stud, 5 card draw, 7 card draw, Texas Hold 'em and straight poker. | ||
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| Ibiza Comic Poker | Redfire Software | [top] | |
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Realistic "wet" poker game that invites the gambler to relocate to the hot beach of Ibiza, a cocktail in hand and surrounded by beach beauties. He plays poker with the most beautiful cyber women on the island: Wendy, Joy and Chessie, and when he has good cards, they gradually lose their (already sparse) clothes. All this takes place in different scenarios such as at the beach bar or at full moon and is accompanied by the lively Ibiza party sound. | ||
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| Kanon [J] | Key | [top] | |
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Yuuichi Aizawa, a high school student, returns to a town that he last visited 7 years previously to live with his aunt and cousin. For a reason he’s not quite sure of, he can hardly remember anything about his last visit, but initially this doesn’t seem to worry him too much. The day after he arrives he goes into town where he (literally) bumps into a girl named Ayu Tsukimiya, and Yuuichi’s memories slowly begin to return. An updated adult version called the Kanon Standard Edition was released on November 26, 2004 with added support for Windows 2000/XP as a DVD-ROM. The Standard Edition incorporates the extra graphics added to the earlier all ages version of the game, and other technical changes such as more save slots. An all ages version of the Standard Edition was released on January 28, 2005. The game was ported to Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. | ||
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| Kazeoto, Chirin [J] | C's Ware | [top] | |
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Satoshi, the protagonist, and Takashi his best friend, are both college students who came back to their old town to spend their summer vacation. In their village, Satoshi came back to his small house that is now an inn since his mother died. But there was some event going on there. "People will disappear" - a strange woman says to him. Residents suddenly start to disappear without any reason. The most optimistics came with the opinion that many people are being spirited away. And no one can avoid that. The hero decide to look into the matter. "Do not try to solve this case without us" - said his friend Takashi to the half-hearted hero. | ||
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| Koihime [J] | Silky's & Elf | [top] | |
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Musashi returns to the remote country village where his grandmother lives after being away for 15 years. However, once he gets there, he finds that he has somehow forgotten four different girls whom he had promised to marry when he was a child. A Windows 10 edition was released in 2017. | ||
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| Kokoro no Kakera [J] | Foster | [top] | |
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Our guy's father is leaving on a trip for two weeks and he has to take care of the house maids. That means he can chase after the 5 maids and 1 girlfriend. If he manage to catch a girl, his father won't be too happy but he will be extremely happy. | ||
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| Kyouraku no Yakata [J] | 13cm | [top] | |
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One day our hero woke up without memory in a strange building. All the exits are blocked and in order to get out he needs to examine surroundings, contact its inhabitants and gather some sort of keys. This game is fully voiced and doors are opened from a synthesis of different voices. | ||
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| Lipstick Adv.EX | Fairytale, F&C Co. Ltd. | [top] | |
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The story starts as a usual day of Detective Ichijou Megumi and his assistant, Hidaka Koume. Like many detective games, this detective has not gotten any case for a long time. As a result, he just wonders aimlessly around the town flirting with a female in public library and helps Koume's Detective Club out to find the culprit of stealing her classmate's clothes. While these two events seemed irrelevant, it is a slow pavement behind a big evil (?!) scheme hidden in the city. In this game, you will be switching between perspectives of the detective and his assistant. | ||
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| Little My Maid | Sweet Basil / Peach Princess | [top] | |
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You are Ouji Kamogawa, age 19. One of the brightest students in high school and considered by your teachers and parents to be a shoo-in for the best four-year universities. Unfortunately, your dreams of university came crashing to an end when you failed your entrance exams and lost your beloved Yukari at the same time. Time has passed. You're enrolled in a cram school where you study for next year's college entrance exams, but you're so devastated by your breakup with Yukari that you're unable to concentrate on your studies. Ashamed, you wander to the seaside, where you enjoyed your last summer with your lover. Suddenly, you hear a sweet voice, crying out for help. It's a beautiful woman - a young maid-in-training - about to be subjected to a terrible fate at the hands of a band of hoodlums. Thinking fast, you are able to save her virtue. She takes you to the house she works at, Sea Dragon Mansion, which overlooks the mist-shrouded seaside. There you encounter her two sisters, also maids-in-training: the proud and capable Hina and the delightfully cute Mayu-chan. You also meet the mysterious mistress of the mansion, Hime, and the cold trainer-of-maids, Aya. A wonderful example of Japan's excellent bishoujo game world at its finest, Little My Maid offers a wonderful story with multiple endings and fantastic replay value - 11 endings in all! A fully interactive variety adventure game, the game supports character points - Love, Trust and Personal Strength - which rise and fall as you interact with the rich cast of characters in this very special world. In addition to an excellent original CD soundtrack, the game's thoroughly modern game engine supports full voice - the characters speak in their beautiful Japanese voices, with fully animated mouths, while the English appears on-screen. Characters designs are by the popular Japanese illustrator Shikagenagi, the character designer of Snow Drop. The english version came out in 2004. | ||
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| LOE: Legend of Enomoto [J] | Aaru | [top] | |
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Our guy received an invitation to enter a contest to win a very rich man's inheritance. The contest consist of quizs and games. Other contestants will compete with him. He can either do it alone or with someone's help. This game consists many different kinds of puzzles like Japanese phase puzzle, math puzzle, room escape puzzle, finding item puzzle, etc. The player must solve all puzzles correctly in order to progress the story. For example, if you fail the first entry level word puzzle, you will immediately reach the bad end. | ||
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| Lupoker [It] | P.RO progetti informatici | [top] | |
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The classic poker game in a challenge against the computer. It is the classic poker game with openings, raises, bluffs. You are in the Lupoker Palace and you will have to win as much as you can to see your challenger hiding behind the door and to climb upstairs. In this new version in addition to the 5 playable levels and renewed graphics have been included 5 jazz and blues tracks, composed by the legendary Paolo Rosato, that will accompany your matches. (Program reserved for an adult audience). | ||
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| Maid to Maze: Anata no Soba ni [J] | Gesakuza / cromwell | [top] | |
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The player must become a prince and gain public support by one year's succession to the throne. People's support can be raised by successfully exploring the dungeon. The prince will accompany the maids and will do a dungeon exploration. Maids fight monsters instead of prince in dungeon exploration. Therefore, the prince must make use of the work of the maids to make sure they can win against the monster. The game will proceed on a weekly basis and will explore the dungeon on weekends. During the first half of the week for 5 days we give instructions of work to the maids and we will cater for them. Once the maids grow up they will be able to use skills. On weekends, explore the dungeons and find treasure chests with fight items with monsters. When the maids win the monster you get the value of the merit value. The merit value is necessary for level up of the prince, and the prince can receive the monastic value in "Night garden" after exploring the dungeon. Whether the Prince can successfully explore the dungeon and become a king safely depends on your actions in a year. A country where the hero's prince is a quirky country made up of treasure found from the dungeon. One day the prince is told that he will succeed to the throne one year from the king. The hurried prince came up with thinking that I should go out dungeon exploration. Because the country is made up of dungeons, the public will pay attention to the outcome of the exploration. The Prince thought of making the exploration successful and gaining public support. However, the prince can not compete against the monster that is very weak and lives in the dungeon. So the prince thought to accompany the maid serving the prince as a bride candidate. Maids are girls of influential people in neighboring countries and towns, and they are excellent only in Bunmu. In the proposal of the prince the maid opposed the rebel is reckless, but I am promised to be pushed by the prince and go out for exploration. Well, a year later the Prince can safely be supported by the people and succeed the throne. | ||
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| Mamatoto: A Record of War [J] | Alice Soft | [top] | |
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You (Nanasu) are the prince of Mamatoto. You go out and conquer other nations in order to conquer the world. There is stability/stalemate, so none of the nations can actually take over the world because if they start a war with another country, a third one might have an advantage. Mamatoto is different it has zero territory to worry about. The problem is, it doesn't have much of a population either. So you don't really have an army, thus for many years, Mamatoto, the moving fortress, has been hiding in the monster lands. You, Nanasu, who has studied magic really hard has recently invented magic to create these magical soldiers. These soldiers are made via cards which you can obtain via battles. So the more battles you fight, the more cards you collect, and the more troops you have in reserve. So now, Mamatoto, the fastest moving fortress in the world, started its move to conquer the world. Mamatoto's goal isn't to get territory - it's to take out governments. | ||
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| Mamorigami-sama [J] | Alice Soft | [top] | |
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This is a traditional four-person family: a working dad, a housewife, an older sister and a younger brother (and a cat). One day dad has to go out to work for a week, so the house is left with three helpless souls. Of course those little star-shaped akumas (devils) are coming to take advantage, and you, as the mamorigami (protection god) will have to make sure they have a peaceful life before dad comes back. | ||
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| Mania na Onna 2 [J] | Foster | [top] | |
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The game is set in modern Tokyo, and is divided on chapters. On the first chapter, you are a college girl and in 5 days you find out why your boyfriend is cheating on you. On the way you pick up a lot of new characters and at the end of that if done right you will have sex with your boyfriend. On each chapter, the protagonist is different but all the characters know each other. | ||
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| Nise Taxi [J] | Vision | [top] | |
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You play the devil who is hitting up girls running through the town by taxi. The driving part is in 3D and when you pick up girls, it's a traditional hentai visual novel. It features insult-based puzzles followed by battle scenes and then hentai sex scenes. | ||
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| Otona no Omochaya-san [J] | Desire / Excellents & Arieroof | [top] | |
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Hero's uncle got hospitalized uncle asking his nephew to change him at the adult store. Hero got unemployed and kicked out of the apartment recently and thus needs money, so can not turn such offer down. Various types of women visit the shop and ask consultation regarding their sexual problems. Now what's hero going to do? | ||
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| Paradise ee [J] | FooZee, Hyperspace | [top] | |
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Main character is a member of resort club and is sent to a remote island called paradise ee. There are four angels working here as guides during day time and giving private service during night time. | ||
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| Penocchio [It] | Game Over | [top] | |
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What was the part of Penocchio that stretched? Doh! Finally discover the "real" story of Penocchio, a simple piece of wood transformed by Geppetto into a tireless puppet, to satisfy his sexual BDSM fantasies. But the magical intervention of a very uninhibited fairy changes the course of events: "From a beautiful log you were born a puppet well endowed, I want your meat and I do it without cheating " exclaimed the porch fairy as soon as he saw the puppet, then with a shot of magic wand gave birth to Penocchio and added: "Only if you know you remain on the right path I will not send you away and if in the end your 'daddy' you'll find, forever you'll love me ". Wide the leaf and narrow the way here begins the story of the puppet with the biggest wood there is. | ||
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| Prostu★dent Good [J] | Alice Soft | [top] | |
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The year is 2005 in Japan. The world has received word that aliens shall invade Earth. Therefore, Japan set up a robot group called Yugoku to fend off the aliens when they come. However, the aliens never came, so Yugoku was all for nothing. Meanwhile, the Japanese government was totally corrupted, and Yugoku decided to use their robot army to overthrow the government. | ||
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| Psycho Rhythm [J] | Concrete Games | [top] | |
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In this adult visual novel, five scientists died in the explosion upon conducting an experiment. Among them were Samba Hiroshi's parents. He lost parents at the age of 12 and was taken in by the neighboring Imino family. He lost memory and only faintly remembers being in the laboratory just before the tragedy happened. After graduation we started working as assistant detective in the Imino family and the first job is Left Eye case. Over 60 victims were found with their left eye gouged. Imino family head found the clues to it and was killed while investigating abandoned port warehouse. Samba is set to reveal the conspiracy behind this case and secret ESP's organization that manipulates unknown power with unknown purpose. Act0 - The story of the school age five years ago from the scenario. Story is of the day the heroine Yuko is transferred to school. ACT1 - Based on the information of the father of Konno (hero) and Kouichi Konno (Buddy) go to the harbor, but to the mysterious organization Konno out is ordered to steal experimental samples from the laboratory as a captive exchange condition. | ||
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| PureMind: Prelude to HarlemBlade [J] | Giga | [top] | |
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You play the role of Rian, who lost his memory and was taken care of by a mercenary called Will since 3 years ago. Since then Rian joined Will's mercenary group to work and got pretty popular, especially among girls. Now, Will orders Rian to help stop the war between 2 foreign countries, and through this journey Rian will gradually recover his memory. After Will gives you the task, you have the freedom to choose 1 of the 3 main heroines by finding them in your town. Later, a knight (female) who is one of the 2 warring countries will join you. | ||
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| Refrain Blue [J] | Elf & DMM | [top] | |
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Matsunaga Yoshihiro is a young man given the task of watching over a group of students from Touyou School on their summer break to a beach. One of the students, Morisawa Nao, has had sadness in her heart from her past - something Yoshihiro can relate to, having his own issues arising during the trip. Matsunaga Yoshihiro has visited The Dragonfly Coast, a remote sea beach, seeking solitude, but met a girl, a kindred soul of him, instead. Their summer ended in the twinkling of an eye and the girl has dissapeared. "I will wait for you by the sea", were her last words. 7 years later Yoshihiro being a tour conductor is accompanying a group of students and teachers on their 'Summer School', half educational half recreational trip to The Dragonfly Coast. Cherishing a vague hope he steps on that land again, and the ever blue sea is awaiting him. A Windows 10 edition was released in 2017. | ||
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| Refrain Dream [J] | Mu | [top] | |
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The main character is a graduating high school student. On Christmas Eve he confesses his feelings to his childhood friend. She passes him the ring saying that she will come to him when he remembers. In a dream a mysterious girl comes to him saying that he should get the paired ring in order to fulfill his hopes. | ||
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| Selen: The Sex Files [It] | GMM Game Over Italia / Multimedia Joints | [top] | |
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Simple and fast graphic adventure with erotic background of Italian production. It has a mixture of cartoon animation and FMV. The protagonist, in one of her latest performances, is the former red light actress Luce Caponegro (aka Selen). Can our nice girl solve all the puzzles that divide her from the grand finale? Let's say it won't take much, given the lowest duration of the plot and the low amount of things to do. Not happy with this videogame appearance, Selen also returned to another game called Virtual insemination, where she only made a cameo. | ||
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| Shuumatsu no Sugoshikata: The world is drawing to an W/end [J] | Abogado Powers & Shuumatsu no Sugoshikata for MSX Seisaku Iinkai | [top] | |
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This is an adult visual novel. In a week the human race will perish. In this situation the hero keeps going to school while everyone gives up. What is there ahead? | ||
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| Slaughtered Roommates | WAVE Productions | [top] | |
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This is an adult interactive full motion video game and plays along the lines of a "choose your own fate" adventure. Only this time it is taken down to the lowest common denominator. Barbara Joyce as Rachael, Debbie D as Katie, and Vanessa Carlton as Lisa star as three unfortunate victims who face a crazed drug addict (Dean Paul) who wants his drugs. And he'll do anything to get them. Lisa has a recurring nightmare about being kidnapped, along with her 2 roommates, and being sadistically murdered over and over again. You decide whether they live or die. You control the action and you decide what happens next. Each of them faces a terrible death and you decide their fate. You can even choose the method by which they'll die: electrocution, strangling, suffocation, shootings, throat slit, cut in half by a pendulum blade, and more. You'll see 14 different murders. And you get two different endings to choose from. It lasts 60 minutes and has topless nudity, violence, gore. | ||
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| Sorceress Empire [J] | BlueBell | [top] | |
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The era when magic declines gradually and is about to be replaced by science and technology. But there are still "demon" race monsters living on the outskirts of the empire and organizing skirmishes at border guards. Hero is a battle magician responsible for three failure students. They have personal conditions that prevent them from learning normally. You have a year to train them into excellent witches. | ||
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| Surface Zone [J] | Motion / Illusion Soft | [top] | |
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The last game by MOTION is a Myst-like game with 3D-rendered exploration. 3D realism is only for the part where you move around the hall, with erotic scenes drawn in two dimensions with some animation. There are many obstacles in the hall, and it's difficult to go through the door. The hero and the heroine who wander into the hall in the surface zone (fictional space) are overviewing to explore the inside of the hall to find a means to escape from here. The story of the game changes by choosing one person of three at the beginning of the game. But the master of the hall ranges from a sadistic pervert or a manipulating pervert. The story of one branch will be expanded. | ||
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| Teasobi [J] | Mink | [top] | |
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A collection of screensavers, CG, sound files, BGM and a mahjong game. This is a game where you can enjoy mahjong with 6 successive Mink characters, and the same BGM as the past works is used. Contains 19 songs. The sound source is midi. | ||
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| Tenshi ni Chijoku no Senrei O [J] | Vision | [top] | |
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The fate of the goddess Erushione was looking for an angel to be a servant of his own to find the hero that is a likely to be run over by a car and the place that requires only a true fraction of an instant for death to rewrite his fate or the hero will be dead. The hero uses the ability of possession from the goddess to make people happy. The main character swears to make people unhappy with their power to take revenge on the goddess. Go to the place where the girls are located on the map screen, the map movement type + alternative choice type adventure. The event begins when you go to the place where the girl is. From the choice you make, the girl's ending will change. There's four endings, and the ending branches with the number of unhappy girls there are. By the way, if you make everyone unhappy or make everyone happy, you have a reward. One play is about an hour. It is very easy to play. | ||
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| Three Sisters' Story | JAST Co. Ltd/ JAST USA | [top] | |
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This is another adult hentai sexual adventure game. You once lived in a happy and somewhat rich family... you were only a boy when your father decided to stop the running train by himself. Your mother died out of cancer, and you got separated from your older brother. Ten years have passed since that moment, and one day, your brother came in a $250K car, telling you he knows who's responsible for your father's death. It was Shoji Okamura. Your brother plans to destroy the Okamura family entirely, and you're glad he included you in that dangerous game. So your brother financed your scholarship, bought a house just next door to Okamura's, and you two started the game of seduce and destroy. It appears that Shoji Okamura has three daughters, most likely, not aware of what their father is like. You got your place inside that family as time went by, and you were considered as the closest friend... but you knew who you actually were. One day, Shoji ran away, abandoning the house along with his daughters. The eldest one, she had to leave college and get a job in order to support her sisters, and whole family was beginning to sink deeper and deeper in their debts. But your brother seems to be interested in ruining not only Shoji, but his daughters as well. The only problem is, you've fallen in love with these sisters. And now, you seem to be the only one able to stand between your long-lost family, your brother, or the woman you love, Emi. | ||
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| Tsui no Sora [J] | KeroQ | [top] | |
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Yukito Minakami is awakened by his childhood friend Kotomi for school, but when they arrive there, they find that a female classmate jumped off the roof of the school the day before. Before long, all their classmates are talking about the approaching end of the world on the 20th day of the month. Some even begin to lose their minds, with another student as their leader. Tsui no Sora Remake was released in 2020 and included in the 10th anniversary Subarashiki Hibi package, including a fully rewritten script that is 1.5 times the size of the original and a "whole new work of its own". | ||
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| UltraVixen 2 | PIXIS Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Ariel is now Ultravixen - a 'reigning sci-fi sex superstar of the 21st century'. One day when she is cruising deep space with her boyfriend Zig she is entrapped by a 'supersex-crazed space demon' (with tentacles, of course). The only way to destroy it seems to hit it in the moment of its highest pleasure. The gameplay in general is identical to that of UltraVixen: the player needs to pick a correct tool (in this case a correct tentacle) and use it on Ariel by moving the mouse back and forth rapidly. The game is divided into 3 levels. While first two differ only in the color of tentacles and some poses, the third one introduces new gameplay feature - the second pleasure meter (space demon's one). Now the player has to balance his actions so to please Ariel, but not the beast. To make things more complicated the level starts with demon's meter almost completed. Visually, it's not different from the first game. However, there are significantly less details and animations and there are no backgrounds at all. | ||
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| Vist [J] | C's Ware | [top] | |
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In a rainy night, the cops are investigating a bizarre murder scene. "What he saw?" - wonders the detective. Takuto, the protagonist, is a sickly highschool student with a heart disease. His father is a scientist and researcher who is traveling overseas. Even thought he is alone in home, his neighbor and university student Rin come visit him every day, and every night his father call him and they talk by phone. But one day, his father stops calling and they lost contact. Takuto wonders if something happened to him and contacts the laboratory where his father works. But the staff members don't know anything. Takuto is worried, until one day a strange girl called Eryu appears in his house with a letter from his father. "I'm sorry..." - Says the last words of his father. And something who don't look to be human starts to approach the hero, who little by little get caught in the case of the bizarre murders. And seeing the disturbing signs... a heartbeat began to drift. | ||
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| Wana Trap [J] | Vision | [top] | |
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This adult hentai visual novel has insult-based puzzles and battle-based adventures. The hero harbors a biological weapon inside his body called Geist and must trap women and get them pregnant on a deserted island. He has memory problems and this gives him special forces that will reveal what happened to him. | ||
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| Wangan Dream [J] | Dreams | [top] | |
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It's such a nice feeling to cut the wind at full speed. A new youth challenge for the title of fastest racer begins now. It's actually the second game to try to merge racing and eroge. | ||
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| Wet Attack: The Empire Cums Back | Interactive Strip / CDV Software Entertainment AG | [top] | |
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Similar to Lula - The Sexy Empire, this game sort of comes in three parts. The player begins by stealing a spaceship, named "The Tit", then begins searching for Lula, who is lost in space. Following leads, the player travels from planet to planet. The game starts, and occasionally puts you back, in a point-and-click adventure mode. Wander around. Use A with B. That kinda thing. Secondly, once you get your spaceship, you do a bit of travelling about, bouncing from planet to planet, trading resources and managing your own 'business'. This is the main part of the game. Thirdly, occasionally Pirates will try to attack your ship whilst you're en-route somewhere. To be honest, as long as you've got at least one mediocre gunner and mediocre guns you never need put yourself in the firing seat. In fact, you can quite easily go the whole game without entering the 3D view at all - a flaw perhaps. In addition to this, there's chances of seeing lots of cut-scenes, half of which are moderately 'interesting'. Do pay attention when you get close to the end of the game, by the way - You can quite easily finish without realising it... | ||
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| Words Worth [J] | Elf | [top] | |
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Words Worth is a Japanese adult role-playing video game originally released for NEC PC-98 computer systems and remade for Windows PCs. The game's story is linear, with only one story decision near the end, leading to one of five different endings. The story revolves around the bumbling but very skilled Prince Astral of the Tribe of Shadow. The skill of sword-fighting is known to two tribes, the Tribes of Light (which consists of humans living on the world's surface) and Shadow (largely part-human-part-animal creatures and monsters living in an underground city, who enjoy a lifespan five times as long as the Tribe of Light and age one-fifth as quickly). The two tribes lived in peace and harmony, their domains separated by the "Words Worth" tablet—a huge monolith slab erected by an almighty creator. Although the tablet has writing on it, neither Tribe can read the text. One day, Words Worth was mysteriously destroyed by an unknown entity; its fragments scattered among the domain of the Tribes of Shadow. The two Tribes blamed each other for the tablet's destruction, and started a war that has continued for 150 years (100 in the anime). Astral, prince of the Tribe of Shadow, desires to become a Swordsman of Shadow. However, his father, King Wortoshika, forbids him to do so. He is engaged to Sharon, a beautiful swordswoman and Astral's childhood friend, who has feelings for Astral but wishes he were stronger. | ||
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| Yume Tenshi: Takujou Dennou Inmu Yuugi [J] | Triangle | [top] | |
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Two girls greet you in an entertainment place. They explain the place to you and ask you to pick one of 12 girls to play a virtual situation. To finish each situation, you need to win four majong games or rich-man card games with the girl. If you manage to get all 12 girls, those two will challenge you. | ||
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| Aeropa: Fall of the Covenant (cancelled) | Pixeleers A/S | [top] | |
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Aeropa: Fall of the Covenant, a full scale multiplayer PC/CDROM game for party-sized adventure storytelling.
