Also, Sim City can be played with DOS, or you can install it as a regular program!
Glad you like it,
-Webmaster

Wow...more games. So much for getting anything done today. :p

Thanks so much. I love building games. I occasionally play Sim City Classic online, and didn't realize I could download it for free. *Rushes to download*

Lots of games to play now.
Thanks Web -something- ... I think it was ... Hamster ;).
And Happy New Year.

That makes a total of 34 games we've posted between us for New Years Day, lol. Not a bad haul at all, lol. There are some classic games anongst that bunch. At least 6 or 7 of the games are definitely must have - couldn't live witout, games; the rest are okay to excellent as well. Of the ones I posted, there was only a couple I didn't find particularily entertaining, the rest will be staying in my freeware folder for sometime to come.

regards

Whiterabbit

Oh boy! The one without the bow! And lots of other neat stuff! Gee, WebHamster... you're on a ROLLLllllllllllll! Fun, huh? You're terrific!

Sim City Classic,
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The original SimCity was released in 1989. It was one of the most innovative titles of its time, allowing the gamer to plan, build, and maintain a city from scratch. The 1994 Windows port went largely unappreciated, and after failing to sell well in stores, SimCity Classic was pulled from the shelves shortly after the release of the sequel SimCity 2000 in 1995. This is very unfortunate, as it was the best version of one of the most original and imaginative series of all time.

You start out with nothing but a bit of money, and a piece of land, and it's your job to create and maintain a city. As City Planner, you choose what goes where: residential, industrial, and commercial zoning as well as transit and power. You need to maintain equilibrium to keep your city flowing smoothly; each type of zone relies on the other, and you must create the perfect balance.

The first step is usually to create a power plant: nothing runs without power. Then you must lay out zones. However, zones won't develop unless they have adequate transit available, such as roads and railways; and of course, they need connection to your power source. Eventually, as your city grows larger, you will need police and fire protection and more of everything: more power plants, more zones, more transit; continually building outward from where you began. However, there is much, much more to worry about.

You also act as Mayor, raising and lowering taxes, as well as providing adequate funding. Raise your taxes too high and nobody will want to live or work in your city, lower them too much and expect to be broke before you know it. Again, you must maintain the correct balance depending on the situation you are in. Simply building more and more will come to no effect unless you correctly balance your budget.

Then throw in natural disasters, everything from fires, to earthquakes, to floods, and the occasional gigantic reptilian monster. You do have the option to disable these calamities, but where's the fun in that? You may find yourself intentionally destroying buildings to keep fires from spreading, or building fire stations directly in their path. Anything and everything goes when trying to save your creation from ruin.

There is no way to win this game. You do have an approval rating which rises and falls each year depending on how well you run your metropolis, but it does not end, and there is no way to 'beat' the game. Yet, that is what makes SimCity Classic so great. It is a true simulation: you wouldn't be able to simply stop maintaining a city in real life. As long as you stay interested, and you likely will, you can keep upgrading and changing your city.

In the case that you do want to try something different, there are some excellent built in scenarios you can try. From the famous 1944 bombings in Hamburg, to the not-so-famous monster attack in 50's Japan, it is now your job to save real-life cities from Armageddon. They won't keep your interest for that long, and you probably won't want to play each one twice, but they are a welcome change.

The graphics in the game are never overwhelming; it’s always easy to see what you are working at, and what needs to be done. The controls are far superior to the original DOS version and the sounds are good, and the music is absolutely excellent - a nice jazzy soundtrack which never gets old. As a kid, I spent hours playing this wonderful game as well as the sequel SimCity 2000. It never gets old, and should keep you interested for quite a while. There is no way I could rate this game below 5, and I'm sure many of you would agree.

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Download:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/downloadgame/393
Pics:
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/393/SimCity%20Classic_1.png
and,
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/393/SimCity%20Classic_4.png
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-Webmaster aka Web Hamster aka guin-whatever it was.
It's 8:00 PM here, so I better hit the sack.

Tom and Jerry
This is a really fun platform (jumping) game where you're Jerry, the mouse, and you have to climb through the basement, pipes, walls, bathroom, attic, etc. of a house to rescue your little nephew Tuffy. Of course, Tom, the cat, is out to stop you.

Tom & Jerry was released commercially (yes, in a box, sold in stores) by Hi-Tech Expressions, probably my second favorite place to work. Hi-Tech went out of business a long time ago due to not concentrating on core competencies, like paying me lots of money to make fun games. :)

Jerry in mid-air in the first level. Jerry can throw drops of water (the blue balls) and stun insects and things.

The second level. The snails are fairly harmless but you have to hit them twice. There's also pincher bugs that move very fast and you ALSO have to hit them twice. The little jar of invisible ink gives you temporary invulnerability.

These red bugs are good for jumping on, they're like trampolines.

Anyway, there's 10 different levels and 5 boss screens where you have to git' Tom.

