To Ceri:

I've managed to get back to my main email i.e. whiterabbit-uk@hotmail.co.uk, so use that to email me. but also as a back up send the same message to Whiterabbit-moonrising@hotmail.co.uk as I think someone is trying to hack my shorter email.

For the past several weeks if I try to access it in the afternoon, it nearly always says I've tried my password too many times and locks me out, even though I haven't been trying to log in. My password is nearly 80 Alphanumeric numbers & special characters, so whoever's been trying for a couple of months thankfully hasn't gained access. I think it's because of my Steam account, which has a lot of unredeemed games in my inventory that could be stolen if they gained access. I used to have thousands of pounds worth, but over the last year have managed to sell quite a few, but there's still a lot left that I'm sure scammers are trying to steal.

I also keep changing my password, in the hope that whoever it is, will give up.

:)

To Ceri:

I've been locked out of the above email after accepting the use a pin instead of my password. The following day I tried to access my email but couldn't remember the 7 number pin. However, I can access my other email Whiterabbit-moonrising@hotmail.co.uk via a second computer. I think the pin is just tied to the computer I was using at the time. email me on the Whiterabbit-moonrising email

;)

Stephens email: Whiterabbit-uk@hotmail.co.uk

Just revisited this page as I've been reinstalling a lot of my old arcade games. Sadly a lot of the links I posted over the last 18 years are no longer accessible and all of the images of game play have disappeared. Some I posted on Photobucket using a free account. Several years ago, Photobucket decided to reduce the number of images you could upload for free. I'd created several Photobucket accounts as I was always posting images over on the giveaway site and here in the forums. When they reduced the number of images you could upload for free, they locked all my accounts and said if I wanted to see them again, I would have to pay a monthly fee.

I may over time update this post as I think it's an important resource.

Finally, you mat find many of these games over on MyAbandonware HERE

Action Ball

Great News, one of my all time favorite 3D breakouts Action Ball is finally being released on steam sometime in March this year. The developer released the sequel Actionball 2 back in 2020 and in one of the discussions posted a comment saying that if 100 community members liked the comment, he would release the firs tone. Well, it never got to 100 I think it stands at 64 votes), but he's still releasing it, Yeah!

Chak's Temple

Also, available free is another excellent and unusual breakout called Chak's Temple. The developer made this freeware over a decade ago, yet I still see it being sold on some of the shareware sites. I know it was made freeware because I was in touch with the developer at the time.

I've checked several download sites, but most of the files I downloaded were suspect with up to 20 malware hits. The only site I downloaded a copy that was totally free from malware hits was from My Real Games HERE; I checked it against Virus Total and it was given a clean bill of health. You can see the result of the scan HERE

I've not yet had the pleasure of downloading and installing any games from My Real Games; so cannot say what sort of system they use; suffice it to say that all the free game sites I know of that stock games permanantly or for extended periods all have an advert based giveaway so that they can pay the developers for allowing them to give them away.

It was originally given away HERE way back in April 2007, where it received a positive 88% from 269 votes with 64 comments.

I've started to update some of the comments, adding new links and later images of the games I've mentioned. So far I'm still working on the first comment, which has a lot of different games mentioned. Some of the links are broken, so I will be searching for suitable working links. I've also started to add links to security scans for the games I've links to downloads.

Just an update and trying to consolidate any threads that contain breakout related information.

The link to download custom made levels within the game Ricochet Infinity was closed down a few years ago. It was possible back then to add thousands of fan made levels directly from in game.

Thankfully I found a site created by fans of the game that has managed to save most of the best level sets; and are available to download and manually add to your installed version of the game.

You can find the thread called Ricochet infinity downloadable Level Sets - STILL AVAILABLE as of Nov 2019 HERE

It seems the game is no longer available via Amazon, but you can get it from one of the decent abandonware sites. I've linked to those in the thread above. i.e. HERE

Last year Steam released Action Ball 2 a decade plus old breakout on Steam. I posted a review of the game because it is one of the best 3D breakouts I've ever played and is still among my top ten breakout games I've ever played. If the comments section of the review I've posted updated links to several (originally commercial but now free) breakouts that are definitely worth checking out.

You can find the review HERE

B.T.W, both Ionball 3 and Energy Invasion have since been released on Steam since I posted about them previously.