The idea behind Aeropa: Fall of the Covenant is to recreate the feel of pen-and-paper roleplaying in a multi-player computer game, complete with one of the players acting as a live Game Master. This concept introduces “Human Aided Artificial Intelligence” as the computer takes over the handling of the graphics, the extras, and the rules system, and leaves the Game Master free to tell the story and control the important characters.
The Game was set in a fantasy realm called AEROPA based on the experiment how Europe could have looked like in the middle ages had Christianity not gotten a grip of the Roman Empire. The Danish studio Pixeleers had been working on this game and its custom engine (Z3D) since around 1999, and the game was supposed to released in the fourth quarter of 2001, but it never happened. There's no clue whether the game was even completed. |
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| Akuma: Demon Spawn / Lamentation Sword / Legend of Ghost Hunter | Trigger Soft / Lomax Software / JC Research Inc. | [top] | |
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This is an isometric RPG adventure. When Satan awakes from his long sleep, it’s up to three brave warriors to defeat and send him back home again. Known as the Blood Trinity, these fine warriors each possess different skills that can be combined to create a truly powerful force. If managed poorly, however, evil will run rampant on the Earth. You’ll travel through dozens of uncharted lands, picking up weapons, magic items, and money that will help you buy additional items. Presented in 3D real-time, the game offers hours of play and impressive AI. Up to three players can get in on the action. One warrior, Elim, is a noble Korean swordsman. The second, Kusa, is a Japanese sorcerer. The third is a woman, Raening, a martial arts expert skilled in archery. They will need all their skill and experience as they learn the story of the Blood Sword and vow to find it and use it to kill Satan. Sometimes the people you meet and the relationships you forge with them are what will stand you in good stead in the future. Be careful who you are rude to or discard as uninteresting. Appearances can be deceptive and not everyone who offers to help you can be trusted. | ||
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| Asheron's Call | Turbine Entertainment Software / Microsoft / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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Asheron's Call is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). This means that you can interact with hundreds (even thousands) of other players while exploring the gameworld provided by the game developers. Like most RPGs, you start off in Asheron's Call as a rank beginner. As you gain experience, you gain power. The gameworld is robust and, with the exception of zombies, skeletons, and other types of undead, Asheron's Call features completely original creatures not found in the typical fantasy environment (i.e. there are no Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins, etc). Character development is skill-based, rather than level-based or class-based. This means that your character isn't restricted in his/her ability because of his/her class, and it means that you don't have to wait until you reach a new level to increase your abilities. The biggest thing Asheron's Call has going for it, however, is the fact that once a month the game developers change the world slightly and add to the ongoing storyline. Quests are added which can affect the story, and players can complete those quests if they possess enough skill and luck. The first year of Asheron's Call saw the release and eventual defeat of Bael'Zharon, a major bad guy in the Asheron's Call universe. It was the players who released him, and the players who defeated him. This provides a glimmer of the ultimate promise of the MMORPG genre: the chance for players to have permanent, lasting effects on the game world. A first expansion, Dark Majesty, was released in 2001. A second expansion, Throne of Destiny, which includes a graphics upgrade, new player race and new landmass was released on July 18, 2005. Both expansions include the full version of the game. On Jan 31/2017, the game was shut down. | ||
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| Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast | BioWare Corporation / Interplay Entertainment Corp. | [top] | |
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This add-on to the widely popular Baldur's Gate gives you new items, voices, abilities, and quests. This does not offer an extension to the main plot of the game but offers you four new quests, all of which are very large and will take hours to complete. It adds new areas to the game world, including a town named Ulgoth's Beard and a large dungeon, Durlag Tower. The game is played from an overhead view and is very much just click-and-play gaming. The game is set in the most popular realm for Advanced Dungeons And Dragons, the Forgotten Realms. The experience point cap of the original game has been raised from 89,000 to 161,000. This allows players to reach higher levels of power, wielding more powerful spells and better weaponry. The interface has seen a number of improvements, including automatic stacking of identical items for less micromanagement, and the display of unidentified magic items in a blue tint. The thieving class has had its abilities somewhat toned down, requiring appropriate shadows nearby in order to vanish from sight, and thieves must now sneak behind opponents in order to attempt a backstabbing attack. See also: #Enhanced Edition | ||
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| Buster Sword [J] | Jware / Nihon Softech | [top] | |
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A shooting-like action RPG on the stage of a fierce battle with an empire of evil vs. treasure hunters aiming for world unification with sealed power, starting from being asked to recapture a kidnapped treasure hunter. About 8000 types of attack patterns are possible by combining items. A system mount that can be changed freely, such as an induction bullet and a blaze. | ||
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| Clans / Satanica | ComputerHouse GBG AB / Strategy First, Inc. | [top] | |
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A Diablo clone that brings something new to the table. Clans look and setup is a direct steal from Diablo but that is all superficial because Clans is more like an adventure than a hack-and-slash. There are many inventory based puzzles. For an example, near the beginning you encounter a mage who was banished into a pool of water by the Demon (main bad guy of the game). Using the last of his magic, the wizard spirits you away to his cottage so you can destroy his spellbook and, in turn, release him. After you destroy the enemies wandering around, you find his spellbook. But you cannot destroy it directly, so you pick it up and explore the rest of his house. A stick found elsewhere becomes a torch when you touch it to one of his experiments and the torch ingnites his fireplace. Now that you have a good fire you place the book in and you've lifted the curse and rescued the mage. Another thing that makes Clans stand apart is the use of prerendered "rooms" where you can only see the action in that room and none other. | ||
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| Corum III: Chaotic Magic | Hicom Entertainment | [top] | |
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For over a thousand years, the Eight Dark Lords have terrorized the land of Morone. They dream of conquering the entire world, but for that they need to revive the Ninth Lord Magslayum, whose essence is trapped in a magical sword somewhere in the Corum province. They hire three Crayn magicians to retrieve it. However, the magicians plan to double-cross the Lords, and join forces with a mad sorcerer named Balos to find the powerful magic Jumarion and use it in an attempt to reclaim Morone for themselves.
Meanwhile, a devastating decade-long war in the land of Lendore ended with a mysterious suicide of the king. A young warrior named Kaien leaves his father's home in search of adventure. He meets a mysterious little girl who is proclaimed cursed, and becomes inadvertently involved in grand schemes that cast their shadows over Corum.
Corum III: Chaotic Magic is a sequel to Corum II: Dark Lord. It is set in the same world and features some recurrent characters. Like its predecessors in the Korean-made series, it is an action role-playing game in which the protagonist traverses interconnected hostile areas and visits towns to buy equipment and supplies. The player character can execute combo and dash attacks, and jump.
Unlike the previous games, the player can switch between playable characters. Two other characters join Kaien over the course of the game. The spell system from the previous game is back with more variety and refinements, including different spell disciplines for the three characters (such as sword techniques, elemental summons, etc.). Spells increase in proficiency when used repeatedly. Characters also possess unique field abilities such as sliding, which allows access to optional and secret areas. Towns offer jobs and side-quests that reward the protagonists with money and experience.
Also new to the series is a network version, which offers several arena modes and a dungeon rush mode. Altogether, Corum III may be the best single player action RPG ever developed in Korea, and it was a loss for Germany that this was passed for a localization in favor of its still rather unpolished predecessor. This time Japan got more lucky, as Bothtec provided a translated version over there. The most funny and at the same time most sad thing is, Corum III actually made it to the US, yet hardly anyone ever got to play it there as the localization was handled by Gobe Software, then publisher of BeOS. Thus the game was only available for that not exactly widespread operating system. |
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| Corum Side Story / Corum Oejeon: Igye-ui Gangnipja-deul [K] | Hicom Entertainment | [top] | |
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As civilization developed, technology began to dominate human life. But just like before, corruption and injustice continued to flourish. The gap between the rich and the poor became wider than ever. A new religious movement known as Advent attracted the lower circles of the society by promising them equality and strengthening their belief in magic. Eventually the government sent an army to destroy Advent's headquarters. Meanwhile, a rebellious youngster named Archer meets a mysterious young woman called Amy, who seems to have lost her memory, and becomes involved in an ideological struggle that may affect the fate of the entire world. This oejeon (side story) in the Korean-made Corum series differs from the previous installment by being a Japanese-style turn-based (rather than action) role-playing game. The player navigates a party of characters on the overworld, accessing and exploring towns, dungeons, and other locations viewed from an isometric perspective. Enemies are visible during exploration; a contact with one of them initiates a battle, during which the player can move characters on the field and position them tactically. There is also a real-time element in combat, similar to the ATB system of Final Fantasy games. Characters can equip a variety of weapons and armor, and train elemental magic disciplines. The game utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds for both exploration and battle graphics. | ||
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| Crusaders Of Might & Magic | New World Computing / The 3DO Company | [top] | |
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This is a 3rd-person hack-and-slash rpg action-adventure in the popular series. Drake, a loner, toughened by exposure, hardship, and a life of fighting the scourge that destroyed his family as a boy, is swept up into the midst of a new Crusade. He must join the High Guard as they try to rid the lands of the Legion of the Fallen. With swords and sorcery, Drake must fight his way through 5 distinct realms. From the spires of the Citadel to the murky depths of Duskwood Drake will run, jump, duck, fight and cast spells as he becomes ever more powerful and must eventually challenge the leader of the dead army himself. | ||
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| Daikoukai Jidai IV: Porto Estado [J] | Koei Co. Ltd. | [top] | |
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This is the fourth game in the Uncharted Waters / Daikōkai Jidai series about sailing and trading, themed around the Age of Discovery, mixing simulation with role-playing elements. This entry deepens the elements of the European colonial expansion and colonial trade at that time such as signing contracts, exclusive trading ports, establishing trade routes, exploring and discovering treasure products etc. and they all reflect the special historical background of that era. Players choose from four different characters from four countries to begin their adventures, interacting with various characters giving the game a more RPG-like feel. Porto Estado simplifies the adventure and discovery aspect, with only a few major cities having monuments, and auto-navigation greatly increases the pace of the game. On the other hand ships, seamen and battles are more complicated and refined. To travel all over the world with confidence, players need to hire NPC sailors and put them into different post on the ship in order to make fully use of their abilities. A vessel physician can reduce disease consumption, a gunner can increase the hit ratio, and a captain can do hand-to-hand combat with captain of enemy fleet to avoid dangerous sea battles. In 2000, a Power-Up Kit (PK) was released. In addition to incorporating the changes from the PlayStation version, PK also adds three new protagonists. The new protagonist's scenario is set to go back in time compared to the standard version's scenario, and the method of obtaining items, the location of allies, and the powers in each sea area have been changed. Other changes include the following: You can now take on jobs at the guild; Every year in January, first-class items in the city where your faction has a market share are selected as branded items that can be used for presentations. The selling price of branded products is higher, and if you succeed in promoting your products using branded products, you can gain market share; If you choose a PK-only protagonist, you'll have to play a lot of puzzle- type mini-games; If you clear the game with data that was never reloaded during play (fair data), you can view the bonus graphics; You can also see the profile of each character. A HD Version was later released in 2021 for Koei's 30th Anniversary that included the Power-Up Kit and ported work for portable game consoles "Age of Discovery IV ROTA NOVA". Among the event scenes, those that were requested to be revised by the CG staff and those that were difficult to meet by modern standards were revised. | ||
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| Damo [Ch] | Big Point Technology / Soft-World | [top] | |
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The same name frontier drama fully adapted, for the first time using computer games 3D animation, stunning visual effects, let you personally experience the boundless magic of Dharma. Extremely beautiful figure shape, coupled with affection and delicate portraits. Solid game content, intriguing story rich, different from the past, innovative feelings. The newly developed Fuzzy user interface, allowing you to easily enter the fantasy world of the game. This is the second game that had received awards for best domestic game "Three Realms encyclical 2: Love Never Dies," the big point of science and technology developed production. | ||
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| Darkstone | Delphine Software International / Gathering | [top] | |
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An ex-monk, Drakil Tanan, has transformed himself into the ultimate harbinger of death by stealing the magic from the most powerful dragon of all time, the Dragon Lord. With this newly found power, Draak (as he now calls himself), the disciple of necromancy, is determined to cast the land of Uma back into the days when chaos and evil reigned unbridled in the realm. In Darkstone, you are the chosen one to counter Draak's plan to plunge the world into a new Age of Darkness. Character choices are made from four classes (wizard/sorceress, assassin/thief, warrior/amazon or monk/priestess). The overall objective is to track down the seven crystals of the Time Orb, created a millennium ago from the tears of the benevolent goddess Kaliba and restore it. Only then will you have the power of the mighty Orb at your disposal to use as the ultimate weapon against Draak. Darkstone requires a 3D acceleration card and offers both single player and multi-player (up to four players over a LAN or the Internet) modes. During character creation, an option is provided to generate either one or two characters from the aforementioned four classes (each class contains a male and female character). If dual characters are generated, you choose which to guide, while the computer takes control of the second. At any time during the adventure, you can toggle hands-on control between the two characters and give specific orders to your computer-controlled companion. By the numbers, Darkstone contains four distinct regions of Uma, more than 100 evil creatures based on 30 types of characters, 32 specific spells and nearly two dozen skills (six major). Additional features include full 360-degree movement, more than 30 weapons (some multi-purposed), numerous items and traps and over 200 enemies and characters with which to interact. | ||
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| Die schwarzen Reiter [G] | Motelsoft / Kelly Media AG | [top] | |
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In this role play game adventures, you steer a party with up to 4 members. The child of the king was kidnapped by the black riders and it is your task it bring him back again. But without a well trained party, you do not have a chance to come far in these hostile times. Therefore, you should collect some combat experience. Visit in the cities the tavern to rest and meet dealers in order to sell articles and to buy better equipment. Use the churches around to let your characters heal. Accept orders to earn money and get important articles, which are essential for the further play process. Money is needed urgently for better equipment, magic drinks and membership in a guild. Members of the Druid guild can buy spells in the charm shops and learn spells. Travel to strange countries and investigate. Find the black riders and return the kidnapped king's child. | ||
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| Dragonfire: The Well of Souls | ComputerHouse GBG AB, Paradox Entertainment AB / TopWare Interactive | [top] | |
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In Dragonfire, each player enters the role of a fantasy hero in a mission to save the world (surprise, surprise!) from the evil powers of sorcerer Vicotnik, residing in his red citadel in the cursed island realm of Erebos. And one of those heroes you can chose from is... duck-fighter! Dragonfire is an easy action-rpg with poor graphics and gameplay and no wonder it is not well known game. You can play up to 4 people at once - by Internet, modem or LAN. | ||
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| EverQuest | Verant Interactive / 989 Studios | [top] | |
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This is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
which became the most popular game of its kind for many years and even became known
to non-gamers as well though with some controversy for its addicteveness (even leading
to suicide) in several well publicized cases. Sony Online Entertainment
currently runs and distributes this persistent online game world whose story continues
even when you log out. To play, one must initially pay for the game
software and then pay a recurring monthly fee. In the game, players explore a fantasy
world of sword and sorcery, fighting monsters and enemies for treasure and experience
points and interacting with other players. As they progress, players advance in level,
gaining power, prestige and abilities. Players can also procure powerful items for
their characters in a variety of ways: through slaying monsters (and then looting the
remains), doing "quests" (tasks and adventures given by non-player characters ( NPCs )
in which a reward is given upon success), or by gathering raw materials and then
fashioning them, via numerous trade skills such as tailoring or blacksmithing, into
useful (or not-so-useful, but nevertheless fun) items. In structure and rules, the
game is almost a direct descendant of the famed Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
Many of the elements from EverQuest have also been drawn from text-based MUD
(multi-user dungeon) games. The game features a 3D environment set in the fictional
world of Norrath, its moon Luclin and alternate planes of reality. The geography of
the EverQuest universe is vast—few have visited all of the nearly 400 zones. Multiple
instances of the world exist on various servers, each one hosting between 1000 and
3000 simultaneous players online during peak times. After selecting a server, a player
can create multiple characters by choosing from a variety of classes and races (e.g.,
humans, gnomes, trolls, halflings, elves, etc.). The main aspect of gameplay involves
grouping with fellow players to kill monsters for experience and gear. Beyond that,
a player can explore the large world, socialize, role-play, join player guilds, master
trade skills, and duel other players (in restricted situations — EQ only allows Player
versus Player (PvP) combat on the PvP-specific server, in designated arenas, or in a
consensual duel in a limited number of locations). Most parts of the game can be
completed with small groups of up to six or so people, but the most challenging (and
rewarding) encounters (called "raids") require the cooperation of many players,
possibly totalling 72 players, although the trend in recent expansions tends towards 54 as a maximum. In March/2012, a new free-to-play system was made available for Everquest with all 18 expansion packs. It includes options for Free, Silver ($5.00 USD) and Gold ($14.99 USD/month) memberships.