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Download:
http://nexi.com/software/games/tomjerry.htm
Pics are included in site.
-Webmaster
One more coming...

Great additions Guinea pig (I always get those mixed up even though there's little in the way of similarities, lol. I'm looking forwards to seeing what you post in the coming months...

regards

Whiterabbit

Thanks Wizzard. Why is everyone calling me hamster...?/:) Just kidding. I'm not Webmaster anymore! xD
More games for DOS:
3D Cyber Puck
If you've ever dreamed of playing air hockey from the point of view of the paddle, then today is your lucky day! 3D Cyber Puck allows you to do just that in its 3D first person view perspective on the game of air hockey. The primitive 3D graphics do a decent job of displaying the playing field, and there are a variety of different weapons and powerups that you can buy with credits you win. However the game itself is not very deep so replay value will likely be limited.

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Download:
http://www.dosgames.com/dl.php?filename=http://www.dosgames.com/files/cyber101.zip
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Picture: (only one)
http://www.dosgamebase.cn/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3dcyberpuck-300x187.jpg
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More coming, just hold on...

Great games hamster =p Welcome to the team btw.

MORE GAMES FOR NEW YEARS!
Mario Brothers!
A mostly faithful version of the original Mario Bros arcade game. This version includes VGA graphics (not very pretty graphics, though) as well as two player gameplay. (The original was made by Nintendo, who had nothing to do with this copycat version.)
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.dosgames.com/dl.php?filename=http://www.dosgames.com/files/mariovga.zip

As usual, DOS games!
Pac-Man
I decided to post this, as a sort of sequel to Ms. Pac PC.

Made in 1983 Pac-Man became to be a timeless classic. IT was ported to probably every know machine and has inspired numerous clones over the years (And still does, just look at all the flash games that are nothing more then clones of this one).

But here is the one and only original Pac-Man, that was made for the PC Booter, but you can get the DOS version of it.

The plot is very simple. You're a hungry little mouth opening and pallet gobbling circle chased by four ghosts in a maze. Your goal is to gobble up all the pallets without being caught by any of the ghosts, unless you swallow a power-pallet which enables you to chomp the ghosties and send them back to the rectangle in the middle of the screen.

Every now and again a good (a cherry or a strawberry) will appear and you can swallow that too for more points. And that's about it.

The good thing is that the game starts off quite easy, the ghosts are slower then you are, they aren't directly chasing you, but moving randomly around (otherwise it would be too easy for them to corner you) and you can also pass through the secret passage on the left and right edges of the maze (then again, so can the ghosts).

The game allows you to play either with the keyboards or with the joystick and the color palette doesn't burn your eyes away (even though the game features only 4 color CGA graphics). There are also sounds to the game (not much, but there are). So the game has it all that a 1983 developer could have offered I guess, plus incredible addictives.

Go ahead, download it, I dare you! You'll see that no mater how used you are to modern fancy 3D realer the real graphics and mind-blowing sound effects, this game will still be able to get you hooked!
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Download:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/downloadgame/885
Pictures:
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/885/Pac-Man_1.png
and,
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/885/Pac-Man_2.png
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Pacmania:
This is almost the same as pac man, above, but a little better in graphics. You can judge which is better...

Got an oldskool IBM PC or compatible? Want some fun? Eeeeexcellent. Remember Pacman? Well, today, we bring you Pacmania, another one of those we-would-never-dream-of-cloning-that-other-popular-game-games.

Actually, Pacmania comes pretty close, if not closest, to the original. You can see it as a port to IBM PC architecture. You know, CGA graphics, PC Speaker sounds, all that stuff that makes any game sound and look annoying. And still, you’ll want to play it over and over.

The graphics and sound of Pacmania are, as mentioned, the things that would make Pacmania annoying. They’re not even good or anything, they’re just catchy. And that’s all you could expect from a game from that period.

The gameplay of Pacmania really makes up for the rest of it. Pacman is, was, and always will be one of the most-enjoyed, most-remembered, and most well-made games of all time. It’s just fun. The controls couldn’t be easier, the objective is as simple as it could be, and it’s just fun. Need I say more?

4 out of 5 points. Because of those darn annoying jingles the game plays when you die and stuff. You probably know what I mean, anyway.

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Download:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/downloadgame/940
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Constructor

Be sure to speed up the game play in this, by pushin control+F12.
Constructor is a building game in which the purpose is to build buildings, make cash, and complete a series of objectives. You have only 5 maps to play on, which is a major disadvantage. Constructor is very humorous and doesn't have a shred of seriousness, so if you dislike funny games this is not for you.

Constructor is deep and has many features, including the ability to use police, mobsters, and gadgets to help you defeat your opponents and make your residents happy. If your residents become unhappy, they will leave and stop bringing in cash and extra workers (which build buildings and convert into repairmen and gangsters) and tenants (which populate your buildings). Workers can also take over buildings and attack enemy workers. Repairmen have the sole task of repairing your buildings whereas gangsters can attack enemies much more effectively than workers, and are the only people that can attack buildings.