Other breakouts that may be worth buying if you are really into breakouts are the 3D breakouts Grey Cubes (only £0.79/$0.99) and
Breakout Invaders (£2.79)

I've been revisiting some of my old breakouts recently, and have even contacted a few of the developers asking if there is anything in the works. for example, Caromble is still in early access despite being four years old now. I originally gave this a thumbs down in my Steam review becasue I felt there was issues with the bat being too sluggish (resulting in lots of lost balls, plus the ball physics was way off IMO. Well I'm happy to report that after a recent play through I can say both of those issues have been sorted by the small development team, who I believe work together most Friday evenings on fixing bugs and adding more content to the game. I must say I'm actually really impressed with what they have achieved and would highly recommend the game.

Sadly, two of the decent breakouts that were available on Steam have since been removed for various reasons. The first was Ricochet Infinity, which I still consider one of the best breakouts ever made due in part to loads of original power ups, a massive variety of brick types and a decent level editor as well as lots of ball types and bats, each with its own peculiarity and the availability of literally tens of thousands of free levels (via level sets ranging from a few levels to over a hundred) directly from in game. Amazon purchased the license from Reflexive Arcade several years ago and kept the upload site open until earlier this year. Those custom levels are no longer available because Amazon shut the site down. They have also removed the game from sale for now. You can still buy it via sites like Big Fish games,(HERE) but the game has been cut in half because of the inability to access all of those levels. If you can find anyone who downloaded them previously and still has the game installed, it is possible to add them to your game as you literally just drop them into a level folder. I actually have some, but not all. I downloaded several thousand levels years ago before Infinity was released and all of those levels from previous versions of Ricochet still work with infinity, though they are not as exciting and varied as the Infinity levels as there were many more brick types and backgrounds available for infinity. I'm sure someone somewhere will have uploaded some of those level sets, trouble is finding them.

Another excellent breakout that has been removed was Reaxxion, that had a brilliant bat mechanic, which enabled you to create balls from the bat and then rebuild the bat by collecting drops of mercury that were dropped from the bricks you'd destroyed. Other original ideas in that game such as collecting some of the balls which then were converted into a special more powerful power up made it a must buy for any breakout fan. That is also still available from the big name distributors such as Big Fish (HERE).

The only other 'really' decent breakouts available on Steam are Shatter and Ionball 2: Ionstorm, though
Ionball 3 that was released last year looks decent, but I've curtailed my spending on games significantly over the last couple of years (after spending over £40 000 on games since joining Steam in 2009) so haven't had chance to play it yet. It sort of reminds me of Luxor Evolved the ball popping and last in the series of the Luxor match three game with respect to its neon like graphics.

The following are some breakouts released on Steam over the last few years. There are more, which I'll add as and when I find them.

Simple Ball Extended Edition
Breakout invaders
Magical Brickout
Pingball VR
Ze VR
Ark Box Unlimited
Grey Cubes
Mondrian - Abstraction in Beauty
Evil Orbs
Caromble!
Brick Breaker
NANOS
Ball of Wonder
VReakout
Block Blowout
Constricting Cubes
Ionball 2: Ionstorm
Ready, Aim, Splat! (VR)
DeathMetal
Kuraburo Kai
HoloBall

Not released yet:
Energy Invasion
Ionball 3

bringing this to the front page due to a brreakout being given away on sunday 21st august 2016

thanks Impulse. It's a pity I won't be able to try this out as I don't own a phone that would allow this game to be played. :(

Hi guys,

checkout my new indie brickbreaker game "IMPULSE - the game" for iOS devices.

iTunes link: http://itun.es/de/kwdRI.i
homepage: http://impulsega.me/
twitter: @IMPULSEthegame
facebook: facebook.com/ImpulseTheGame

IMPULSE is an 8-bit block breaking delight and a love letter to the old days of gaming, featuring
- super sweet 8-bit monochromatic presentation
- tons of levels and gameplay
- very natural and super-precise controls
- devilish difficulty
- full Game Center integration

Check it out and spread the word!

I've updated the Jardanians post by ZF. Jardanians 2 lite is now also free. You can find more details in the Jarkanoid thread HERE

Tx posted the following:

Jardinians 2 lite is now free

Download here

Jardinains: A Free, Classic and Addictive Block Breaking Game for Windows, Linux and Mac

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Recently I found this game in one of my friends computer and got addicted to this amazing game. I searched on Internet and found the official website to download this game.