See also: The Ruins of Kunark, The Scars of Velious, The Shadows of Luclin, Planes of Power, The Legacy of Ykesha, Lost Dungeons of Norrath, Gates of Discord, Omens of War, Dragons of Norrath, Depths of Darkhollow, Prophecy of Ro, The Serpent's Spine |
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| First Queen: The New World [J] | Kure Software Koubou | [top] | |
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In the final scenario of the First Queen series of Japanese RPGs, and the first to use 3D graphics, enemy troops are increasing. You can enjoy the game with 15 scenarios and automatic map production condensing the Gosha character system. Plus it has a nation-building management system. However, there is nothing troublesome, automatic construction by PC is possible. This 3D system (Kure - san) is a completely original 3D engine that does not use a 3D board. It made it possible to display many polygons with only software engine. Equipped with a rendering mode switching function, you can enjoy the game without stress in various operating environments from low end to high end. | ||
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| Fuurai no Shiren: Tsukikage-mura no Kaibutsu [J] | Chunsoft | [top] | |
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The first siren series of Kazoku and Siren was first released on Super Nintendo in December 1995. Every time she enters the dungeon of adventure, it appears as the second strange dungeon following the "big adventure of Toruneko" that set out a new genre called "epoch-making dungeon RPG" whose topography changes randomly. In the Japanese style of the world view "the third shrimp", the hero 's hero named "Taga sappa". It is a masterpiece that brought out a lot of fans to the innovative setting that RPG of the time did not overcome the user. Thereafter, in November 1996, the series 2nd game Gameboy software "Monster Sakurai GB Monster of Month Village" was released. In 1999, "Monster of Kaze no Siren GB Monza Village" released at Game Boy was released on Windows 95/98 edition. This work was not merely a transplant, but "Fay's final problem self-made kit" was added, and it was a work supported by a high age group. And last year, in the 64th edition of Nintendo "Siren 2 Demonic Invader of the Wind! Shiren Castle!" was released. This is a story that Siren talked about early childhood, protecting the villagers attacked by demons by making a castle. Dive into the dungeon and take home what is to be the material of the castle. Works that this novel system became a topic. In this way, after four works, this work "Siren Girls of the Wind" GB 2 ~ Desert Magic Castle ~" was released. In 2002, an Internet-ready version was released that gained popularity as a rogue RPG. By responding to the Internet, you can ask friends for relief if you compete with other users on a ranking page "Internet ranking" etc. set up on the official website, or you exhausted with a specific dungeon as it has become (I mean the character rescue in the network!). In addition, it is a title full of gimmicks like "to play semi - permanently", as rare items are given to the top scorers. In addition to the main body of Siren: Internet version, the package version announced this time includes a communication tool "Mononoke Plaza - Kazoku no Shiren Community Door ~". By the way, when using the pictorial square, you can: chat between registered users of Siren; 8 chains of monsters appearing in Siren, chosen players' alter ego. You can express your emotions by flying or bouncing. (Monsters, Nigiri, Monke, Timara, Pakolepkin, Nutsuto, Boyya, Gamara); Receive notice of the events etc; You can purchase a room and folding screens that you can make "My Room" , have your own room, you can decorate (the kind of furniture will be increased in the future); Using your neighborhood map, you can go to friends 'houses'; You can enjoy mini games with original card game. Actually, as "community software", this "SQUARE SQUARE" will be the first in the Siren series. For this work already already completed as rogue system, this packaged version with a lot of added value wishes to recommend to beginners of wonder dungeon series. | ||
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| Genso Suikoden [J] | Konami / SKC | [top] | |
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Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel Water Margins, the game is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of Toran. Through a series of events the hero becomes involved in a rebellion against the Empire, led by an organization known as the Liberation Army. Will the hero find a new home there, will he be able to tear himself away from everything that has been sacred to him, including his own father? Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels). The game allows the player to build and customize a castle, which serves as their home base and fortress. 108 characters can be recruited in the game, a tribute to 108 Stars Of Destiny in "Water Margins". Many of those characters will be available as active party members and participate in battles, while others will act as strategy advisers, or enhance the castle itself in various ways. Ported from the original 1995 Playstation version, it was totally rebuilt and designed around the Windows interface. The main window is where all of the action takes place, and runs in the same 320x240 resolution as the PlayStation game, so it's pretty small. Everything else - the dialogue, the menus, the battle commands - each take up their own window, where you can select them via the mouse. You can also move your character with the keyboard or by pointing and clicking. The graphics and music are otherwise identical to the PlayStation game. | ||
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| Geo: The Iron Age [J] | Bakuretsukoubou / ASCII Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is a multiplayer type top-down ARPG with a damage system, light operability, and huge number of items to look for. A pleasant feeling that reminds of the masterpiece "Wizardry" drives the player strongly to the dungeon. Simultaneous play of 4 people splitting the screen into 4 is possible and a match using NPC logic settings. It was serialized from April 1999 to September 1999 in a personal computer magazine called "TECH Win". This series became popular, and the complete version was released in December 1999 with the game disc attached to the Mook book. | ||
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| Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku [J] | Atlus / ASCII Entertainment | [top] | |
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Unlike the rest of the rpgs in this series, it's never seen life on a console - it was originally released for the PC98, then upgraded for Windows 98. It's based off the artwork/music of the rest of the series (Kazuma Kaneko is credited as "original character designs", and they're definitely reminiscent of the designs from the Super Famicom games. There is also a robotic dog in there.) It starts off similarly to Megami Tensei 2 - as a young boy living in a shelter, you and your friends are training to be Devil Busters. Everything seems to be okay, until you begin your training, when one of the programs seems to go out of control. There's a lot of obnoxious fetch questing and some very heavy Japanese. The graphics in the Windows 98 version are smooth scrolling, although the interface is both keyboard driven (for movement) and mouse-driven (for selecting from menus.) Unlike the rest of the series, character and enemies are visible on the screen at all times, though they aren't scaled properly when you move, so it looks a little silly. The battle system seems to be a weird mix between turn-based and real-time, as enemies will attack you from across the room before you engage them. It's incredibly clunky, especially when issuing orders, but it's definitely a cool idea. The music is a bit abrasive, but much of it is very similar to older Megami Tensei titles, despite being completely original. Unfortunately, the standard MIDI format means it doesn't sound nearly as cool as the SFC titles. | ||
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| Guardian's Sword EX | Winking WindThunder / Technical Group Laboratory Inc. | [top] | |
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In a decisive moment, the cat-girl Jean decided to let the young warrior Shot complete his quest alone, and entered a portal that led to a different realm. At first she is determined to look for fame and adventure, which unexpectedly begins with protecting a little duckling that mysteriously appeared on the city streets and followed her. However, soon she realizes that evil stretches its hands everywhere, and she cannot escape from it. Wujin de Suming is a Taiwanese-made role-playing game and a self-described side-story to Guardian's Sword. It recounts events parallel to Shot's adventures in the previous game, telling what happened to Jean after she left his party. Visually and gameplay-wise, the game is nearly identical to its predecessor, with the exception of a few interface tweaks and a larger amount of spells and limit breaks. Like before, the world consists of interconnected pre-rendered locations, and the turn-based battles have a real-time element in that they proceed automatically by default and require the player to input commands in the middle of the action. | ||
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| Hazard | Wizard Soft Ltd. / Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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Hazard is a role-playing game in which the player controls Rick, a warrior whose master has been murdered. Together with Armi, a young girl he managed to save from the clutches of a monster and whose grandfather was killed, he decides to search for those responsible for the monster assault. The player can control multiple characters in the game in a similar way as in most real-time strategy games. Each character has their owns statistics that improve when they acquire enough experience points to level up. Killed monsters drop loot such as weapons, potions and armor, which can be picked up and stored in the inventory. Characters can use weapons or magic to combat the monsters. There are a total of ten possible characters that can join Rick's party. | ||
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| Heaven and Earth Tribulation: The Supreme Legend of Gods and Demons [Tw] | Hantang International / Zhiguan Technology | [top] | |
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After the glorious past of swords and magic, Hantang entered the territory of martial arts with the spirit of innovation. Unlike most martial arts games, Heaven and Earth Tribulation is launched in the form of wargames. a turn-based war chess game, the protagonist Yin Jianping was expelled from the school by his master Ying Fengren for some reason, and left the Wangjian Peak where he grew up, embarking on a fantasy journey about his own life experience. The story is that the young swordsman embarks on an unknown journey, and what he does not know is this adventure will change his life forever and will determine the future of this world. It was republished in mainland China in 2006. | ||
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| Khan: Mythological Story of Wind [K] | CoMa / Samsung | [top] | |
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This is a Korean action rpg in the style of Diablo. There is no plot as such: choosing one of the four classes, we immediately get into a peaceful village and, having bought the cheapest weapon, we go to other locations in order to get money, experience and things from monsters. All the attributes of Diablo are in place: there are enough monsters, things do not come out often and you need to be cautious at the initial stages because of the small health and strong blows of the adversaries. Among the latter there are also colorful ones - so, along with ordinary wolves and bears, there will be, for example, Indians in tiger hides. The role system is simple: four characteristics (strength, endurance, wisdom, dexterity) grow with the increase automatically, which in turn increases the health, mana and impact strength. Ways to heal wounds and restore magical powers are also abundant - there are drugs, as well as fruits and vegetables (apples replenish vital vitality, and radish like mana). The graphics are pre-rendered, executed simply, but with taste: nice palette, large smoothly animated models of characters. About music, alas, nothing can be said because of its absence in the available version. In general, we do not have a better game than Diablo , but it's nice to play it. | ||
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| Konung: Legend Of The North | 1C Company / Strategy First, Inc. | [top] | |
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Legend of the North: Konung is a fantasy role-playing game where players set out on a journey to bring order to world. There are more than 60 nonlinear quests to embark on, and 50 magical artifacts to find and use. Nonplaying characters and monsters can be recruited into parties, and all characters in a party gain experience and advance in levels. Players and nonplaying characters have their own inventory, and using items affect character animations. The game is displayed in 16-bit High Color with real-time lighting effects, including day/night cycles. Up to 16 gamers can play over a network or the Internet. Similar to Diablo in many ways, it focuses on the Scandanavian landscape and mostly real enemies (although larger than normal). The game includes a night/day cycle that includes twilight as well. You have the option to have that cycle, or remain in day only if you get tired of not being able to see much at night. The game's plot is based on three heroes trying to combine an amulet to save the world. However, these heroes are not necessarily friendly to one another. The heroes are the following races: Slavic, Byzantine and Viking. When you start the game, you choose which hero you want to play and some attributes for that hero. Your choice of hero has many effects in the game. For instance, you look different in the game and start in different locations. Also, the local residents will react differently toward you depending who you are. In order to win the game, your best path lies in conquering most of the towns by peaceful or military means. To conquer the town peacefully, you must complete a quest for that town. If you choose to attack the town instead, you better have many followers in your group and some oil for your arrows so that you can set the town on fire. After the town is yours, you can collect money from the town once in awhile and also get free healing and free repairs for your items rather than paying. You can also have the town build things such as a blacksmith, bridges, wells, etc. However, you will have to get a trained person to work in anything you build. For instance, just building a marketplace won't let you buy items. You will also have to bring a trained merchant to live in the town. | ||
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| Lands of Lore III | Westwood Studios, Inc. / Electronic Arts, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the third and final part in Westwood's Lands of Lore series. You play as Copper LeGré, bastard son of Eric Legré, brother of King Richard and commander of the White Army. On a pig hunt with your father and brothers, some rift hounds appear from another dimension and kill your brethren and father. You can escape, but they take your soul with them. It is your task to prove yourself in a world where everyone suspects you from having killed your father and brothers to claim the throne. Your second task is to find out how to get your soul back. Just like the previous games, this is an action RPG played from the first-person perspective. After the introduction, you can perform tasks to join one or more guilds: Fighters, Clerics, Magicians and Thieves. Each guild comes with different abilities, and by using actions linked to the guild (fighting with swords, using magic, healing, lockpicking), your expertise improves. You are also offered a familiar, a creature that helps during your quests. Copper has a large inventory, room for spells, a compass, a map, a journal and meters for health, mana and hunger. There is a fairly large amount of freedom; you can kill innocent NPC's and choose your own way to finish the game, with many side-quests. The locations include a volcano world, a frozen world, the underworld and various caves, woods, liars and castles. One of the more bizarre locations, Shattered Desert, takes you into a complex reminiscent of the Command & Conquer universe. | ||
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| Legend of Eastern [Tw] | Engine 3D Technology | [top] | |
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This is a bright RPG with elements of action and with a third-person view. The main character is a fairly well-known character from Chinese myths and literary works, Sun Wukong (孫悟空) - the monkey king. The plot is very clearly presented in a wonderful intro, created at a very high professional level of 3D graphics design of that time. The young monkey king was returning to Shuilyandong (水簾洞) cave to his relatives. By the way, today this is a rather popular place among tourists on the island. Taiwan - translated as "Water Curtain Cave". So, at the entrance there, Sun Wukong's soul went cold: he saw a killed animal. Then, in the cave - more and more! The whole floor was covered with the lifeless bodies of poor monkeys. Who did it? A bloody inscription was left on the wall of the cave: “Xiao Longnui and the monkey are in my hands. If you want to find them, find me first! Ha ha ha! " The indecent drawing below and the three hieroglyphs in the signature left no doubt - all this was created by Niu Mowan (牛 魔王) - the bull-headed demon king. This character is mentioned in the famous literary work "Journey to the West", where he is the owner of the Fire Mountain - Hoyanshan (火焰山). Now you, in the role of Sun Wukong, have to find this bull, free his captives and punish the villain for his bloody atrocities. Of course, here you need to be an expert in classical Chinese literature, but vague doubts are plagued by vague doubts: perhaps all this is a hodgepodge of heroes from different books, which, in principle, does not spoil anything. Xiao Longnuy (小龍女) is the heroine of the wonderful novel Return of the Condor Heroes (神雕俠侣), written by writer Jin Yong. And the bull-headed prince of demons Niu Mowan, according to mythological canons, must die at the hands of another hero - Nezha (哪吒), known from the literary work "Raising the rank of gods" (封神 演義). Your character can jump, run and even swim. The entire gaming environment is diversely represented by spacious halls, deep bodies of water, magnificent temples, village houses and caves. There are no levels as such: teleports are used in huge quantities to move between locations - these are such large round stones with openwork carvings on the surface. The role model is extremely simple (notation from the Korean version): fortitude (지), magic (법) and protection (방). To maintain the spirit, you need to pick up various balls. Magic is actually your ammunition for long-range weapons - various balls of magical energy. Magic power is well replenished, for example ... mushrooms! It is necessary to select various scrolls and books - apparently, for information that will help in the search for the demon bull. Weapons can be switched with numeric keys. The staff, which you will find in one of the temples, will give additional power to the blows. You need to talk with all the NPCs you meet. Enemies are extremely colorful: Amazons with swords, spear warriors, stone golems, disgusting walking stumps with thin twig arms, spiders, scorpions and many others. Graphically, everything is done just fine, especially under Glide. Around the color lighting, there is a feeling of some kind of Unreal multiplied by Rebel Moon Rising. But the obvious overabundance of color lighting, which is interesting, does not bother or spoil the perception of the game. The walls of the temples are "finished" with surfaces with signs of bump-texturing. 3D models are a bit angular, but quite acceptable for the time. True, the locations are very spacious, and their weak filling with characters creates a slight feeling of loneliness. There is an implementation of elements of shadows and transparent water. The music tracks on the CD are wonderful, every last bit is Chinese. | ||
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| Leithian: In the Abyss [K] | Garam & Baram Corp. / Kama Digital Entertainment | [top] | |
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Ellen grew up in a quiet village together with her father and brother. One night, she had a strange dream. A mysterious voice was calling out to her, speaking of magic powers and destiny. The next day, Ellen tells her family about the dream. Her father then reveals to her that she carries a magical curse, manifested in the tattoo on her neck. Ellen must leave her home and find the truth about her role in destiny's plans. Leithian is a Korean-made action role-playing game. The player initially controls only Ellen, but later other characters join the party. The player can select the leader and control her or him manually, as well as assign general battle behavior to the rest of the party. Characters can attack, perform combos, actively block, and use magic. Experience points and money are awarded for defeating enemies. Money can be spent in towns to acquire weapons, armor, accessories, and items. There are no character levels in the game: accumulated experience points must be exchanged for increasing attributes in special locations. Unlike most Asian RPGs, the player is allowed to choose which attribute to increase. | ||
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| Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete [J] | EJ Corp., Game Arts Co. Ltd. / Kadokawa Shoten | [top] | |
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This is an enhanced remake of Lunar: The Silver Star, an acclaimed RPG first released on SegaCD in 1992. The remake features 32-bit graphics (as opposed to the 16-bit of the original); many of the locations and characters have been re-designed. The anime-style cutscenes from the original have turned into full-motion animated movies. Some scenes were added and/or prolonged. While the main storyline remains the same in the remade version, changes were made to some of the quests, dialogue, and motivations of some of the characters. A few characters that play a role in the plot development were added. Some of these changes affect the gameplay as well: for example, a certain character accompanies the party during a major quest in the remake, while in the original that character remained at home. Gameplay system also underwent significant changes. The most notable difference is the elimination of random battles; in the remake, enemies are visibly walking on the screen and can be avoided. Also, enemies no longer appear on the world map. The magic system of the game was altered to resemble the one from the original's sequel. New items have been introduced, and the properties of some others changed. The protagonist Alex's side-kick Nall has now an active role in the battles: he would revive fallen characters, restoring them to 1 HP. | ||
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| Lunatic Dawn 2 [J] | Artdink Corporation | [top] | |
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Like other Lunatic Dawn games, this is, despite its Japanese origins, an exploration-oriented Western-style RPG. Originally on Pc-98 Japanese computer in 1994, this is a Windows port. There is no main story line in the game, beside the cryptic mentioning of a legendary group of heroes who fought demons and as a result became demons themselves in the introduction sequence. There are no "main goal"in the game, and no plot-advancing events; it is entirely dedicated to free-form exploration and role-playing. In the beginning, the player creates the main character (default name Lunatic), choosing gender and background - social status, strengths and weaknesses, etc. All this affects the parameters of the character, which include strength, stamina, weapon technique, charisma, etc. Like in the previous Lunatic Dawn game, the gameplay revolves around exploring the vast game world. The graphics are much more detailed in this installment, with actual locations within a city. There are more shops and places of interest to visit in each city, including the ruler's castle, as well as horse stables, where it is possible to buy a carriage to quickly transport to another city. It is possible to "call the master" in every location; some of the masters will join the main character. Also available for recruiting are various NPCs staying in the inn (a party can contain up to six characters). The NPCs have names and different abilities/parameters, but no distinct personalities. As before, there is a real day-by-day calendar in the game, and it is necessary to buy food rations for several days ahead if the player is planning a long journey. "Jobs" are available at the inns of various cities, which include treasure hunt, monster-eliminating, etc. The heroes get paid for completing those tasks. Roaming the top-down world map, the party can enter dungeons, which are viewed from an isometric perspective. Enemies are visible on the screen, and a turn-based battle initiates upon contact. The player can assign general strategies to the whole party, but is only able to control directly the main character. The party acts according to its AI, and the rest of the battle evolves automatically until the player interrupts it to input new commands. | ||
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| Master Blaze [J] | Nihon Create / Taiwan Gamania digital technology. Co., Ltd. | [top] | |
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In this underground city rpg with endless monsters and many treasures, the player's task is to explore all layers and achieve the final salvation. Players will initially explore the highest floor, the exploration process will certainly encounter many unknown challenges, as the adventure map will gradually be revealed, when a layer of exploration is completed, the player can then go down a layer for more difficult challenges. In addition to killing monsters, you can also look to turn your opponents into your partners if they are at a lower level. As long as you tame the monster, there will be "fighting force spells" on the screen which will help you to get rid of a lot of monsters. And according to the properties of different monsters, players can catch them be they wind, fire, water, soil and other four different attributes. The monster attributes will affect the player's ability to attack. Jie allelopathy truth in! In challenging underground world, to find a suitable partner, accompanying himself a shut off to explore it, it will be at stake to be the last player obtained a total score. It has a blend of turn-based and real-time system characteristics, but there's a very real-time attack mode. If the player does not grab the opportunity, all the monsters with nor mercy attack you. In the original picture is carried out in all modes of warfare, in addition to weapons and armor of the property for consideration other than lethal monster, "terrain" in the game which can not be ignored as an important link to get "the commanding heights" of the first Machine is very important. As long as the players can stand taller than the enemy with a grid where his players are capable of more destruction. | ||
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| Megami Ibunroku Persona: Be Your True Mind [J] | Atlus / ASCII Entertainment | [top] | |
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This RPG/Dungeon Crawler got a Japan only PC port from the 1996 Japanese Playstation version. The North American release of the Playstation version was altered/butchered quite a bit. A group of high-school students decide to play a ritual-like game called "Persona". Unexpectedly, they are knocked unconscious and have a vision of a mysterious being called Philemon, who bestows upon them the ability to call powerful creatures known as Personae. Afterwards, the students go to visit their sick friend, Mary. Once they exit the girl's room in the hospital, they see their home town has changed. They can't leave it, and it is infested by demons. At first, it seems that the giant Sebec corporation and its manager are the ones responsible for the terrible accident. But this corporation is not the only enemy the young heroes have to confront - they must look deep into their hearts, and perhaps find the truth there. Persona is the beginning of a sub-series within the Megami Tensei universe, and one of the first Megaten titles to be released in the West. While overworld locations and battle screens in the game are isometric, the maze-like 3D dungeons are explored from a first-person perspective. Player-controlled characters fight randomly encountered demons in round-based combat, using melee weapons, firearms, or spells. As opposed to most other Megaten games, player-controlled party (up to five active combatants) consists entirely of human characters. Verbal communication with demons, however, still plays an important role in the game. Each character possesses a unique set of four communication styles, e.g. insult, flattery, etc. The player may select combinations of various characters and their approaches during conversation with the demon. Depending on the player's choices, as well as the current Moon Phase, the demon may end up responding in one of the four emotional ways: anger, fear, joy, and interest. The last two types responses are beneficial to the player: the demon may give the party a useful item or a spell card. If the player combines various types of spell cards, more powerful creatures (Personae) can be fused in a special location called Velvet Room. Personae act like equipment sets and can be attached to player characters, modifying their parameters, strengths and weaknesses, and teaching them new spells. | ||