Constructor's AI is extremley ruthless and will not hesitate to build on your land, take over and destroy your buildings, and generally wreak havoc. The graphics are extremely well-done for such a primitive engine. The sound is well done, although it isn't the best quality. This game is fun is because it oozes charm and is surprisingly addictive once you get into it.

Constructor has several downsides as well. While the interface is generally easy to use, it has a extremely annoying obmission; you cannot use the right mouse button to move your workers, which can get very annoying when you are trying to build up an area quickly before the AI moves in. Also, the game does not have much variety, and once you exhaust the initial charm and fun, it quickly becomes boring.

Overall Constuctor is an extremely fun game while it lasts. It works well in dosbox, but make sure you disable the video animations, as some are missing.

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Download:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/downloadgame/369
Pictures:
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/369/Constructor_1.jpg
and:
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/369/Constructor_2.jpg
and,
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/369/Constructor_3.jpg
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Hope you enjoy all this,
-Webmaster

I really like realarcade. On my old computer I could unlock Bejewled from Popcap but now all's it does it brings up a page saying how many times I have left , but not on this computer. It acts like it unlocks it but doesn't and then it will bring me to a page saying you got so many unlocks left which I don't like that system if you bought a game you should be able to unlock it as many times as you want. You probably can do that with them too, but after your 5 unlocks run out you probably have to ask them to give you 5 more unlocks. I don't like that system at all. I like to be able to sign on to my real account and download the games that I bought at any time.

The good news is I got a coupon code from realarcade for the $19.99 game (Bejewled Twist) I bought from them. I got Peggle Nights with it. That wasn't a bad deal at all for $19.99 3 games for $19.99.

I was really not expecting a coupon code. I thought they gave them away last month so a couple days after waiting after I bought it I went into the real chat and they gave me a credit to get a game since I didn't get a coupon code so I'm wondering if they sent them out last month or not. It was really unexpected.

Hi Michelle,

That's really funny, because I stopped using Real Arcade for the very same reason you wont use Popcap, lol. I have no problems with popcap games, they 9play perfectly on my system. I cancelled my subscription to real arcade over a year ago and would never consider returning. I even started revbuying some of the games I purchased via real arcade. Each to their own.

I'm more and more trying to buy games directly from the deelopers rather than middle men as that way the developer of the game gets the maximum profit from the game.

Regards

Stephen

lol, the bonus levels even work with the game from Shockwave...which I don't own the game, I'm just playing it! However it is on sale for 50% off and because I am a member...it would cost me 4.95 instead of 9.95 for non-members!

Suki
Games Junkie

Thanks Whiterabbit for the link to the bonus levels

I saw this the other day as I look at the popcap calendar (it's on popcap's main page) a lot. I never bought a game from popcap, but I have got Bejewled free from them and have nothing but problems unlocking it on this computer so I wouldn't buy a game from them and once you use all your 5 tries I guess you got to get in touch with them. I buy all my games from Realnetworks (realarcade) as I like the way you just can sign into your account and redownload your games. I also think they have pretty good deals. I am a member of gamepass. Though I cancel that a lot and renew so it isn't a month to month thing.

I did download that though the Holiday Edition and I plan on getting Peggle Nights from Realarcade if I can from gamepass next month. I had to pay full price for Bejewled Twist because of popcap, but I got another game from realarcade for doing that. (They had a deal which imo was really a great deal and you couldn't go wrong).

I did get Peggle Deluxe this past month from realarcade gamepass and it's a pretty good game.

Thanks to popcap - those bonus levels are great. I love Peggle :)

And of course many thanks to Stephen !!!

Popcap games have just released a free levels pack for Peggle Nights, so if you bought it you can get it now from the following address. Apparently it works with any version of Peggle Nights:

http://www8.popcap.com/extras/peggle/bonuslevels/?icid=newsletter_HP_PRIGHT_PC_12_17_08_EN

Hi azncs,
I subscribe to the developer’s news letter so was informed about its imminent release a couple of weeks ago, then another email on the day of release. I bought it immediately because I loved the original so much.

If you really like either of the Peggle games then try Moleculous. It's not as colorful as Peggle, but does have a common point to its game play. You can download a demo from the following link:

Download link:

http://moleculous2.software.informer.com/

images:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=moleculous&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

user reviews:

http://www.download.com/Moleculous/3640-2111_4-10414246.html?v=1&sb=1

its a pretty good game i played it before and its tight cause you can pick characters and gain new ones by advancing in lvl, btw how'd you find this?

For those who are into arcade games and in particular than excellent game called Peggle; Popcap games have just released the sequel to the game. You can download the demo from the link below:

http://www.popcap.com/games/peggle-nights/?icid=pegglenights_HP_DL_1_8_19_08_en

regards

Stephen