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| Might and Magic VII: For Blood And Honor | New World Computing, Inc. / The 3DO Company, Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | [top] | |
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This installment of the long-running RPG series Might and Magic series takes place in a world called Erathia. Humans and elves are waging war, conquering more and more land for their kingdoms, but one area of dispute remains - a small town called Harmondale. Your party earns the title of a lord in this town, winning it in a scavenger hunt. Now, as the rulers of the town, you'll have to choose whether to side with the elves or with the humans, taking quests from either of them to strengthen your bonds. Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor plays similarly to the previous installments of the series, being a party-based 3D RPG with first-person view. As before, you can alternate between turn-based and real time combat styles at any time during the battle. In the previous game, your party members could be humans only, and some of the classes were removed; "Might and Magic VII" allows you to choose between humans, elves, dwarves, and goblins, and brings back the character classes that were featured in earlier games. | ||
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| Mystic Weaver [J] | C's Ware / HimeyaSoft Inc. | [top] | |
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White Disc Shana Arc: The Saint Virgin in the HolyBright, Black Disc Raivasu Arc: The Lord of Nightmare. In the world of this real-time rpg, time is always moving, and the monsters will be acting in real time. When monsters encounter each other, they will initiate a battle. The battle window (on the left) will open once a battle begins, and the animated monsters involved in the fight will be shown. There are only 3 battle windows, but one can be renewed by another encounter. Since the monsters will be moving at real time speed, you will need to give orders to the monsters quickly and command each one of them to battle. Unlike role playing games, it has no leveling system. In order to strengthen the monsters in the world, you must catch the monsters, "Riva", and use them wisely. In order to catch powerful monsters, you must be able to understand each monster's pattern. You must also set some kind of strategy to catch them or else you might even lose your own monster. After you catch the monster, you can use as it is or you can combine different parts of the newly acquired monster to form a more powerful monster. By combining different monsters, you will be able to use their new abilities. Beware though, since not all types of monsters are compatible with each other, you might not be able to use their abilities to a 100% efficiency. The monster's head, body, arms, and feet have their own characteristics. By searching out powerful monsters and combining them wisely, you will be able to make much powerful monsters. The monsters on the game screen were all specially detailed by 3D modeling. There are more than 100+ monsters in total. You can battle other people with your original monster. You will be able to use the net's original Dungeon (Deep Maze) or Scenario Mode and also be able to catch monsters which can be only caught on the net. | ||
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| Pagoda / Lei Feng Ta [Ch] | Twister Technology / Soft-World | [top] | |
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This Chinese role-playing game has players take on the character of a white knight fighting against a Rebel Pagoda. Deal with layers of different enemy towers. In the game, you not only have to fight but must solve different puzzle elements. Defeat the enemy, gain access to equipment and restore or cast items, in a martial arts theme. Use different spells in the fascinating story but easy gameplay. The mission provides a rich story with lots of tension and scary dungeon design. | ||
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| Planescape: Torment | Black Isle Studios / Interplay Entertainment Corp. | [top] | |
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This takes place in Planescape, an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) fantasy campaign setting. The game's engine is a modified version of the Infinity Engine, which was also used for BioWare's Baldur's Gate, a previous AD&D game set in the Forgotten Realms. Planescape: Torment is primarily story-driven; combat is given less prominence than in most contemporary role-playing games. The protagonist, known as The Nameless One, is an immortal who has lived many lives but has forgotten all about them, even forgetting his own name. The game focuses on his journey throughout the city of Sigil and other planes to reclaim his memories of these previous lives. Several characters in the game may join The Nameless One on his journey, and most of these characters have encountered him in the past. The game was not a significant commercial success but received widespread critical praise and has since become a cult classic. It was lauded for its immersive dialogue, for the dark and relatively obscure Planescape setting, and for the protagonist's unique persona, which shirked many characteristics of traditional role-playing games. It was considered by many video game journalists to be the best role-playing game (RPG) of 1999, and continues to receive attention long after its release. On April/2017, a Remastered version was released with: New interface rebuilt for 4K resolution; No loading times between areas; A remastered musical score; A whole host of gameplay tweaks including quickloot, the ability to zoom, a floating combat log, and support for widescreen; The ability to turn off these new features, if you're looking to relive 1999 and play the game in a more authentic form. | ||
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Game based on martial arts debut novel of the same name which the famous Huang adapted from the whole process, with story climaxes, and dialogue between the characters, the characters psychological process, the role of each character penetratingly portrayed. You can feel the deep emotion of the ups and downs between the three main characters. It's about the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Mongol army invaded the south. The story at the beginning is when the protagonists must reach the Mongolian army through a heavily guarded maze to explore what they have been guarding. Although the use of 3D is the highlight of the game, but due to immature technology, the game's flawed such as stiff character modeling with dull eyes. After each dignitary enters the game, the current progress of the combat zone for the first time read, the enemy will be in stealth mode, it will not carry out attacks, but we can use shortcut keys G as a means to reduce the difficulty. | ||
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| Protocoss Oejeon: Darasian-pyeon [K] | Exciting Guys (Yoyo Team) / Cham Multimedia | [top] | |
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This is a Korean action RPG game. It's a story that has nothing to do with the main story of the original 1996 game, and the main character's name is 'Kaman', which fits the title of Protocos Gaiden. Other than Kaman, the characters in the main story of Protocos do not appear. The game package illustration was drawn by Cho Jae-ho, the author of Diet Go Go, a popular cartoon at the time, but the character illustration that appeared in the actual game was drawn by someone else, which hit game users in the back of the head. The balance is not good, the interface is inconvenient, the control feeling is poor, and the map design is linear. | ||
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| Rage of Mages II: Necromancer | Nival Entertainment / Monolith Productions, Inc. | [top] | |
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Rage of Mages II: Necromancer is the sequel to the first game in the series and continues in its role-playing and strategy roots. This time the player must fight over 30 enemies on their quest to defeat the evil Necromancer Guild. On your journey through forests and deserts, you will find companions and search for the Crown, an ancient treasure which has the power to defeat even the most powerful necromancer in battle. | ||
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| Red Hawk [K] | Softry / Joy Toon Soft | [top] | |
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A young man named Jeongcheon lives with his brother in a quiet village. On one fateful day, two mysterious figures approach the village and attack them. Jeongcheon is knocked unconscious, and his brother is taken away by the assailants. The hero must now sail to faraway lands in order to uncover an ancient conspiracy and foil the plans of an evil secret society to dominate the world. Red Hawk is a Korean-made role-playing game in Japanese style. It is visually similar to Final Fantasy VII, having pre-rendered locations with fixed camera angles and 3D character models, world map, and battle graphics. The player-controlled party consists of up to three combatants. The turn-based battles are random; turns depend on the characters' speed ratings, which is displayed as a separate bar. Characters can execute a variety of special attacks and techniques; a special bar refills as the character is being damaged, eventually allowing him or her to unleash a powerful "limit break" attack. Characters can also train in specific areas in order to increase their parameters. | ||
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| Relics: The Recur of Origin [J] | Bothtec | [top] | |
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This is a continuation of Relics action rpg released on Japanese computers such as PC-98 in 1984. Basically, you must defeat opponents and you can then possess their bodies. In network play, maps for competition are available, creatures such as monsters are walking around. In addition, since the creature species possessed will help you, if the player is attacked by the opponent, the player and his creatures will fight back united. This means that unique strategy is required. There are four types of attributes of "Fire", "Thunder", "Saint", "Mana" in each body, it will strongly affect the defense for the attribute attack. Depending on the body, you can use special abilities: recovery, absolute defense, long-range attack, and extensive attack. In addition, the maximum number of items that can be carried by the body also different. | ||
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| Revenant | Cinematix Studios, Inc./ Eidos Inc. | [top] | |
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It was time when you were happy, with your woman. But she left this mortal plane, and you lost your lust for life. Now, you're something between life and death, and you don't care, slowly recalling your memories from time to time. *Whoosh*, a lightning bolt strikes your chains, and you lift your face up. You see a mage, a mage that set you free, but strangely, you can't escape his control. The rule is: whoever summons someone has full control over his conscience and emotions, and your will is his will. The story then began... A glowing light brings you here, into the castle, well guarded, but too weak to send any men out to fight. It appears that there is a cult of some priests that are rather wicked and play deadly. And the fact that king's daughter is missing, rather doesn't seem to interest you. But, you can't control yourself, so the deal is that you'll be set free once you give a try to save this kingdom from horde of enemies, and rescue the missing daughter. Game is much alike to Westwood Studio's Nox, and Blizzard's Diablo in a way of playing: it is an action game with RPG elements. Your mouse can be used for walking, and taking artifacts, opening doors, etc. but you can also use your keyboard for various actions. During the real-time combat, you can perform many different moves, punches and kicks to eliminate your enemies. | ||
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| Romance wa Tsurugi no Kagayaki II [J] | Fairytale, F&C Co. Ltd., Kadokawa Shoten | [top] | |
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The story of Keith, a young adventurer who falls one night on Princess Elfarcia's balcony. She has lost her precious pendant - The Silver Rainbow - and, thinking him to be an angel, asks him to bring it back to her. So Keith quests for the pendant to gain the trust of the beautiful princess and encounters many dangers, adventures and women along the way. | ||
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| Romancia: Another Legend [J] | Unbalance Corporation / Nihon Falcom Corp. | [top] | |
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This is a remake of the classic Korean RPG Romancia with improved graphics and mouse support. You are cast as a dashing prince who sets out to rescue the princess of the kingdom from the hands of an evil dragon. Gameplay is a mixture of 2D side-scrolling action with RPG elements as you can equip weapons, chat with NPCs and receive quests which usually involve going from the town to the dungeons and retrieving an item or slaying a specific monster. It simplified the RPG mechanics of Xanadu, such as removing the character customization and simplifying the numerical statistics into icons, and emphasized faster-paced platform action, with a strict 30-minute time limit. The action took place entirely in a side-scrolling view rather than switching to a separate overhead combat screen like its predecessor. These changes made Romancia more like a side-scrolling action-adventure game. The remake features (besides updated graphics) a save-anywhere feature, an arrange mode which includes hints and game history, new MIDI music, a narration mode with clues and commentary at the top of the screen, and an artwork gallery that includes both original as well as newly made artwork for the game. It also comes with a hardcover artwork book of more than 100 pages and the original PC88 game is included. | ||
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| Septerra Core: Legacy Of The Creator | Valkyrie Studios / Monolith Productions, Inc. | [top] | |
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Septerra is a world which is composed of "layers" - continents that spin around the planet center. In the center is the Core, a kind of a living computer. According to the legends, the Creator of Septerra left there a precious Gift - an artifact that grants the one who possesses it legendary powers. Septerra is controlled by the Chosen, who live at the top of the world, consuming massive amounts of energy and throwing the "waste" down, to lower levels. You control Maya, a "junk scavenger" who lives among those wastes and earns the living collecting junk. Unexpectedly, she comes into contact with the Chosen. It appears that their goal is to reach the legendary Gift. Maya and her friends decide to face the Chosen, and ultimately to discover the true history of the planet. It's a console-style RPG. Set in a futuristic environment, it tries to recreate the spirit of Japanese RPGs on PC. The game's design is close to Japanese animé, and the emphasis of the game is clearly on the story, rather than on role-playing and exploring. The combat is turn-based. The characters have several levels of physical attacks, can also cast and combine magic spells, as well as summon legendary creatures to help them in battles. | ||
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| Shattered Light | Catware, Inc. / Simon & Schuster Interactive | [top] | |
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A great evil has come across the land and it's up to you to destroy this horrible evil. That pretty much sums up the story of the pre-made single player game. Shattered Light comes with a World Builder that lets you create maps, write quests, create weapons, write NPC dialogue, and much more. Then when your world is full of quests and evil monsters to slay you can take it online with eight other people and, if you are the host, modify player attributes on the fly. | ||
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| Shuihuzhuan zhi Ju Yi Pian [Ch] | Heaven Studio | [top] | |
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Outlaws of the Ji Yu Pian is an rpg based on the classic Chinese story Water Margin. This game can be expressed in the form of both tortuous and complicated game characters and story, but also exhibit the characteristics of an individual or group combat and battle scenes on the way. It's divided into three, the first chapter called "Ju Yi articles", after the two called "campaign chapter," and "finale"), before the two substantially in accordance with the "Water Margin" novel has clues to Three Attacks on village boundaries. "Finale" is mainly drawn from folklore, allowing the player to make the cut and ultimately corrupt the glorious perfect ending. The main character in the game individual parameter sets can be taken after the first set. That is, in "Ju Yi Chapter" with hard practice out of level, you can continue to use in the "campaign chapter," and "finale". Each chapter uses multi-threaded RPG mode in the main framework of the game to expand the story, turn-based battle group SLG type (only "Ju Yi Chapter" has 70 large-scale battles), combat action uses computer animation and real shot pictures of the CCTV TV series film "Water Margin". Further conversations use full voices. Players present their personal preferences in different characters, three men plot at the beginning of the game is very different. In total there are several clues interspersed again and each protagonist has specific branch clues. In the game as players choose different options of dialogue or plot trigger different switches, the game's story and the difficulty will also change. This design allows players to fully experience the different roles of emotions, but also makes the game more playable. In the game's character and system parameters, you can set, plan and strive to reflect the character's personality traits. Such as Li Kui, you can force his weight index so he can carry more weapons and items than others, or set in "drinker" and other hidden parameters, he can just drink wine to make combat fighting stronger than any other, and so on. In general, in residential areas you can be obtain treasure by investigating, but a small number, each only 1-2 houses, mostly for things such as homemade treasures, food and drug, weapons and armor occasionally. More important is that a variety of ores, with which you can build weapons in the blacksmith shop in order to save money, but the number is very scarce. And due to the different protagonists, the location of the treasure is different, and it is very difficult to find. | ||
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| Silver | Infogrames UK Ltd. / Infogrames, Inc. | [top] | |
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This role-playing game focuses around a young warrior called David and his quest to retrieve his wife from the clutches of the villain Silver. On his journey he gains a number of followers and visits many different landscapes. The game features polygonal 3D characters drawn against a pre-rendered 2D background. The character design is inspired from Manga/Anime culture. The battle system of Silver is notable for being completely real-time opposed to many similar light role-playing games, which usually have turn-based combat. The player may choose any character in his adventuring party to control, and the rest of the characters are handled automatically by AI. The story focuses largely on collecting eight magic orbs representing different elements, which are Fire, Ice, Health, Earth, Acid, Lightning, Time and Light. Each orb is located at an area themed around the orb, and the player may use the collected orbs to cast different kind of spells against his enemies. | ||
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| Sorcerian Original [J] | Nihon Falcom Corp. | [top] | |
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A remake of the classic RPG Sorcerian for Windows PCs. In Sorcerian you created a party of four adventurers and set off to solve a series of scenarios each with their own unique quests and challenges, which usually involve exploring a specific dungeon and retrieving some treasure or slaying a specific monster. Gameplay is mostly action-oriented with the addition of upgradable stats and the ability to equip different weapons and magic items. It faithfully recreates the original side-scrolling RPG classic with an updated graphics engine and a remastered soundtrack. All the original scenarios featured in the original release and subsequent add-on disks are present and accounted for, as well as the brand new scenarios released with Sorcerian Forever. The game features a new in-game interface and simplified commands as well as a new location in town, the magic academy. Which, as in Sorcerian Forever, allows you to easily create spells and enchant items. | ||
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| Spooky Castle: The Adventures of Kid Mystic | Hamumu Software / eGames, Inc. | [top] | |
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When the evil Bobby Khan descended on the peaceful kingdom of Tulipton and stole all the Mystical Orbs, the king was overwhelmed. The orbs were needed to protect the kingdom from the marauding monsters (an unfortunate side effect of building your kingdom in the Monster Wilderness). So with every last knight battling the rampaging hordes, the king could spare only one wizard for a reckless mission to reclaim the lost orbs: Kid Mystic. As Kid Mystic, you'll need to travel across the land in pursuit of Bobby Khan, collecting all the orbs he, for some reason, dropped all over the place. Along the way, you'll encounter mysterious puzzles, enraged mushrooms, creepy eyeball monsters, and more. You'll need to fight random battles to build up your experience, shop at the wildly popular Item Shop, collect hidden Spellbooks, and chase down Fairies, all to build up your strength for the final confrontation. And if you do beat Bobby, things will only get more crazy after that with two tougher game modes! In 2004, the creator made the game freeware. | ||
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| Super 1500 Series: The Legend of Valkyrie [J] | Bandai Namco / Media Kite | [top] | |
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Valkyrie no Densetsu, originally a 1989 Japanese arcade game, is a sequel to Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu, which puts you in the shoes of a young Valkyrie of Norse mythology as she sets out to reclaim the fabled golden seed, which has been stolen by an evil god. The gameplay is top-down action with platformer elements, discarding the RPG elements of the previous game. You must navigate the many levels that compose Valhalla and defeat all the enemies in your path while sorting out chasms and other platformer-styled obstacles. You can also find several NPCs in each stage, who offer gameplay hints, clues and items to buy with the gold stolen from fallen enemies. You can buy health power-ups, improved weapons and even magic spells for added fire-power. | ||
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| Tactical RPG Maker [J] | Hitpoint / ASCII | [top] | |
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An offshoot of the RPG Maker series makes SRPGs similar to " Simulation RPG Maker ". It is possible to create quarter-view perspective games such as " Tactics Ogre " and " Final Fantasy Tactics ". The number of sorties is six. It was possible to update to the enhanced version of "Tactical RPG Editor DX" for free. | ||
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| Tahl: Uncover the Evil Within [K] | HanbitSoft Inc., LG Soft | [top] | |
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This is an isometric action RPG dungeon crawler where the player fights against hordes of ghosts and demons from East Asian mythology using point-and-klick controls. There is no safe hub, so the player has to survive using the loot gained from enemies alone. This makes the game close to a roguelike, even though the dungeons are not randomly generated. | ||
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| Tarmanian Tactics [K] | Leading Edge / Kama Entertainment | [top] | |
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This is a Korean 3D RPG with 360 degrees freedom of movement. Five thousand years ago, there were various countries in the Tamanian mainland who were in pursuit of the ultimate power of battle magic; but unfortunately, all countries have perished. After five thousand years, the occurrence of the strange phenomenon of desertification began to appear in various parts of the continent. It was revealed the mystery of their own life experience and understanding of the earth causes desertification. The heroic protagonist, Ryan, begins his series of adventures. | ||
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| Temple of the Sun [J] | Nihon Falcom / Unbalance Corp. | [top] | |
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This is one of the memorial game series that reproduces nostalgic masterpiece games such as "Xanadu" and "Romancia" that were also released from Falcom's work. Other companies' games include Messiah's "Langrisser I" and Taito's "Arkanoid". As an aside, the Temple of the Sun was also reprinted in " Falcom Classics II " released on Sega Saturn. In addition, the following year, it appeared as one of the scenarios in the Dreamcast version of " Sorcerian ". Temple of the Sun is an adventure game released on PC-8801 etc. in 1986, and is a sequel to " Aztec " released in 1985. The story is dedicated to the Maya people, indigenous inhabitants of Southern Mexico and Central America, rather than the Aztecs. The player controls a nameless adventurer who searches for the Sun Key, a mysterious ancient artifact which can unlock the secrets of the Mayan civilization. It's an adventure game which takes place in the ruins of the ancient city Chichen Itza on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. There is a top-down overworld on which the player can physically navigate the protagonist, entering temples and other locations. In such locations, the view switches to first-person perspective. The player interacts with the environment by selecting various verb commands ("Look", "Take", "Use", etc.), represented by icons, from a menu, and combining them with objects on the screen. In spite of its Japanese origins, the game features inventory item usage and puzzle-solving, which are more typical of Western-style adventures. At that time, the mainstream style of adventure was that the action was decided by text input (or selection) of the command, and the scenario progressed by switching the first scene. But in the temple of the sun, a map movement method such as RPG is adopted to select a place to enter, and at each place, a command is selected with an icon to act, which is a device that makes it easy to grasp the action mainly on the visual side. However, the difficulty level is higher than the appearance of the game, such as the need to use items without special hints, and the fact that it is not clear even though the game can not proceed anymore. The Temple of the Sun is by a programmer of " Ys " to be released later. It is also a work in which Masaya Hashimoto participated, and the original form of Ys can be seen everywhere. The gold pedestal that is dropped in the Temple of the Sun can be found in the lake in the grasslands of Ys, and the title song " Temple del sol " of the Temple of the Sun is played in the rare harmonica song. In this reprinted version of the port, you can select the game mode from the "original mode", which is a port of the original (PC-8801) version almost as it is, and the "arrange mode", which arranges graphics and music. Since the music performance uses a CD-DA track, it can also be listened to on a CD player. | ||
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| Thal: Uncover the Evil Within [K] | LG Soft, Hanbit Soft / Hanbit Soft | [top] | |
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Like many Korean RPGs (Iljimae, Mangguk Jeon'gi) the scenario was based off the winning entry of a game writing contest contest. Looking at the game superficially, it looks just like a Diablo clone, although the dungeons are not generated randomly. There's also no safe hub for the player to recover and the game drops players right inmidst haunted ruins full of ghosts and zombies, making the game very difficult. A multiplayer mode is also missing, instead one gets to recruit (bad) AI controlled mercenaries. At the '97 Republic of Korea Game Awards, the scenario won as it pioneered a new milestone in Korean fantasy through the thorough historical research and data collection based on the ancient myth of Korea organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The introduction of a secondary character not seen in strategic games, and you cannot have a moment to relax with improved Artificial Intelligence. The real action, including 3D scanning and motion capture technology was introduced to make the sophisticated and stylish action game even more fun. Eastern mystical worldview introduced thorough investigation and reproduced background data and characters with historical research, also opened a new chapter in Korean fantasy. Background music includes percussion, and court music. | ||
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| Thunder Blade: The Maniac / Return of Sword: The Maniac (cancelled) [Ch] | Gaya Information | [top] | |
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This beautiful game was cancelled in 1999. It is a classical RPG based on a Chinese dolls drama and a Taiwanese TV-series called "Pi Li Kuang Dao". It was never Released, therefore, only this Demo version is available. You take the role of Luanshi Kuangdao who is a powerful Warrior and is in Love with the beautiful Mu Rongchan. | ||
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| Thunderbolt Heroes [Ch] | Zhiguan Technology | [top] | |
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This RPG is from the same development group as "Thunderbolt Ghost Arrow". Both the plot structure and the map content have been added quite a bit. The protagonist is a self-created character, and the plot is based on the "Thunderbolt Heroes List" drama collection. As the game progresses to the later stage, more and more characters are available: Haishangjun, One Page Book, Su Huanzhen, Three Successors, etc. There are also hidden martial arts and other elements waiting for players to discover and collect. | ||
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| Tunshi Tiandi4: Chuhan Guanghui [Tw] | Soft-World International | [top] | |
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This is a game in the Dynasty Wars series sometimes with an alternative name “Devouring World". The colorful RPG stands out from the background of the old games of this series with the increased screen resolution, bright and detailed design of the game environment in the ancient Chinese style. The plot is about the creation and formation of the Han Empire (漢), which existed the longest in the history of the Celestial Empire. It uses RPG as the main structure, but it has some unique features. The story of the game starts from the heroes of the end of Qin who rise up against tyranny. The two major resistance forces at that time were the ambitious king of Chu, Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang, who was leaped onto the political stage by the traffickers. Liu Bang, the brave army against Xiang Yu, has the ultimate goal of unifying the Central Plains and establishing the Han Dynasty. It adopts a turn-based combat method. In order to present contemporary warfare, the game's arms and battlefield tools, including soldiers, archers, cavalry, crossbows, chariots, and slings, have been specially designed. set. In order to increase the fun, the game has also added a set of spell systems, which are divided into three categories: attack, assistance and recovery. The main features of the full-screen spellcasting screen and rich changes. In addition, the game also combines formations and generals. The whole game will be divided into 16 chapters in structure. From Chen Sheng, Wu Guang Jiegan Uprising, Liu Bang Uprising in Peixian, until the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the player must complete each paragraph of the story. Only important events can go to the next level. It is worth mentioning that in missions that require combat, players must first recruit soldiers from all over the world and deploy troops based on the battle situation. In some respects, it also has some strategic elements. In addition, the game also has many small branches and animations, allowing players to better understand Xiang and Liu's deeds. | ||
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| Ultima IX: Ascension | Origin Systems / Electronic Arts | [top] | |
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This is the ninth and final part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima. Following the Avatar's escape from Pagan, he is transported back to Britannia for one final battle with the Guardian, who is increasingly ruining the physical and moral fabric of that land. He must restore the Runes of Virtue, cleanse the shrines of the Guardian's taint and restore the people to the way of the Virtues — now knowing that he will never again be able to return to Earth. Ascension's 16-bit, 3-D graphics transport you into a rich, incredibly detailed world complete with moveable camera views, real-life physics, 3-D sound effects and full speech for every character. During your quests, you'll encounter more than 50 types of fantastic creatures and monsters. You'll engage your enemies using a powerful magic system that enables you to cast from 8 circles of magic or an innovative new combat system that is the perfect blend of strategy and tactics. It has an intricately detailed world with night and day cycles, weather and NPCs that live real lives.Ultima IX was controversial in that it deviated from most of the previous Ultimas' isometric view and party-based gameplay. It sold poorly, and was ill-received by many fans, creating sufficient outcry that Origin shut down an official online help page due to so many negative posts. | ||
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| Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption | Nihilistic Software / Activision | [top] | |
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The game follows the adventures of a French crusader, Christof Romuald, through Prague and Vienna in the old world to London and New York City in the new. Before your fall, you led a crusade against evil. Now you've become one of the undead creatures you once battled: a Vampire. Inhabiting the World of Darkness, you must face a series of brutal confrontations with your nemesis, a powerful vampire lord. After being badly injured during battle, he is nursed back to health by a Nun in Praque. This town has its problems with their mine being overtaken by demons. As a debt of gratitude he offers to help and ventures into the mine and flushes out the demon threat. This creates word in the Demon community and a group of Vampires decide to make this Crusader one of their own. Once a vampire you are plunged into a war between 13 vampire clans but you strike up a battle with a powerful vampire lord. Your unholy showdown begins in medieval Europe and rages on into the modern day as you track a soulless enemy in an eternal struggle to destroy him. This is the only hope of vengeance for your tortured immortality. The game is based on the pen-and-paper game Vampire: The Masquerade. The graphics are quite good for their time. Redemption also includes an interesting multiplayer game mode, where one player takes the role of the dungeon master. The game itself is divided in two parts, a medieval and a modern setting which play differently. It has deep characters, a great story, wonderful atmosphere and exquisite graphics but on the downside it has a flawed interface and horrible artificial intelligence and is difficult to play. | ||
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| Walpurgis Night: Unmyeong-eui Gil 2 [K] | Dragonfly / Wizard Soft | [top] | |
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The young hero Karon is washed to a faraway land when the dam in his hometown is overrun by an enormous herd of large beasts, which have been roused by an unknown force. He is rescued by a woman named Reah, who joins him on his quest to get back home and find out who pulled the strings behind the catastrophy. Walpurgis Night is a console style role-playing game with a hybrid real-time/turn-based combat system. Every action in combat, including walking on the hex grid map, consumes stamina, which slowly recharges over time. The two playable characters learn offensive and defensive moves by collecting spheres with various attributes, which can then be assigned to the characters and stringed together to form combos. | ||
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| War of Genesis III (Changsegijeon Sam) [K] | Softmax | [top] | |
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This is a Korean role-playing game which contains episodes 1, 2, and 3 while the next game Part 2 contains episodes 4, and 5. Though continuous in story, there is a time gap between the two parts that is millennia long. This is a turn-based RPG with a minor element of real time strategy game. This minor real time element is called the Legion System. For example, a small number of individually uncontrollable characters surrounding the leader character is considered as one whole player, contributing a faster pace of duration for a huge scale combat for a turn-based Tactical RPG. Episode 1 : Shivan Scimitar Saladin, whose real name is Philip Pandragon, leads a mercenary group called the Shivan Scimitar. He joins in the civil war going on in Tur with intentions to weaken the nation so that the Kingdom of Pandragon can take it over, but finds himself falling in love with Sherazard, the youngest daughter of Schleiman V. He abandons his intentions, but soon the weakened Empire gets invaded by the Kingdom of Pandragon. Episode 2 : Crimson Crusade The story follows a zealous young man, the Grandduke of Beaumont. The grandduke wields kingly power as regent, because the country's true monarch, Clauzewitz I, is currently on secret research mission. He conquers all the resistance within the Kingdom of Pandragon, overthrowing strong local aristocracy that had been characteristic of politics of Pandragon for ages (Beaumont viewed the aristocracy as reason for Pandragon's weakness in comparison to the amount of territory it controls, because the nobles wouldn't unite for a common cause). He invades the Empire of Tur - under the declaration of "Crimson Crusade". Episode 3 : Apocalypse Christian de Medich is the main character in this episode. Christian and his partner Joan Kartright work for ISS. They investigate the Cult of the Dark Prince, which reveres the Dark Prince, former Regent of Gaysir since his father, Emperor Karl I of Gaysir, was wounded in battle with Pandragon. Along the way, they meet up with a mysterious individual who refers to himself only as "The Iron Mask." With Iron Mask's help, they find a conspiracy that will doom the world that they live in. Before that happens, the Iron Mask offers an unconventional solution, which Christian reluctantly accepts. | ||
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| Water Margin: The Hero Of Liangshan [Ch] | Red Ant Studio | [top] | |
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This rpg war chess game is adapted from the four famous works "Water Margin". It uses a Chinese-style chessboard battle method, and you enter the story and then fight. At the beginning of the game, the protagonist Wu Long is still a three-legged cat, but he likes to fight against injustice and does not value fame and fortune. It is his attitude and character that lead to the earth-shattering rebellion story later. When he was transported to this mountainous area, he encountered Captain Gao's men arresting Wang Jin and his mother who had escaped from the city overnight. Seeing this situation, Wu Long naturally couldn't ignore it... Although the 2D map is a little poor, the characters' intelligent settings and moves are pretty good. The difficulty is moderate and exciting to play. The plot is a bit similar to "Jin Yong's Legend of Heroes", where an unknown boy makes friends while wandering in the rivers and lakes. We saw many heroes fighting against the imperial court, but the plot ended with the grass falling on the Liangshan Mountains, and Shang Jue still had no idea. | ||
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| Yeolhyeol Singeom [K] | DeepSea / Ing Soft, KS Entertainment | [top] | |
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The new myth of martial arts RPG begins. Four Multiplayer support through the characters - the best free roaming in this new exciting RPG with a mask to represent the characteristics of the character. Assassin ghost effects - built with realistic 3D technology architecture. Acquire the enemy and you can choose dialogue functions, and messages. | ||
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| Zelda Classic | Armageddon Games | [top] | |
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This is a fan-made update of the 1986 fantasy action game The Legend of Zelda, in which the young Link must search the land of Hyrule to find the shards of the Triforce of wisdom so that he can rescue the eponymous princess from evil forces. In addition to an exact replica of the original game's two quests, the third quest is opened after the first two quests are completed and is more difficult than the second quest. The third quest was not designed by Zelda Classic's programmers. Instead, it was the result of a quest design contest that had several rules that required entrants to submit quests with a similar look and feel to the original two quests. The winning entry was submitted by Alphadawg, who also created the "official" ZQuest tutorial. It features the option of using the original or updated graphics. It also includes ZQuest, a level designer for players to create their own quests and import custom graphics. | ||
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| 3D Bubble Burst / Sea Bubble Burst | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. Cosmi Corporation / Swift Software | [top] | |
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Assist a green creature named Bubbly in a 20-level quest to clear enemy-filled oceans in 3D Bubble Burst. Bubbly will confront a wacky assortment of foes during his underwater adventure, ranging from rambunctious robots to saucy "sand devils." To avoid certain doom, Bubbly can blow bubbles to ensnare rivals and collect fruit to replenish lost health. Move Bubbly across the platform-style environments by joystick, mouse, or keyboard. | ||
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| 3D Dragon Duel / 3D Dragon Castle | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. / MVP Software | [top] | |
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This is a single player, keyboard controlled 3D platform game. The player files a dragon and the object of the game is to squash all the other dragons in each level and collect coins and keys all of which score points. Being squashed by another dragon, Prehistoric Monsters, falling into a lava pit or being caught up in a torture device all cost a life. The player has three lives with which to score as highly as possible and the full, registered game, has thirty levels. | ||
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| 3D Frog Frenzy | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. / Cosmi Corporation, Swift Software | [top] | |
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Meet Froggy. He's an amphibian on the run from a crazy chef who is trying to make a frog legs dinner. It's your job to get Froggy to safety and away from the saucepan. This mission isn't easy, however, because Froggy is one of the few frogs in the world that cannot swim. With Froggy's fear of water in mind, you must help him escape by hopping through highways while trying to avoid traffic, traveling across rivers on logs and getting to the portal that leads to the next level. Did I mention there's a timer? If time runs out, so does Froggy's luck. During Froggy's adventures, he will encounter items that can enhance or hinder his performance. Colored gems fall from the sky with the following properties: Extra Time (adds time to the level timer), Freeze (stops cars and logs for a few seconds), Heavy Traffic (increases traffic flow) and Haste (Froggy quick mode). Other qualities contained in gems are Mystery (random power-up or power-down), Points (player bonus points), Slow (opposite of Haste) and Walk on Water (a few seconds respite from drowning). It features 3D graphics and twenty different levels. | ||
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| Animaniacs: A Gigantic Adventure | EAI Interactive / SouthPeak Interactive, LLC | [top] | |
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This is a side-scrolling platformer based on the tv animated show characters. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot have to find some movie classics that have been hidden by Warner Bros. CEO, Thaddeus J. Plotz, as well as missing classic posters and awards. Going through the studio's back lots to an ocean cruiser set, the trio must go through 11 levels with 3D environments ranging from the different areas on the ship to movie sets based on famous films such as 'Jurassic Pickings,' 'Invasion Earth' and 'Frank's Stein.' while avoiding obstacles and enemies along the way. There's three difficulty levels and a powerful boss character in each level must be defeated with the help of some creative weapons. | ||
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| Bugs Bunny Lost In Time | Behaviour Interactive / Infogrames North America, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a 3D platform adventure game featuring the most popular cartoon hero of all time for the first time truly interactive. The game stars Bugs Bunny who finds and activates a time machine after taking a wrong turn at Alberqueque. He ends up in Nowhere, home of a sorcerer named Merlin ("Moyle" to Bugs). Merlin explains to Bugs that he is lost in time and that he must go through eras to collect clocks and golden carrots to return to the present. Players must help Bugs to go through 5 different eras in time to get back home. There are 21 levels across five time periods, including the Stone Age, Medieval Times, the Pirate Years, the 1930s, and Dimension X. Bugs must also avoid Elmer Fudd, Witch Hazel, Yosemite Sam, and Marvin the Martian. There's classic cartoon humour and real-time animated sequences that introduce the game and link each new level. Camera Rotation control on the X axis gives the player a 360 degree view of the 3D enviroment. Special Lighting effects and enviromental animations that create a great ambiance. Original Loony tune Sound effects and voice overs ensure a gaming experience of truly playing in the first interactive cartoon. | ||
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| Disney's Tarzan Action Game | Eurocom Entertainment Software / Walt Disney Commputer Software | [top] | |
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In this 3D platform game, you are put in the role of Tarzan, a soon-to-be king of the jungle. It leads you to a bunch of quest levels where you can collect coins, map pieces, 'TARZAN' letters and other stuff, as well as call you monkey friend from time to time who'll give you a brief explanation of things flyin' around. After each completed level, there will be a brief animated sequence. You swing on vines, romp through the jungle on an elephant's back, and tree-surf through 13 adrenaline-pumping levels of savage 3-D action in the jungle. Tarzan and his jungle friends come to life in a stunning 3-D world of intrigue and danger. As Tarzan, you will grow from a boy to a man, developing skills and abilities that will allow you to confront and overcome the jungle's most dangerous perils. | ||
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| Game Maker | Mark Overmars / YoYo Games | [top] | |
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This accommodates the creation of cross-platform and multi-genre video games using a custom drag-and-drop visual programming language or a scripting language known as Game Maker Language, which can be used to develop more advanced games that could not be created just by using the drag and drop features. GameMaker was originally designed to allow novice computer programmers to be able to make computer games without much programming knowledge by use of these actions. Recent versions of software also focus on appealing to advanced developers. It's primarily intended for making games with 2D graphics, allowing out-of-box use of raster graphics, vector graphics (via SWF), and 2D skeletal animations (via Esoteric Software's Spine) along with a large standard library for drawing graphics and 2D primitives. While the software allows for use of 3D graphics, this is in form of vertex buffer and matrix functions, and as such not intended for novice users. The engine uses Direct3D on Windows, UWP, and Xbox One; OpenGL on macOS and Linux; OpenGL ES on Android and iOS, WebGL or 2d canvas on HTML5, and proprietary APIs on consoles. The engine's primary element is an IDE with built-in editors for raster graphics, level design, scripting, paths, and shaders (GLSL or HLSL). Additional functionality can be implemented in software's scripting language or platform-specific native extensions. Versions below 5.0 have been freeware; version 5.1 introduced an optional registration fee; version 5.3 (January 2004) introduced a number of new features for registered users, including particle systems, networking, and possibility to extend games using DLLs. Version 6.0 (October 2004) introduced limited functionality for use of 3D graphics, as well as migrating the runtime's drawing pipeline from VCL to DirectX. Growing public interest led Overmars to seek help in expanding the program, which led to partnership with YoYo Games in 2007. From this point onward, development was handled by YoYo Games while Overmars retained a position as one of company's directors. Version 7.0 was the first to emerge under this partnership. Version 8.1 (April 2011) sees the name changed to GameMaker (lacking a space) to avoid any confusion with the 1991 software Game-Maker. This version also had the runtime rewritten in C++ to address performance concerns with previous versions. September 2011 sees the initial release of "GameMaker: HTML5" - a new version of software with capability to export games for web browsers alongside with desktop. GameMaker: Studio entered public beta in March 2012[38] and enjoyed a full release in May 2012. In February 2015, GameMaker was acquired by Playtech together with YoYo Games. Announcement reassured that GameMaker will be further improved and states plans to appeal to broader demographic, including advanced developers. November 2016 sees the initial release of GameMaker Studio 2 beta, with full release in March 2017. This version spots a completely redesigned IDE (rewritten in C#[48]) and a number of new editor and runtime features. | ||
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| Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files | Epic MegaGames, Inc., Orange Games / Gathering, Project Two Interactive BV | [top] | |
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The Secret Files is a separate episode to Jazz Jackrabbit 2. It features nine new levels containing new textures, and enables you to play as a third character, Lori. Unlike the original game, TSF's gameplay can be difficult at times, but in almost each level, there are alternate routes that you can take, and once they discover them, it will make them play the game all over again, just to take different routes. If players complete the nine levels and still can't get enough of the game, then they may try their luck in 20 other levels that were created by fans of the game, including the single-player level, "A sting in your tail!". Like Jazz 2, TSF still comes with JCS, the Jazz Creation Station, where gamers have the opportunity to build their own levels. Note: Package includes original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 game. | ||
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| Jet Set Willy | RetroSpec | [top] | |
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This freeware remake of the 8-bit classic from 1984 updates the graphics and sounds, adding a unique classical melody for each room, and more colors and details to the environment and characters. As in the original, the player controls Willy, the miner that became a millionaire in the previous game, wandering through his mansion after being ordered by Maria the housekeeper to clean all the rooms after a party. Willy must collect all the objects to gain access to his bedroom, whose entrance is blocked by the bossy woman. The rooms are filled with strange creatures, and Willy can be killed by touching any of them, by falling from great heights or by hazardous environments. The DOS version allows saving and loading with the F7 and F8 key at any point in the game. Other settings like speed and music selection can be changed on the options menu. | ||
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| Kkoma Tokki Toby [K] | Digital Dreams multimedia / Animedia | [top] | |
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An exciting adventure with the pure Korean character little rabbit Toby. Green stars, Animal kingdom... The various times and adventures of Toby the rabbit are happening here. Three older goats, chimpanzees, and wolves assist the tiger king. The goat is magic, the chimpanzee is a clever wit, and the wolf is the captain of action. One day in a peaceful animal kingdom. the number of strange animals grew by one and two. They did not talk to the animals and lived only among them. The benevolent Tiger King sends a chimpanzee to the ambassador to make peace with them. However, the chimpanzee ambassador does not return causing a cloud of war. Features: the concept of 3D characters and maps in the first domestic game with full polygons; Image (due diligence) of the character's opening vocals and endings; Differentiated stages and clean graphics; Excellent BGM and ending song to further heighten the game atmosphere; Easy user interface and joystick support for PC; More than 20 cute characters and items requiring selection; Different games in each stage. | ||
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| Little Ida [K] | Soro Soft / Joytoon Soft | [top] | |
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This is a side-scrolling action-adventure game about a little girl named 'Ida' who ventures through a fairytale land to rescue her kidnapped grandfather 'Andersop' from the evil 'Ugly Witch'. It was released in Korea only. It has incredibly cute 3D graphics. There are end bosses at the end of each of the 9 stages before you finally meet the witch. Some of the levels require Ida to go underwater and you must monitor a gauge showing how much breath she has left. | ||
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| Mr. Tiny Adventures | Island Dream - Games & Soft / Hammer Technologies | [top] | |
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Mr Tiny is a single worker to whom the spell of a witch has caused him to become the size of an insect. Drag your 30 grams of weight through various scenarios, where any single and common object can be a deadly enemy. You need to finish 9 levels of the game to get all the talismans to help you break the spell of the witch and restore your normal size. Mr Tiny, the great lover of beer, is depending on you. Drive through large areas of the kitchen, the pipes, the garden, the street... till the witch house ( your neighbor) Avoid the enemies that come your way, You can kill them as well as jump over them like in other games. Move objects to access to different higher places, which before he had to crouch down to get to. See how you can change the life of a single person in an extreme situation. | ||
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| Mulk & Swank: Great Adventure in Magic World [K] | J3 Interactive / Tooniverse | [top] | |
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Mulk and Swank are two characters from a kids' sing-along video popular in Korea. This is a cute side-scrolling platformer. | ||
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| Night Before Christmas | Ambrosine | [top] | |
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This is a light-hearted Christmas scrolling platform game with lots of clipart, stock graphics, and Christmas music. This is why you have to love Click & Create - an entire game written in an hour. | ||
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| Przygody Krzysia [PL] | The Legend | [top] | |
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Przygody Krzysia is a simple platform game, where the player may only walk, without jumping or any other activities. The goal of each chamber is same - gathering all the treasures scattered on the location. Contact with bats and obstacles takes some energy level. Falling from the high is completely painless. Numerous doors may be opened with the keys. The main difficulty is picking direction - wrong choice may finish in a blind alley. The game features 31 levels. | ||
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| Rayman Forever | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | [top] | |
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Another collection of 2D Rayman, this one features the original Rayman, the editor (including 24 new levels), and "Rayman by his fans", which is another 40 of the best fan-created levels as submitted to the Ubisoft Rayman website. | ||
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| Starshot: Space Circus Fever | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | [top] | |
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In this 3D cartoonish platformer you play as Starshot, a juggling performer in a failing circus company called the Space Circus. With a lot of luck, you'll be able to run through seven gigantic levels in order to help your boss get his circus back up to speed and pay off your debtors, who were kind enough to plant a talking bomb on your ship in case you don't pay back the money in time. Starshot's an interesting hero to play, especially because he's actually the sidekick to Willfall, a tiny robot whose job it is to smooth over matters with the bank, and stop the machinations of Wolfgang von Ravel. Starshot has the standard set of platform tricks at his disposal, namely the ability to run like he's on fire and jump better than most pouch-wearing marsupials. He fires/throws a set of energy balls from his hands, and can do multiple pounces to reach higher areas. If you hold down the fire button, you can control your shot, which in the end proves to be an interesting trick which doesn't get implemented all that much in the final product. Your robot pals WillFall and WillFly (a "tame" rocket) are constantly at your side during your adventures, and if you grab the right fuel you can even ride WillFly, one of the best tricks in the game. The game drips every level with a nice coating of Looney Tunes-inspired French design, from the bright colors to the cartoony look of the 3D villains and friends you encounter on your travels. There are an endless stream of characters that cross your path, and much more dialogue than you'd expect from your standard jump-and-run epic. | ||
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| Super 1500 Series: Mappy [J] | Namco, MediaKite | [top] | |
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This is a port of the 1983 arcade game "Mappy" for Windows 95/98. You are Mappy, the brave mouse policeman. Mappy's mission is to retrieve all of the stolen treasure from the Mewkies cat gang. They've stashed all of the loot in their leader's mansion which contains several floors, and numerous trampolines that the Mewkies like to use to travel between stories. Mappy must keep away from the cats and collect all items in the house before moving on to the next house. If Mappy is caught by a cat, he loses a life. Mappy also loses a life if he crashes to the floor by breaking through a trampoline or falling into a pitfall. When all of Mappy's lives are lost, the game is over. Houses have six floors, and some houses in later rounds have an attic. Mappy gets to the different floors by jumping on a trampoline. Mappy can jump three times on a trampoline, but the fourth time will break it. Once Mappy moves onto a floor, he can jump on the trampoline another three times. When Mappy jumps on the trampoline, he will go to the top floor of the house unless you push the joystick left or right to move him onto a particular floor. You can move Mappy onto a floor as he's on the way up, but not on the way down. Nyamco, the boss cat, does not chase Mappy. Instead he moves around in a zigzag pattern. He also like to hide for a few seconds behind a treasure. The cats are very sneaky and, if given half a chance, will try to corner Mappy at the end of one of the platforms or to trap him on one of the floors he must use to get to the treasures he's after. The cats have no defense mechanisms of any kind. But they cannot be permanently eliminated either. As soon as Mappy puts one cat out of commission, another cat appears somewhere else in the house. However, in an emergency, you can slow one cat down for short periods of time. This is accomplished by having Mappy throw open a standard door in the cat's face to knock him down and stun him. When hit by the door, the cat will be stunned for several seconds. When he is disabled like this, Mappy can walk right by him and not get caught. To temporarily eliminate more than one pursuer at a time, Mappy must catch them in the microwaves emitted when opening power doors - the thick flashing doors that flicker with different colors. As your skill level increases, the number and direction of pursuers coming at you at any one time and the speed with which they move, is gradually increased; plus, their pursuit patterns become more and more devious while their overall accuracy is highly improved. Bonus lives are awarded to you periodically throughout the game as you reach or pass certain preselected point values ('Extra Lives' dip switch). Once all the treasure in the house has been retrieved, you move on to the next house. A bonus round is awarded to you after the 2nd house, and after every 3rd house thereafter, i.e. in after the 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, etc. houses. In the bonus rounds, you score extra points by popping balloons. Using the trampoline, jump to pop as many balloons as possible in the fewest number of moves. The bonus round ends when the music ends. If you die during a bonus round, the bonus round ends there, but the number of lives remaining is not affected. | ||
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| Super 1500 Series: Pac-Land [J] | Bandai Namco / Media Kite | [top] | |
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Originally in Japanese arcades in 1984, Pac-Land is a side-scrolling 1-2 player game with a cartoony feel to it. Now equipped with arms, face, and legs, Pac must guide a fairy back to her home in Fairy Land, but this task will not be easy because Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde, and Sue will pursue Pac-Man as he travels through Pac-Land. When he finally transports the fairy back to her home, Pac is given some magic shoes, which will help him get to his own home, where he will be greeted by his family: Ms. Pac-Man, Baby Pac-Man, Chomp Chomp, and Sourpuss. There are sixteen rounds to complete, with four trips each. During each round, he can grab a power pellet, which cause ghosts to turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for points. Points are also awarded by collecting fruit that appear, like cherries and strawberries. In some rounds, Pac must use a springboard to jump over a lake. He must also make it to the end of each round before time runs out, otherwise a ghost will chase him. | ||
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| Tonic Trouble | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | [top] | |
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In the tradition of Rayman (a platform jumper) comes another wacky adventure from Ubisoft. Ed, the friendly alien space janitor, accidentally dropped a can of "tonic" on Earth, causing a great ecological disaster. Everything started mutating - affecting humans, plants, and animals. Snow-capped mountains began to rise out of nowhere, oceans appeared and disappeared, rivers filled with sangria, and plants and animals began metamorphosing into strange and dangerous beings. Ed is ordered to clean up the place and retrieve the tonic, but someone got hold of it first... And he declared himself Master of Earth. Can Ed survive attack of the killer vegetables, find the six items he needs to fix Earth, and retrieve the Tonic can from Grogh the Hellish, and finally get out from Tonic Trouble? The game is played in a fun-filled, comical 3D world that kids might enjoy, though it's designed for all ages. Early in 1999, a beta OEM version of Tonic Trouble called "Tonic Trouble Special Edition" was released with some computers. The game is very different to its final counterparts on the PC and Nintendo 64, featuring different level designs and, in some cases, music. Ed controls very differently and feels heavier due to a less-precise jump and tank-like controls. Unlike in the final PC version, there are no subtitles, and some characters have different voice actors. The beta version also has different names for some of the stages, and features a world map that can be brought up to check the player's progress on the collectibles in each stage. | ||
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| X-PO 2089: Cyber Revolution [J] | Kalisto, NEC Interchannel | [top] | |
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The history of video games is full of forgotten titles. Usually, these are projects canceled before their development is complete. But sometimes it happens that quite complete games are deprived of a commercial release. We are talking about an "unreleased" game, which patiently waits for historians or collectors to reveal their existence for all to see. We are happy to introduce you to an unreleased PlayStation game: X-PO: 2089 Cyber Revolution. This game is also available on PC. At first glance, X-PO is a fairly classic 3D platform game. In 2089, you play as Koji, a hero whose mission is to protect the Internet of the future from the threat of an evil entity. You do this by walking through different levels, looking for items and information that will help you move forward in the story. You can jump and punch them, although the most effective way to eliminate enemies is to jump on them! The particularity of this title lies in the objects and other elements present in the levels. For example, the first level of the game asks you to develop a photo, explaining the origin of this invention by the French Nicéphore Niépce, in 1827. Further, by finding a film reel, we explain how the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph. During an aquatic level, you must find the propeller of the submarine developed by Commander Cousteau. Turning to another level, you meet Lucy, one of the oldest fossil skeletons of prehistoric man, discovered in 1974 by French and American researchers. Not to mention avoiding being knocked over by an Foucault pendulum, or even coming to the aid of a TGV stuck on its tracks. You will understand that this game, while being fun, also has an educational dimension. The latter is perfectly summed up by one of the indirect sponsors of the project, the then President of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac. During the speech delivered for the official presentation of the game, he declared: "It is an action game, more particularly intended for children, which speaks of France, of its role in the great discoveries of history. , but also from its participation in the most recent technological innovations. " Developed by the French studio Kalisto, located in Bordeaux, X-PO should normally be released in Japan in 1999, as part of a major cultural event: the Year of France in Japan. In order to introduce France to the Japanese, between April 1998 and March 1999, the Year of France in Japan brings together many cultural events (more than 500 over one year), such as several artistic exhibitions, the organization in Tokyo of an agricultural fair for the French regions, as well as a series of conferences for French Nobel Prize winners. The Kalisto studio is then mandated by the event organizers to create a video game that will be distributed during the event. Initially, the game is to be released commercially on both PC and PlayStation. Unfortunately, Sony is pulling out of the project along the way, which means that the PlayStation version, while complete, will never be released. For the PC version, the manufacturer NEC, via its subsidiary NEC Interchannel, must take care of marketing the game in Japan. Unfortunately, the manufacturer ultimately decides not to sell the game, but simply to distribute it for free as part of a promotional contest, as well as through magazines. The Japanese PC version, the only officially distributed version of the game, is therefore very rare today. Finally, a French PC version of the game is also being developed. Kalisto seeks to publish it commercially in France, but this project is undermined by the bursting of the “Internet bubble” in the early 2000s. In addition to many other high-tech companies, this financial crisis unfortunately leads to 2002 the closure of Kalisto, then one of the French flagships of the video game industry. | ||
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| Yeonggu Eopda!! [K] | I'll Soft / ID Soft | [top] | |
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This sequel has the fuzzy blue guy back for another puzzle adventure. It was completed in just about a month, and released as shareware. It has 8 levels in the shareware version, which has hooked many puzzle players. It's very challenging compared to the original Zomp. The full version of the game has 70 levels, and a map editor to create and share your own Zomp2 maps. Quite a step up from the original Zomp, the sound, graphics, and gameplay are that much better. An addicting musical techno score (by Jeff Kiecker) is also worth mentioning. | ||
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Be king of the billiards room in this release that features five traditional tables, as well as five new takes on the felt room classic. Players can rack 'em up on standard pool tables and play games including Eight Ball, Rotation, Cutthroat, Nine Ball, and Basic Pocket Billiards. Also included are five original, "cool" tables that feature odd shapes, new rules, and require different strategies to win. Mad Bomber features balls that turn into short-fused bombs that must be sunk before they explode. Rocket Ball is a fast-paced game that requires players to strike a special ball that speeds around and won't stop until another ball is sunk. In Chameleon Ball, players can convert an opponent's ball to their own color to win the game. The 24 Cents game features balls of different coin values; the first player to sink exactly 24 cents' worth is the winner. Finally, in Poker, balls are assigned different playing card values, and the player to sink the best poker hand is the winner. True pool physics with 3D graphics. | ||
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| 3-D Ultra Minigolf Deluxe | Dynamix Inc. / Sierra On-Line Inc. | [top] | |
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This is an enlarged version of 3-D Ultra Minigolf. 9 new holes are added, overall 27 holes playable. No changes to gameplay were made. Up to four players can play in both hotseat and online play, and the game features traditional scored, hole-by-hole and race play modes. | ||
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| 3D Brick Busters / 3D Brick Bustin' Madness | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | [top] | |
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This Breakout variant features thirty different levels to play through. The goal, just like the game this is based on, is simple: Use your paddle to bounce a ball back and forth until you destroy all the multi-colored blocks on the screen. But unlike the original, you can move your paddle up and down as well! The game also features several power ups such as a cannon to destroy blocks and enemies, a ball holder, and a secondary paddle to stop the ball from going off the end of the playfield. There are also multiple point-giving items, and some items will make it harder for you to play the game for short periods of time, either by moving the camera downward so you can't see the entire playfield, or by turning your ball (or balls) into smiley faces that can't destroy blocks. | ||
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| 3D Flipper XXL | Independent Arts Software GmbH / Micro Application, S.A. | [top] | |
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3D Flipper XXL is a pinball game which features four tables. It has an isometric ("3D") and a top-down ("2D") perspective. In comparison to other pinball games inclination and number of balls are not variable, only the length of the paddles can be set. Each table features one CD-track. The tables are Waveguard (beach themed), Speed Challenge (about car racing), Saurus Attack (dinosaur themed) and Dark Awakening (a sci-fi theme). | ||
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| 3D Pinball Express | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. / Cosmi Corporation | [top] | |
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As the title implies, this is a 3D pinball game. The camera view is slightly isometric looking down the length of the pinball machine. There are four different board themes to choose from, each coming in three variations for a total of twelve different boards. The four themes are: Terrormeister - a Halloween inspired board featuring axe murderers, skulls, creepy crawls and the like. Incoming! - An alien invasion inspired board featuring mutant spiders UFOs and alien eggs. Circus - Clowns, circus tents and coloured balloons abound here. Happy Kitchen - A cooking-themed board featuring a French chef, bottles of wine, condiments etc. Options to run in a desktop window or fullscreen in either "low-res" or "hi-res". Mouse, joystick and keyboard control. Keys and controls fixed. 3-way nudges. 3 or 5 balls per play. Top 5 highscores saved. On/off settings for music, sound and background image. Claims to come with free "The History Of Pinball" by Jay Gross, instead comes with a bonus game called "Lock Out". | ||
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| Austin Powers: Operation Trivia | Berkeley Systems / Sierra On-Line, Inc. | [top] | |
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"Oh Behave!" Austin Powers is at it again, out to save the world from the clutches of the nefarious Dr. Evil. After kidnapping Austin and taking him to the Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club, Dr. Evil reveals his overly elaborate plan of annihilating the world. Yet, instead of using "lasers," Dr. Evil challenges Austin to participate in a diabolical game show and answer trivia questions to win his freedom and save the Earth. Each of the four categories of questions have their own unique twist on pop culture trivia and include: Need the Info, Stop 'n Go, Keep Away and Crazy Chain. It contains over 500 questions and psychedelic visuals, while "shagadelic" music adds to the fun in this mind-bending adventure from the makers of the You Don't Know Jack. | ||
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| Backstreet Boys: Puzzles In Motion | Haemimont Games AD, Learning Technologies Interactive, Inc. / Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | [top] | |
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Did you ever puzzle a video? Just imagine a Backstreet Boys music video that has been cut into little square pieces. The individual squares have been scrambled, rotated or even mirrored. How quickly can you put the video back together? How well do you recognize the music clips with A.J., Brian, Howie D., Kevin and Nick? Test your puzzle and musical skills at the same time! If you succeed in solving the 12 clips on one level you're ready to tackle the 13th tricky video puzzle. The CD-Rom contains clips from some of the most popular Backstreet Boys music videos and the original songs: We've Got It Goin' On, Anywhere For You, I'll Never Break Your Heart, Everybody (Backstreet's Back), All I Have To Give, I Wanna Be With You. There's 3 puzzle variations with 3 levels of difficulty offer a total of 117 playing options. | ||
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| Blast Thru | RockSolid Software, Xtreme Games LLC / eGames, Inc. | [top] | |
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Traditional ball-and-paddle gameplay gets a twist in this game with a style similar to classics such as Breakout. The arcade-style action requires keeping a ball in play while moving a paddle back and forth across the bottom of the screen, as you aim at blocks of "bricks" that have a variety of power-up and destructive properties. As a rule, all blue power-ups released by exploding bricks are helpful, but players must avoid the red-colored items, which make gameplay more difficult. For example, blue power-ups can increase the width of the paddle or add extra points to your score, while red items can make the entire block of bricks start descending down the screen, reduce paddle size, or end the level. Options include single-player or team play with up to eight players, a choice of random levels or a specific level (up to 40), four difficulty settings (easy, medium, hard, and very hard), music and sound volume, and a Hall of Fame list that tracks the top 20 scores. A level editor provides players with the opportunity to design their own boards. | ||
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| Bridge Masterclass II with Omar Sharif | Oxford Softworks | [top] | |
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Whether you are a novice or expert, this is just what you have been waiting for in the best-selling series of Bridge titles, and is the result of 15 years of intensive development. The most advanced artificial intelligence brings you our strongest computer opponent to date, while the in-depth tutorial will guide the complete beginner through the basic rules and strategies and provide insight into the subtleties of master play of the world's most challenging card game. Features: Most powerful yet simple-to-use bridge playing program; Featuring a unique human style of play, the program never peeks at hidden cards; Full bridge instructions - aimed at beginners; In-depth glossary of Bridge terms; Novice mode shows high cards still to be played; Automatic scoring, with explanations; A wide range of conventions can be selected, these include - Blackwood, Gerber, Unusual No-Trump, Gambling No-Trump, Cue Bids; Strong or Weak NT, Stayman, Baron, Flint, Astro, Jacoby Transfers, Swiss, Grand Slam force amongst others; Hands can be dealt randomly, biased or you can enter your own hands; Full information displays during bidding and play. | ||
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| Bust-A-Move 3 DX | Taito Corporation | [top] | |
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One day, Dunk, the magic magician of Bubble World, releases a spell that transports eight characters from their home worlds to Bubble World. Now it is the player's turn to bring them back home. This is an enhanced version of the original arcade game Bust-A-Move 3. The goal remains the same: try to remove all the bubbles in each stage by connecting three or more of the same color. Five playing modes are available: Arcade mode - the original Bust-A-Move 3; Challenge mode - in this mode the player's performance is evaluated and the game adapts to it; Win Contest mode - challenge all eight characters; Collection mode - a collection of levels created by Bust-A-Move players. Each round carries the designer's name; Edit mode - players can create and play their own puzzles. | ||
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| Bust-A-Move 4 / Puzzle Bobble 4 | Taito Corporation / Agetec, Inc., Interplay Entertainment Corp. | [top] | |
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This continues the gameplay tradition of the previous game in the series, focusing on releasing colored bubbles and matching them to make them disappear. This installment adds new characters to choose from, as well as a Story mode, where the player wins Tarot cards after each completed stage. In Story mode the player sees the story unfold as he defeats each CPU-controlled character (which change depending on the character the player starts with). The Win Contest mode is a simple "how many games can I win in a row" against the computer. Finally, should the player complete the Challenge mode (where he must complete certain puzzles as fast as possible, and get judged on technique, speed etc.), the Edit mode will become available, which allows players put together their own puzzles, completing with each other. | ||
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| Capcom Coin-Op Classics | HanaHo Games | [top] | |
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The disc contains a HotRod test application as well as a M.A.M.E.-based emulator modified for use with the HotRod controller. The following games are included: 1941, Block Block, Commando, Exed Exes, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Magic Sword, Mercs, Section Z, Side Arms, Son Son, Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Strider, U.N. Squadron, Varth. | ||
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| Casino Madness | Midas Interactive | [top] | |
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Feel the excitement of a high stakes game of poker. Here at your fingertips are the 12 most popular gambling games. With brilliant graphics and realistic sound effects, enjoy hours of addictive game play. Save, user-controlled game options, fabulous background music & much, much more. | ||
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| Chessmaster 7000 | Mindscape, Inc. | [top] | |
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Prepare yourself to experience computer chess in an entirely new way. As always, those who don't stand to oppose the computer AI can always play more or less introductory chess in basically learning category. In this installment, there is a strong support on basic learnings and entering the world of chess itself, as well for adults as for kids with more appropriate figures to match their age better. If you feel this is below your belt, try tournament with 80 human-like adversaries, or challenge one of over 35 grandmaster personalities. You can now browse through the extended 500,000+ game database, or challenge your friend or foe over modem or internet, and demonstrate your study. | ||
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| Chutes And Ladders | ImaginEngine Corp. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is an adaptation of the classic children's board game of moving up and down. Players proceed along a board advancing closer to the finish when they land on a ladder space and falling back when they land on a chute space. The PC version is a kid friendly interpretation designed for 4-6 year olds. | ||
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| Cross & Word Games | RomTech Inc. / Greenstreet Software Ltd, eGames Inc. | [top] | |
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A compilation of three simple puzzle games previously released by eGames in their early RomTech days. Crossword Mania is a set of 110 crossword puzzles and Word Search Mania has 222 word searches. Both of these pencil and paper to keyboard and monitor translations also have basic design tools for constructing your own puzzles. Word Connect Special Edition is a one board demo of a Scrabble clone where players try to form interlocking words on a board with lettered tiles. | ||
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| Dames & Backgammon [Fr] | TLC-Edusoft | [top] | |
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This is a simple adaptation to computer of the popular board games of checkers and Backgammon. You can play against the computer or against another player on the same computer, since the game offers no online multiplayer option. The game features three skill levels, a timed game and a save/resume options, the ability to record all the moves from the beginning and take back a move to the place you want, and, an option to suggest you a move, if you are not sure. The view of the boards is pseudo-3D and can not be changed. | ||
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| Daria's Sick Sad Life Planner | Hypnotix / Simon & Schuster Interactive | [top] | |
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This is based on the MTV animated series Daria. Like the television show, this software is oriented towards teenagers. It acts as a digital journal, address book, calendar, and planner with Daria-based themes, graphics, and quotes, as well as video and audio clips. The audio clips feature the same voice actors as on the TV show. The app received mixed to negative reviews. A reviewer from The New York Times gave the program a mixed review, stating that while the tools and accessories were useful, the Daria extras such as the screensavers and icons were disappointing. The reviewer also commented that the misanthropic Daria quotes and audio clips, such as Daria Morgendorffer commenting "Great, another person who pretends they like you" when adding a contact to the address book, made it hard to write anything enthusiastic or optimistic into the journal, concluding that the program may encourage anti-social thinking among teenagers. Allgame gave the program 2 out of 5 stars. While praising some aspects such as the screensaver and the password protection feature, the reviewer stated that overall the program was dull and offered little to keep people interested in using it, concluding "Maybe the point is that it's supposed to be a little boring, as the title would indicate." | ||
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| Daria's Sick Sad Life Planner | Hypnotix / Simon & Schuster Interactive & MTV Interactive | [top] | |
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This is based on the MTV animated series Daria. Like the television show, this software is oriented towards teenagers. It acts as a digital journal, address book, calendar, and planner with Daria-based themes, graphics, and quotes, as well as video and audio clips. The audio clips feature the same voice actors as on the TV show. | ||
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| Devil's Island Pinball | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. / Expert Software, Inc. | [top] | |
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A savage storm leaves you shipwrecked on a remote South Seas island. But what first appears to be a tropical paradise quickly turns into a nightmare as you battle venomous spiderss and giant scorpions. Natural threats are not your only peril however, with the evil Witchdoctor and his cannibal minions hot on your trail as you try to make your escape; while looming over all is the steaming volcano which threatens to erupt and destroy everything in its path. Devil's Island was intended to be a table for Pinball Wizards' game Balls Of Steel, but was cut out in favor of Duke Nukem. Eventually, the developers released it on its own as a separate game. | ||
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| Disney Arcade Frenzy | Learning Company, The / Disney Interactive Studios | [top] | |
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This is a set of four arcade games based on Disney animated films. In Rooftop Ruckus, kids race across the rooftops of Aladdin's Agrabah, moving Abu strategically past windows to light up the darkened city. Mu Shoot is based on the Mulan film and has players defending a village by shooting off fireworks at the advancing Huns. Flounder Quest: In this underwater maze, Sebastian must rescue a trapped Flounder, and find treasure along the way. There are mean jellyfish who will sting you, as well as sharks, and Ursula's assistants. Kids who like Mario games will enjoy Flounder Quest, as there are many 'power up' objects, and spots to get extra points along the way. Flying Frenzy: Pegasus, the flying horse, must knock Titans off Mount Olympus before they reach the top. The Minotaur, Medusa, and others are bound to thwart your efforts. Although each game has many levels, kids' progress is not tracked. Players can enter their high scores, but must start the game from the beginning each time they play. | ||
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| Drop Mania | Detonium Interactive, Ltd. / Suomen Kotijäätelö Oy | [top] | |
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This is a falling block puzzle game. The main idea of the game is to drop down pieces and make group by colors, when player drops an explosion brick, it explodes all the same color blocks that are in a group. The more blocks you get by one explosion, the more points you get. You can also get combos or chains. If two different color groups explode at same time, you will get a combo bonus, you will get chain bonuses if explosions happen in a row. The game was only distributed for a short time by Kotijäätelö, a Swedish/Finnish ice-cream truck company. The trucks drive certain areas on weekly basis in the summer, much like buses do. The retail release was limited to only 50 000 copies. You could buy the game from a Kotijäätelö truck for 15 FIM (Finnish Marks) if you had a coupon which were given in the Kotijäätelö ads. | ||
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| DX-Ball 2 | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | [top] | |
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DX-Ball 2 is based on Michael P. Welch's DX-Ball, in turn based on Megaball by the Mackey brothers. Gameplay uses the Breakout idea of using a bat to guide a ball around a screen smashing bricks, without letting it drop off the bottom of the screen. It adds power-up tokens, such as - multiple balls, mounted guns to shoot out bricks, a more destructive ball, and a larger bat. Sporting a completely revised game engine with new graphics, faster frame-rates and support for in-game music via Carlos Hasan's SEAL, DX-Ball 2 is sold as five different board packs - Board Pack 1, Board Pack 2, Board Pack 3, Memorial Pack, and Classic Pack. The demo version includes a sample of Board Pack 1. Among other new features, the game also introduced two new Power-Ups: Mega Ball and Eight Ball; an easy-to-play Kid-Mode; and a euro-techno soundtrack by SideWinder, accompanying the addition of an integrated module player. Version 1.2 added, among other new features, two new Power-Ups: Mega Ball and Eight Ball; an easy-to-play Kid-Mode; and a euro-techno soundtrack by SideWinder, accompanying the addition of an integrated module player. A 20th Anniversary Edition was released in Nov/2018 re-mastered for modern PCs. Features: 150 Boards from the original Board Pack 1 (aka Full Version) plus the all-new anniversary boardset and widescreen variants; Switch between new high-res board textures or the original 90's graphics at any time; 20 classic power-ups plus the all-new punch paddle, gravity-ball, lightning and more; Compete for the best score with new online leaderboards; Includes editing tools and full workshop support for creating and sharing custom boardsets with the community; Collect in-game charms for extra points and achievements; Play in "Classic" mode with only the original features and graphics. | ||
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| Elf Bowling | NStorm Inc. | [top] | |
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What with Internet ordering, Santa needs more toys than ever so the elves are working harder than ever. They have had enough! The ETMU (Elf Toy Makers Union), local chapter 542, has called for a strike! Very well, if they want a strike, Santa will give them one: a bowling strike. If they're just gonna stand around, they can stand in for bowling pins. This is a standard bowling game. A lit arrow will move horizontally along the beginning of the lane. You press the space bar or click the mouse to stop the arrow, aiming and throwing the ball. You will have ten frames with a maximum possible score of two hundred ninety-nine. If you play the game, you will see why. However, there are distractions. A reindeer will walk up to the lane, a bunny or a frog in a Santa hat will hop onto the lane or the elves will try to distract you by cat calls, chants, holding up signs, mooning you, etc. The game was originally created as promotional marketing content by Dan Ferguson and Mike Bielinski, both co-founders of the game studio NVision Design. The game became an internet sensation in 1999 when people originally thought it was a computer virus. The game was an EXE file and was easily distributed as an attachment to emails. (In 1999, EXE files could be attached to emails as there was no protective software to remove an EXE at the time.) In Dec/2000 out of 54 million who played PC games, Elf Bowling was played by 7.6 million people. It spawned a series of games and eventually an animated movie as well. | ||
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| Em@il Games: Battleship | Hasbro Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the classic game of Battleship, but allows for play-by-email multiplayer modes. The rules are the same as with the pen and paper original. Both players place their various ships in a grid. They have to guess blindly where the others ships are to sink them. This is done by shooting to specific coordinates, you are then told if it was a hit or miss. Bigger ships have to be hit more often, because they cover more squares. After each turn the results are mailed to the other player for his turn until one player has lost all his ships. This digital version allows you to play in three different grid sizes. A new game option called "Volley" allows you to fire as many bombs as you have ships left, this speeds the game up for online play. "Fleet Commander" is a completely new game in its own with even bigger grids and customizable fleets. Each ship has its own attack pattern and ability such as being able to shoot three times or sending fighter planes. Each ship can also move a number of squares each turn. | ||
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| Em@il Games: Classic Games - Chess, Draughts & Backgammon | Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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Play Grand Master Chess, Checkers & Backgammon like you have never played them before -using your computer's e-mail. Make your move, add a message, type in your opponent's e-mail address, then click the "Play Turn" button. Your turn is an e-mail message to your opponent--down the street, across the country, or around the world - that features the full game displayed on a beautifully rendered game board. Your opponent's turn is an e-mail back to you. It's that simple. Play when you want to play - when you want to stay in touch with friends and family in an exciting new way. Getting and sending e-mail has never been so much fun. | ||
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| Gamera Kaijuu Dai Kessen VOL.2: Desktop Character & Action & Puzzle [J] | Cyber Planet | [top] | |
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Gamera, Gios, Iris which jumped out of the movie "Gamera 3" will fiercely battle on the desktop. Besides, the monsters of the past Gamera movie are revived greatly with a mini game. Also includes precious trailers. | ||
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| Guess Who? | Artech Studios / Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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This is a single person puzzle game for children that is based on the popular board game of the same name. It's an interactive cartoon, it has three modes of play. The first mode is a version of the board game in which the player plays against the computer on one of three difficulty settings. Each player has a set of characters. Some are men, some are women. Some have hats, some do not. Some have large noses, some do not. By asking a series of yes / no questions such as 'Does your person have a large nose?' the player can eliminate the characters who do not match the target and the first to deduce the correct character wins. A player making an incorrect guess forfeits the game. This version of the game game be played as a single match or as a championship which is the first player achieve five wins. The second mode is the adventure mode. The player investigates a crime on behalf of the 'Guess Who?' detectives. Whenever there's a problem in the town of Look-About-Landing this is the team everyone goes to see. They have their own high-tech tree house with a secret entrance, and a super smart jet pack enabled dog. There are three adventures of the 'point and click' style. In each the player examines clues, solves puzzles, collects parts for a gadget and help people. As a reward the plate gets to ask key characters a question that helps to identify a suspect, this part of the game is played in the same way as the player vs computer game and uses the same character set. Each scene contains multiple hot spots, some are related to the game but many trigger humorous animations such as bugs crawling from underneath a rock or a rocket being launched across the screen. There are two difficulty levels to the adventure games. The Normal game in which there is a single suspect, and the Challenge game where there are two suspects. The third type of game are the arcade mini games. There are nine of these games and the player is initially locked out of these games. There are three such games in each adventure and when the adventure is successfully completed those three mini games are unlocked and are available to be played at any time. | ||
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| Howard Marks Video Casino Games | Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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This puts you right into the action with 15 unique video casino games. New graphics, music, and concepts are just the beginning, from one of the top inventors and gaming geniuses of video-style casino games. The unique spin on poker, keno, slots, and blackjack games consists of fun 3D-rendered animation in the background and during gameplay. Play tournament style over the Internet (using Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone) with four or more players, over the modem with a friend, or across the local LAN. Delve into the bright lights and big city nights with a blackjack game where a talking genie is at your command. With the Cuckoo Clock game, an old European-style wooden clock brings life to the game of slots. The Big E limits you to the letter "E" where you place all of your poker cards and line them up. Robot Keno is a flashy digital-style keno system with a robot friend that keeps you company. And as an option, you'll experience these and 13 other video-style casino games with the help of Howard Marks' in-game strategies to help beat the hottest games in Vegas. Features: Features seven poker games, from the "Big E" and the "Big H" to "Pick 5" and "Keep Dealin"; Includes two video blackjack and two video keno games; Original slots include Gold of the Gods, Dragon's Gold, Paddleboat Slots, and Cuckoo Clock. | ||
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| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | [top] | |
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Play fourteen different card games against aliens, cardsharks or even a French guy with a puppet. Games include war, poker, bridge, hearts, euchre, crazy 8's, cribbage, gin rummy, 30 types of solitaire, spades, go fish, pinochle, old maid and memory. Shuffle the cards and deal yourself into the greatest card games of all time. You'll learn to hold'em and fold'em like a pro with official rules, tips, strategies and in-game tutorials to get you started. Play against one of the animated opponents. | ||
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| Hoyle Casino 2000 | Sierra On-Line Inc. | [top] | |
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This boasts over 100 Las Vegas-style variations of blackjack, roulette, poker, craps and slot machines. Play begins with a walk-through of a virtual casino from which the player can select the type of game he or she wishes to play. If slots are your game, you can pick from nickel, quarter or dollar slot machines in one of a number of imaginative motifs. Craps and roulette are available at various maximums and minimums per table. Poker can be played at a number of different table minimums as can blackjack - both games can be played with other "virtual" player-characters participating in the action. If playing against "virtual" opponents is not challenging enough, the player with an Internet connection can hook up to the Sierra Internet gaming site for some on-line play using "virtual" money. The game also features ten interactive characters who should be familiar to those gamers who have played other Sierra Hoyle titles. This game features the following characters: Anna, Bart, Carlos, Elayne, Ethel, Jasper, Kathryn, Leo, Rebecca, and Rick. | ||
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| Hoyle Casino 99 | Sierra On-Line Inc. | [top] | |
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Hoyle has an all-new 3D, walk-through, Vegas-style casino and you're invited to grand opening. It's packed with more great games, on-line tips and strategies, plus the bright, clear graphics Hoyle is famous for. Play against 10 dynamic, interactive characters - each with their own personality and playing style. Includes over 60 varieties of Slots, Blackjack, Roulette, Poker, Craps and more. | ||
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| Hoyle Word Games | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | [top] | |
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Hoyle and Sierra bring their familiar format to eight different word games. Some are familiar such as: anagrams, crosswords, hangman, and word searches. Speedy Racer, is a test of your typing skills. Enigma is a simple letter-substitution code-breaking game. Word Yacht resembles Boggle where you must make as many different words of all sizes (from 3 letters up to 10) plus attain specific combos. Finally, DoubleCross is somewhat like Scrabble, you place your letter tiles on the board to make words and score points for each complete word you make. Partial words are allowed and can be completed later by you or another player. You can also customize the board with special spaces, such as blocking tiles and bombs. You can now create your own unique player icon with the Facemaker feature. Game options, music and backgrounds can be changed to your liking. A browsable online version of the complete Webster's New World College Dictionary is included and used by the game to determine valid words. You can play against computer opponents that make snarky comments about your gameplay or play online against other people through the Won.net servers. | ||
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| I Spy Junior | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. / Scholastic Inc. | [top] | |
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This is the third game in the I Spy series, following on the heels of the original edition of I Spy Spooky Mansion and is intended for a younger market of 3 to 5 year-olds. All of the games in the series are based on books written and photographed by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick. This game diverges from the pattern set by previous ones by offering more than find-hidden-object puzzles - you will also find Oops Hoops, where you sort items into hoops containing similar things. Some hoops intersect, or require you to sort by three definitions instead of two, and the puzzles become a little more difficult as you finish each set. In Pattern Place, you must complete patterns by dragging and releasing objects - each pattern is accompanied by an auditory pattern as well. You are encouraged to express your creativity in the Make Your Own I Spy section - you are given a blank screen with a scrollable bin full of objects beneath it, a choice of backgrounds, and a few tools: an eraser and open, save, and print buttons. Each window is accompanied on the left by four icons, for the Main Menu, Help, Exit, and Back (if applicable). You also have an arrow on the bottom right to go forward, and an ear icon in the bottom window that will replay the spoken riddle if you want to hear it again. If you allow a puzzle to sit for a while, you'll hear a gentle spoken suggestion: "If you need help, click the question mark!" This game is primarily meant for the preschooler, with puzzles designed for early childhood development and focusing on logical thinking skills, creativity, early math, and reading. | ||
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| Kids Tetris | Blue Planet Software Inc. / Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | [top] | |
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This is a variation of the classic Russian puzzle game geared towards children. The main characters of the game are the Minos, the pieces that make up the Tetris board. There are four locations where you can play Tetris: the circus, the fire station, the laboratory, and the haunted house. Each board requires a certain amount of lines to be cleared to win Tetris. Since the game is a variation for children, the blocks start out small and fall down slowly. As the game progresses, the pieces become more complex and they fall down faster. After you win, there are many toys and stage props that you can play with in the activity center. You can also print out coloring pages based on the game and a certificate for each stage you play. The game supports both single player and multiplayer. The game is playable with the on-screen mouse controls or the keyboard. | ||
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| Lula Pinball / Lula Flipper | Independent Arts Software GmbH / CDV Software Entertainment AG | [top] | |
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Play wild pinball adult style in this game starring Lula from the Wet Attack series. Lula kidnaps you and "forces" you to travel with her to 4 locations. After arriving, you'll find a different game table to play as sexy Lula looks on. The different tables include: Photo Shooting - Lula waits for you on a sunny Southern Sea island; Space Bordello – Off into space, Open a space cathouse; Lula Lover - Not an easy job: try yourself as Lula's lover; Playbear: Pleasure World – A funny but very special amusement park awaits you. It also has Lula Inside, a virtual tamagotchi. Now everyone will get his LULA! Sure, everyone would like to open his door for this superwoman. But can you entertain her for long enough? You have exactly 28 days to prove that you are the right guy for Lula... otherwise she will give you the cold shoulder. Save your high scores for each table. It has 5 high-quality audio tracks on the CD and multi-player mode (up to 4 players). | ||
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| Magical Drop III | Data East Corporation / Hamster Corporation | [top] | |
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This is the third installment in the puzzle frenzy series Magical Drop that came out in 1996 initially in Japanese arcades. In the game you control a clown who throws marbles up on the screen into the cluster of multi-colored marbles, rocks and crystals. The goal is to get three or more of the same color to remove marbles, but you can also grab more than one at the time to create long chain combos and gain better "special" blocks at the top of the screen. You can play the game in single player modes or versus a friend in versus mode. In versus mode you get to pick your character, much like in a fighting game, each with their own counter attacks and abilities. Initially only a Japanese PC release, in 2018, an English Windows App was released. | ||
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| Milton Bradley Classic Board Games | Random Games, Inc. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a collection of board games licensed by Hasbro. The game is very similar to Parker Brothers Classic Card Games, by the same publisher and developer. The player can create a profile and go head-to-head with animated computer-controlled characters in one of seven classic board games: Checkers, Connect Four, Chess, Dominoes, Parcheesi, Pente, Backgammon. Although the servers have long since been shut down, it was also possible to play a multiplayer game online on Microsoft's Zone.com online gaming service (now MSN Games). | ||
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| Monopoly | Artech Studios / Infogrames | [top] | |
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In this interpretation of the world's most successful board game, each piece has special voice acting, as does your host, Mr. Monopoly himself. Play on the classic board, one themed around a famous city (the European version includes several localized layouts, with local currencies including the Euro), or create your own custom board with its own names and pictures. The game faithfully recreates the board game but adding several different views of the board, 3D pieces with move animations (such as a truck literally carting you off to jail) and clever (?) quips from the pieces. Many rules can be customized - number of turns in jail, Free Parking Jackpot, number of houses required before a hotel can be bought, and the like. A status screen shows statistics on the current state of play. A remastered version of the game entitled Monopoly New Edition (also known as Monopoly 3) was released on September 30, 2002, and published by Infogrames. The game contains very similar gameplay to the board game with various physical tasks being replaced by automation and digital representations. It also builds upon previous video adaptations, specifically the 1995 version by Westwood Studios most notably in adding in a fully rotatable 3D board with accompanying real-time animations. | ||
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| Monopoly Casino | Leaping Lizard Software, Inc. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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The classic fun of the time-loved board game heads to Vegas for an extra dose of excitement. Play all of your favorite casino games, enjoying familiar MONOPOLY icons in place of the standard cherries, sevens, and bars. The gaming environment is rendered in glorious detail, letting you walk the expanses of the casino in full 3D. Real MONOPOLY-themed slot machines from the big gambling halls are at your disposal throughout, allowing you to win big bucks without the high-stakes risk of real gambling. There's 133 different slot machines (including some official Monopoly slots), over 60 poker variants, and lots of Monopoly-inspired games. Multiplayer over MSN Zone. | ||
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| Nettō yakyūken [J] | Innerbrain | [top] | |
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This is a game of rock, paper, scissors. Five girls will compete against you in costumes. You can play practice mode in casual clothes and winning mode in uniform. In one mode, you can choose your favorite opponent from 5 girls and compete against them. If you lose five, you will be able to watch the service shot (movie), but you will lose. If you lose 5 times, GAME OVER. In Nuki mode, you will compete against five girls. If you beat a girl, you can see the eggplant video. The 5 people who passed through the town can buy the password and watch the "Special Boss Movie.'' There is a function that allows you to restart from the girl you sewed. | ||
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| Next Tetris, The | Blue Planet Software, Inc. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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It's Tetris, only... new. The Tetris series returns to its roots, eschewing the Disney characters, 3D pieces, hats, and letters that have been tacked on previous entries. Contains the standard Tetris game, as well as some variants. Some of the new features are puzzle pieces made of individual parts- after a piece lands, some parts may be able to break off and continue down; "wiggly" pieces that not only provide trippy eye-candy, but may allow you to squeeze a big piece through a tight spot; challenge modes where you must clear a cluttered playfield with limited time/pieces. Allows for solo or competitive simultaneous play. Also links to a global board via the Internet to compare scores and times. | ||
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| Nick Click Digital Camera & CD-ROM | Mattel Media & Nickelodeon | [top] | |
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From the makers of the Barbie Digital Camera, the first digital camera made just for kids, comes a similar product that will appeal to both genders. Nick Click lets young photographers capture the world in pictures, and then adapt it in ways meant to inspire, entertain and amuse. Image resolution is 160 x 120 dpi and can be enhanced using the included software to a resolution of 320 x 240 dpi. Although it has no flash attachment, digital photos can be taken indoors or out. Kids can capture up to 6 shots if the camera is not connected to the computer, and up to 20 if it is connected. Photos can be uploaded in minutes for instant feedback and endless fun. Shots are uploaded to the computer clipboard where they automatically appear on the computer screen. Bad shots can be trashed and successful attempts saved. When the user has compiled a working portfolio, the fun really begins. The program Lobby, or main screen offers four creativity venues. Kids can visit the "Director's Studio", where they create flip books with their digital photos; "Nicktoons Props", in which kids add Nicktoons body parts to their photos to create wacky likenesses of family and friends; the "Publicity Department", which doubles as a print studio where kids create posters, stationery and more featuring their original photos and Nicktoons characters, and "F/X" where kids morph face shots into video arcade characters. In addition to these options, photos can be saved as bitmap or jpeg files and added to web pages, emailed to friends and relatives, or imported into other programs. Featuring Characters from the following NickToons: Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, CatDog, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers. | ||
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| Nickelodeon Brain Bender | Mattel Media | [top] | |
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This includes logic and strategy challenges starring Nickelodeon characters from 9 TV shows such as CatDog, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, and the Angry Beavers. This program provides plenty of opportunity for exercising both sides of the brain (the logical left, and the creative right side). It offers eight puzzles, turn-based strategy games, creative play with cartoons, activities including character-drawing lessons, choreography, and a Nick Toons-oriented "Mad Libs" imitation. | ||
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| Oktoberfest-zapfer | Soft Enterprises / Oktoberfest | [top] | |
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One of the smaller games of the German studio, originally intended as an advertising game for the German TV station PRO7 and clone of the classic 1983 arcade game Tapper. In it, you stand in one of the festival tents and your task is to quench the almost endless thirst of the Munich Oktoberfest guests. Alois fills glasses with beer and serves individual rows of long tables that fill up with thirsty regulars. A seemingly simple thing has its pitfalls, guests want to be served right away and will not tolerate it if you don't shoot the right measure. The game contains several levels with increasing difficulty. | ||
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| Pandora's Box | Alexey Pajitnov / Microsoft Game Studios | [top] | |
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Designed by the great Russian puzzler Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris, this excellent puzzle game in which you must solve puzzles in order to locate the seven tricksters, Maui, Puck, Eris, Monkey, Anansi, Coyote, and Raven, released from Pandora's Box and return them to its confines. To trap each trickster, you must locate four pieces of the box in cities around the world, and then capture the trickster himself in a special extra-hard puzzle. It includes 350 puzzles of 10 different kinds created for this game: "Find and Fill," "Focus Point," "Image Hole," "Interlock," "Jesse's Strips," "Lens Bender," "Outer Layer," "Overlap," "Rotascope," and "Slices." The puzzles feature pictures, art, and objects appropriate to the cities in which they're set. As you proceed, you can find tokens for hints and free puzzles in case you get stuck or don't like some of the puzzle types (which can get rather difficult on the later levels). A year later, the Puzzle Game Of The Year Edition was released which included about fifty more puzzles bringing the total number up to 400. These bonus puzzles are accessible from the main menu and are not included in the "quest" portion of the game. | ||
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| Passion Pinball | Cherrysoft / Blackstar Interactive GmbH | [top] | |
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This is a pinball game with one fictional table without special obstacles. It features fixed keyboard controls, no tilting and no settings. Its main selling points are drawn pictures of naked women with big breasts which show up when hitting the right bumpers. There are three fascinating comic Cyber Girls from the drawing pen of the Creator of Lula and "Wet", Carsten Wieland, drop in high definition animations and video sequences with mood music. It features over 25 provocative videos, and high resolution Hi-color graphics. | ||
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| Pinball | A.S.K. Homework / eGames, Inc. | [top] | |
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eGames' Pinball is a 3D pinball simulation with three tables. 3D acceleration is used for all sorts of realistic effects like table glass, light halos, shadows, reflections of the ball on the table, and more. Standard pinball gameplay applies; knock down targets to light up bonuses, which can be further increased by multipliers. Five camera angles with 4 variations each help you choose the exact viewing angle you want. | ||
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| Pinball Science | DK Multimedia | [top] | |
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David Macaulay, author of the bestselling The New Way Things Work, has invented an original way to learn the FUNdamentals of physics. Macaulay's unique approach to teaching invites students to share in the author's own exuberance and curiosity about the world and how it works. Students will learn about various scientific principles as they go through the Inventor's Log - a fascinating view of the wonders of the world as explained by science. They then apply their knowledge to become mechanical engineers and design and build their own pinball games. Using springs, hot air balloons, gears and more, they learn science and gather more and more gadgets which they can use in building games. As the bumpers and obstacles of the game come together, their knowledge of science increases. Topics: Magnetic Force, Simple Machines, Units and Measurements, Energy, Friction, Gravity. Features: Thousands of possible pinball game designs; 45,000 words of text; Three difficulty settings make learning fun for a wide range of ages; Unique illustrations from award-winning children's book artist David Macaulay. | ||
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| Poker Night with David Sklansky | Cetasoft / Interplay | [top] | |
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This is a collection of five different table poker games featuring excerpts and tips from the industries leading authority on the topic, David Sklansky. Poker is a game of skill. The best poker players are those who are able to read their opponents and play off their emotions, or lack thereof. Some might argue that the only true poker game left is No Limit Hold ' Em. If you simply play your hand, you don't have much chance to win. It features five different table poker games. They include Hold 'Em, Omaha, 7-card Stud, Draw and Dealer's Choice. Throw in endless variations on number of open seats, betting limits, raises per betting round and wild card selections, and you've got a decent amount of replay value. You can choose between 5 different environments to play in, with appropriate sound effects for each one: Galactic Poker - Players from around the universe gather for a hand; Las Vegas Casino Poker - Where the high rollers come to play; Dodge City Poker - Gambling, wild west style; Liberty Poker - a game of cards with the military folk; Tuesday Night Poker - Bring your own beer. | ||
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| Pong: The Next Level | Supersonic Software Ltd. / Atari Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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The first commercially successful arcade game receives a futuristic facelift. The premise is simple: move your rectangular paddle to hit a ricocheting ball past your opponent. Each miss results in a point for the winning side. While the play style may be similar to the classic coin-op, the visuals, options, and playing fields have changed. Choose from an assortment of 3D environments, including an ice rink, soccer field, and playground, offering such twists as animated characters or moving surfaces. Your paddle has also been updated with the potential to catch, release, and spin the ball. Further improve your offensive or defensive capabilities by acquiring power-ups throughout the game's 20 themed levels. Up to four players can participate simultaneously on the same screen in both competitive and cooperative modes. | ||
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| Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey | Cunning Developments / Empire Interactive Entertainment | [top] | |
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The fourth in the Pro Pinball series, this game once again features only one table. The theme is Victorian technology - by building such machines as an airship and submarine and performing various tasks (such as completing 'adventures' by shooting ramps), the goal is to defeat the evil General Yagov. A multi coloured dot panel is the main new feature compared to other Pro Pinball games. | ||
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| Puller Alarm [G] | Westka Interactive GmbH / CDV Software Entertainment AG | [top] | |
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It's a game that refers to the German TV-Show TV Total. You are Stefan Raab, who is the host of the show. Your job is to drink until Dr. Frost arrives. You'll get credits for each drink. The problem: The more you drink, the more you feel like urinating. The Pulleralarm will go off, (which would be urine alert in English) and you'll find yourself running to the next bathroom - something everybody is trying to hinder you from for some reason. The game is presented with cartoon graphics and features many sequences taken from the TV show. A small freeware Christmas edition was released after the commercial CD release. | ||
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| Puzzlemania Club | Highlights | [top] | |
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This CD-ROM contains eye-pleasing, brain-teasing, skill-building puzzles for ages 6 and up from the editors of the popular Puzzlemania book series. Puzzlemania software is designed especially for children - easy and fun to use. A special Hint Button helps kids solve puzzles independently. Animation and sound effects keep kids interested and involved. Puzzlemania helps build important learning skills: Concentration and attention to detail, following directions, logical thinking & sequencing, visual perception and discrimination, vocabulary, reading and spelling. | ||
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| Q*Bert | Artech Studios Ltd. / Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | [top] | |
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The little hopping Arcade game character from the 1980s is back and revamped for the 90s. Playable in Classic, Adventure or Head-to-Head mode, Q*bert is for one or two players. In Classic mode, gameplay is the same as it was in the Arcade version, with updated 3D graphics and brand new levels. The object of the game is to jump around on a set of cubes and turn them all the same color while avoiding bad guys such as Coily, Ugg, Wrong Way, Slick and Sam. Once the cubes are all the same color it's time for the next level. If you're in the mood for an adventure instead, try that mode. Q*bert begins the game in the Dimension Vortex, in which you can choose any of four dimensions (each with six levels) to play. Again, the name of the game is jumping on cubes and changing their color but now there can be two target colors on the same board and you may stumble across mini-games, puzzles and even secret levels. While avoiding the usual enemies, Q*bert can grab power-ups such as keys to open doors and cages, a sun which blows all the bad guys off the screen, a bat to get rid of Coily and a bomb with which to destroy certain cubes. The four dimensions are run by Z!La, the Triplets, A!Bol and Q*dina, who at times show up to help Q*bert if he grabs the right power-up. In a Head-to-Head game, two players take on the roles of Q*bert and Q*dirk as they compete to turn all of their cubes to orange or blue, respectively. Shared cubes are green and each player must grab as many as possible before completing all his or her cubes and heading for the exit. The usual enemies are lurking about the entire time and either player can use power-ups such as a disk, camera or trigger to hamper the other character's progress. Games can be saved and returned to later and high scores are also kept for viewing. | ||
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| Real Deal 2, The | MVP Software, Centron Software Inc. / Mindscape Inc. | [top] | |
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A collection of 17 assorted card games. The first ten “social” card games are Crazy 8s, Spades, Auction Pitch, Hearts, Cribbage, Euchre, Whist, O Hell, Thirty One, and Pinochle. They were designed in 1995 by MVP Software and are accessed from a single menu. There are twelve animated players to choose as partners or opponents for these games, each with their own skills, voices, and win/loss records. Most of the games use a single fixed set of rules. The remaining seven are casino and gambling games written from 1992 to 1996 by Centron Software Technologies. They are 7 Card Stud, BlackJack, Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Red Dog, and Texas Hold ‘em. These games are accessed individually from the Windows start menu. Opponents are unseen AI routines. Some of the game rules and betting structures can be modified by the player. | ||
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| Rubik's Games | Androsoft / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Has everyone played the Rubik's Cube? More to the point, have you ever completed it without pulling it apart? Well, unless you can pull apart a CD-Rom and put it back together, the puzzles on this CD must be solved with the brain. This includes the original Cube of joy, as well as smaller and larger versions. But there is plenty more then that. Zigthough: A Tetris-style game where you must get a string of five colored blocks from one end of the screen to the other. Rubik's Playground: you must get 5 different style balls into the exit hole, while obstacles get in your way. Cover-Up: Unstack multiple tiles of colored blocks to fit the entire play area, but you can only lay the tiles out in straight lines from where the stack started. Paint War: A turn based strategy game where you are trying to paint half the 42 squares on the board or destroy all your opponents game pieces. Multi-play is available for this as well. A history of the Rubik's Cube and its inventor, written out in a webpage type file, with pictures is available from the Menu. | ||
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| Sci-Fi Pinball | Gigawatt Studios / Fox Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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A pinball simulator with five tables based on Sci-Fi Movies. Includes Predator, Aliens, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer tables, as well as two The Fly tables. Gameplay includes the ability to "nudge" the machine. | ||
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| Scrabble | Random Games, Inc. / Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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This is a game which simulates the board game Scrabble. The premise is simple: Form words with a limited set of letters. The game has a build-in dictionary, an AI opponent with adjustable skill level and several help functions for inexperienced players. It also features 11 mini games to brush up ones scrabble skills, e.g. the player has to find as many 2-letter or 3-letter words as possible, find the best place on the board to place a given word or use all given letters to build a word. In the tournament mode there is a time limit and the help functions are disabled. It features the traditional game as well as a variety of other modes (Mini Scrabble games, Anagrams, Rackagrams and Speed Scrabble). Maven, the computer opponent, is touted as "the most formidable artificial intelligence ever developed for Scrabble." It also includes an in-game version of Merriam Webster's Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary as well as customizable dictionary. In 2003, v2.0 was released where you can play against "Maven", a computer AI that has 6 adjustable skill levels. Or play up to 4 players on a LAN or over the Internet. In Addition to the game, Scrabble 2.0 includes 7 Mini-games to help you strength your playing technique and word finding ability. Finding Anagrams, Bingos, 2 and 3 letter words, prefixes and suffixes will help you improve your game. | ||
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| SlamTilt Resurrection | Ganymede Technologies S.C. / 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. | [top] | |
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SlamTilt Resurrection is a 3D version of the hit Slamtilt pinball game released back in 1997. It features new high res graphics up to 1280 by 1240 in 32Bit color. It includes 2 tables: Demon and Pirate. Players are able to choose from 5 levels of difficulty ranging from novices to pro gamer. 4 types of gameplay modes like normal, tournament and so on. There are also 20 different in-game modes for each table. | ||
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| Snood | Dave Dobson / Snood LLC | [top] | |
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This is a puzzle game based on the concept of Puzzle Bobble that was first on MAC in 1996. The game is set out with a grid of small differently-coloured shapes, each featuring faces drawn on them. A succession of blocks are placed in an aiming device at the bottom of the screen, and you must rotate this so as to aim them, off the walls if necessary, to hit ones of the same colour. When three or more of the same colour make contact, they are removed from the field of play. Any blocks which were only connected to those blocks (and not to any others or the ceiling) get removed from play as well. This is crucial, because each shot that fails to drop any blocks off causes a meter to move on one level. When this reaches the top, the line of blocks drops by one level. Once it reaches the point where blocks are moved down below the playing area, it is Game Over. There are five skill levels, as well as a set of 50 challenge levels, and a Journey mode in which you play through one level from each difficulty. From medium difficulty upwards, you'll have to contend with Skulls among the layout - these can only be removed by being dropped away. | ||
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| South Park: Chef's Luv Shack | Acclaim Studios Austin / Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | [top] | |
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Chef hosts South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, which mixes South Park trivia with over 20 mini games in the mold of Mario Party. Most of the mini games are parodies of classic arcade games. The player chooses a South Park character (Kyle, Kenny, Stan, or Cartman) and answers the questions based on episodes from the cartoon series. If the player gets it right, they then spin a wheel, and get either cash, lose it all, or play a mini game (either by themselves, against the AI, or against other players if playing in multiplayer mode). The person who has the highest score (or the most correct answers) after a chosen amount of rounds wins. | ||
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| Star Wars: Pit Droids | Lucas Learning Ltd. | [top] | |
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Those lovable Pit Droids from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace come to your computer in this 3D game which contains over 300 puzzles spread across eight levels of play in six unique environments. Protocol droid C-3PO guides you through a brief tour of the game before you get started and is available to provide help while you are in the "Puzzle Training" and "Puzzle Maker" areas. His sidekick R2-D2 can help you with the puzzles themselves and whenever you see his icon on the screen. Before you play, you'll need to choose your level of difficulty. In an easy game, you score one point for every Pit Droid that successfully completes its task, and you have an unlimited number to work with. In a medium skill game, you get 480 droids, each worth two points; the puzzles are also a little harder. In a difficult game, start with 240 Pit Droids with each worth five points; these puzzles are the toughest mind-benders in the galaxy. Your goal in each game is to escort the Pit Droids, which always travel in groups of 48, from the transport ship to the Podracing arena. Along the way they'll have to navigate places like Watto's shop, Hutt Flats, Mos Espa and the arena hangar. In each location lies a puzzle which you play until all 48 droids are in their appropriate places, at which time you get to watch a short animated movie as a reward. Those droids move on to the next location, and you need at least 144 of them once you reach the hangar. Scores are based on the difficulty level of the game, the number of Pit Droids that you successfully directed toward their goals, and the location of the puzzle. A high score screen displays the ten highest point totals ever earned in the game. You can save your progress at any time if you need to quit the game. If you want to download new puzzles or trade puzzles you've created with friends, you can do so at the official Star Wars: Pit Droids web site. | ||
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| Super 1500 Series: Libble Rabble [J] | Namco Limited / Mediakite | [top] | |
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This game, first in arcades in 1983, resembles Qix in that it consists of a series of single-screen stages where the goal is to cut portions of the screen by moving markers around. The markers take the shape of arrows with a string attached between them; areas are cut out by wrapping the string on poles equally distributed throughout the screen. Each stage contains mushrooms and enemies. The stage is completed when all mushrooms have been trapped in enclosed areas and cut out. If an enemy touches one of the arrows a life is lost. There are also enemies that can temporarily disrupt the enclosure by cutting the strings. In addition, treasure chests can be spotted, enclosed and cut out to increase the time limit and other bonuses. | ||
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| Super Scattergories | Hasbro Interactive | [top] | |
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The classic category game is back, and it's better than ever. Now you can test yourself or challenge your friends and family with four all new brainteasing games plus the original Scattergories. Put on your thinking cap and all your thinking skills to go for that perfect score - think fast because the clock is ticking. Among the many games you can enjoy - Classic Scattergories, Scattered Categories, Scrutineyes, Scatter Brain, and Knockout. Select from 5 different modes of play - Solo Play, Team Play, Quick Hit/Fast Round, Network/LAN Play, and Head-to-Head Play. | ||
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| Trap Pinball | Yamada No Ana Project | [top] | |
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This is a nice pinball game with a unique twist: there's a slot machine (fruit machine to you UKers ;)) in the middle of the playing field that will give different results depending on where the ball hits. You can make many different kinds of combos by getting the right combinations in the slot machine window, in addition to traditional pinball bonuses (hitting the right parts in the right order, etc.) If you're a pinball fan, it's a fun diversion that's good to while away those always-too-short coffee breaks. | ||
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| Trivial Pursuit: Millenium Edition | Human Code Inc. / Hasbro Interactive Inc. | [top] | |
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Trivial Pursuit is a quiz game based on popular culture and general knowledge with topics such as history, arts, literature, geography, music, sports and nature. In this version, you can choose to answer from a multiple choice list or by typing in the answer manually with no options shown. For the latter, you can either choose to enter the exact wording, or to allow broader answers. In the classic mode, up to six players, you move your token over a board with a circular track and spokes by throwing a dice. If you answer the question correctly, you are allowed to move on. Each category is visible through a specific colour. If you answer a question correctly on the hub at the base of a spoke, you receive a wedge for your token. When a player collects the six wedges for each category, a final question needs to be answered in the middle of the board to win the game. In the party pursuit mode, up to three players, there is no board. Three topics are shown per turn, and each player can alternately select a topic. For each question, all 3 players can participate at the same time by pressing a button. Based on your answer, you either win or lose a wedge. If you answer is incorrect, there is another opportunity for the other players. The first player to collect all wedges, wins. The point pursuit mode, again up to three players, is similar to the party pursuit mode, but with points for each topic. If one of the players answer correctly, points are received, along with a time bonus for quick answers. After a set amount of questions, the player with most points wins. The game can also be played over LAN or internet. | ||
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Stack your tiles and change words for really big scores in this electronic version of the classic game. When "shark" becomes "share" and "lion" becomes "lair," you know you're playing Upwords. Score big when you build words up as well as across and down. Compete against family and friends at home or around the country with local network or Internet play. You have no one to play with? Then play against a computer opponent. This entertaining electronic word game is actually a variation on the game of Scrabble. You still build words by placing letter tiles across or down the game board, but this time you also earn points by stacking letter tiles on top of existing words. For example, you can change FAT to CAT by placing a C on the F. Instead of the letters having their own point values, each tile you use in addition to those underneath are counted up and added to your score. Scrabble lovers will appreciate the new possibilities when playing their letters. Features like Internet play, multiple difficulty levels, a nice choice of background music and word hints significantly enhance the game. This is an excellent language experience for children expanding their spelling abilities. | ||
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| Virus vs. Virus | Bmm | [top] | |
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A blatantly small budget release from Austria. An exciting journey through the computer. Tight bends, winding paths... it's not easy to wind your way through them. But the clock is always breathing down your neck. Before the time runs out, you have to find the code to free yourself from the labyrinth. Which chamber contains the number? Some are good, but others can do you harm. Each station you pass offers you the opportunity to double or halve the points you have earned... Also watch out for small widers who are always after you. Memorize the map well, it can help you find your way quickly. | ||
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| Wetrix | Zed Two Game Design Studio / Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | [top] | |
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The player must build barriers on the arena to stop the water from leaking out. As time progresses, rain starts to fall onto the arena, so the player must try to keep the walls as high as possible to catch the water. Too much on the screen will start an earthquake. Ice blocks fall to freeze the water. Bombs drop, leaving holes in walls, and fireballs vaporize the water. The aim is to get as high a score as possible. There is a practice mode available, and the game can be played in multiplayer against a friend. | ||
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| Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | Jellyvision Games, Inc. / Disney Interactive, Inc. | [top] | |
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Regis Philbin hosts the ultra-popular ABC prime-time quiz game show. The creators of the critically acclaimed You Don't Know Jack series created this game. In order to win the million virtual dollars, you must answer 15 multiple-choice questions based on anything from geography to Pokémon without giving an incorrect answer. Starting with a mere $100, each correct answer yields a higher total prize amount. Once you have secured "safe havens" of $1,000 (question five) and $32,000 (question ten), you are guaranteed that amount should you miss a higher-valued question. Answering incorrectly not only means your game is over, but also that you've lost all virtual cash earned past the safe havens. In order to keep the most cash possible, you have the option to pull out at any time with the money you have already earned. To help you out in any questions you may not be sure about, you have three "lifelines" available. The first one, "50:50," takes away two of the four answers, leaving only the correct one and a wrong answer. "Phone a Friend" differs slightly from the show in that it is one of Regis' friends you are asking for help, not your own, but the person he selects will tell you what he or she believes to be the correct answer. Finally, "Ask the Audience" requests that audience members enter the answer they believe correct. The percentage of the cumulative entries is displayed next to the corresponding selection, the numbers having been compiled via an online survey of 50 people conducted in October 1999. Though Millionaire primarily involves one person, as many players who can fit around a keyboard can participate at the beginning by playing a "Fastest Finger" competition. In this round, players must put four selections in some type of correct order as quickly as possible. Though similar to the show in concept, this part of the game differs on the computer since not everyone has his or her own answering device. Rather, the computer randomly arranges the four choices with players buzzing in when they think the order is correct. Whoever buzzes in the earliest with the right answer gets to advance to the "hot seat" and try for the virtual money. When your game is over, high scores for the night are logged on a scoreboard. In 2000, a full version of this game was included as a premium with purchase of specially marked General Mills cereals (Cheerios, etc.); included on the CD was the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, software to connect to Lightdog (an ISP), and controversially a non-advertised Zondervan Publishing House's New International Version of the Holy Bible. | ||
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| You Don't Know Jack: Offline | Jellyvision Games, Inc. / Berkeley Systems | [top] | |
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You Don't Know Jack is back with more questions and wry commentary. The game features fast-action trivia competition for up to three players. As in other versions, the "screw" your competitor feature is available in this game, allowing a player to force other contestants to answer questions he thinks they won't know. A new question type is also available. This "Offline" edition features questions from You Don't Know Jack: the Netshow, an online-only version of the popular party game. | ||
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