"Jardinains" game is actually a new version of old classic block breaking ball and paddle games like Arkanoid and Breakout. You get a paddle and a ball in this game. You can move this paddle left and right using your mouse. You can also click your mouse to do various things (such as releasing the ball or firing weapons).

Above your paddle, you'll see an assortment of bricks. You need to destroy these bricks with the ball which you strike by the paddle. Hit all the bricks with the ball and you'll move to the next level.

Jardinains_Free_Classic_Game.png

Sounds easy? Well here comes the twist. Inside the bricks live "Nains". Nains are cute little critters who pop out of their bricks every now and then to have some fun and give you a headache. You and the nains don't see eye to eye. They want to throw stuff at your paddle; you want to knock them off their bricks. Luckily, your ball is a great way to knock nains off bricks.

Once you've knocked the nains off the bricks, you can bounce them for points, bonuses, and personal gratification. These powerups will (usually) help you knock more nains off their bricks even faster than before, often with amusing results.

The game comes in 4 modes: Easy, Normal, Hard and Insane. It also allows you to create multiple players so that you can use one for you, one for your friend and so on.

The game is absolutely free and there is a paid version as well. If you like the free version, you can buy the full version for a whole slew of extra levels, nains, and other good stuff.

You can download it using following link:

Download Jardinains Game

BONUS TIP: The game comes with some cheat codes. To cheat just pause the game by pressing P key, now press the C key, and click OK. Now you can use following keyboard cheats while the game is running:

Press G to keep from losing your ball (and to substantially grow your paddle)
Press N to advance to the next level
Press the number 1-7 to change your ball
Press S to toggle slow motion

Bear in mind that enabling cheats will disqualify your current game from the high-score list.

via askvg article about Jardinians 2 with picture of Jardinians 2 screen.

article

the above website has giveaways and other interesting articles,tips,ect.
Very well organized and helpful.

The game is rather enjoyable depending on how one gets "Nained". {:}

Thanks TX, I've linked the Jardanians site to the original post in the breakout thread. It could be posted as a seperate post including the first game which has been free for some time. Thanks for the update. :)

Jardinians 2 lite is now free

Download here

Jardinains: A Free, Classic and Addictive Block Breaking Game for Windows, Linux and Mac

If you like this article, please share it with your friends and contacts on Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter using following buttons so that they can also enjoy the article:

Email

Recently I found this game in one of my friends computer and got addicted to this amazing game. I searched on Internet and found the official website to download this game.

"Jardinains" game is actually a new version of old classic block breaking ball and paddle games like Arkanoid and Breakout. You get a paddle and a ball in this game. You can move this paddle left and right using your mouse. You can also click your mouse to do various things (such as releasing the ball or firing weapons).

Above your paddle, you'll see an assortment of bricks. You need to destroy these bricks with the ball which you strike by the paddle. Hit all the bricks with the ball and you'll move to the next level.

Jardinains_Free_Classic_Game.png

Sounds easy? Well here comes the twist. Inside the bricks live "Nains". Nains are cute little critters who pop out of their bricks every now and then to have some fun and give you a headache. You and the nains don't see eye to eye. They want to throw stuff at your paddle; you want to knock them off their bricks. Luckily, your ball is a great way to knock nains off bricks.

Once you've knocked the nains off the bricks, you can bounce them for points, bonuses, and personal gratification. These powerups will (usually) help you knock more nains off their bricks even faster than before, often with amusing results.

The game comes in 4 modes: Easy, Normal, Hard and Insane. It also allows you to create multiple players so that you can use one for you, one for your friend and so on.

The game is absolutely free and there is a paid version as well. If you like the free version, you can buy the full version for a whole slew of extra levels, nains, and other good stuff.

You can download it using following link:

Download Jardinains Game

BONUS TIP: The game comes with some cheat codes. To cheat just pause the game by pressing P key, now press the C key, and click OK. Now you can use following keyboard cheats while the game is running:

Press G to keep from losing your ball (and to substantially grow your paddle)
Press N to advance to the next level
Press the number 1-7 to change your ball
Press S to toggle slow motion

Bear in mind that enabling cheats will disqualify your current game from the high-score list.

via askvg article about Jardinians 2 with picture of Jardinians 2 screen.

article

the above website has giveaways and other interesting articles,tips,ect.
Very well organized and helpful.

The game is rather enjoyable depending on how one gets "Nained". {:}

Thank you so very much for taking the time to post all of this everyone!! I could not remember what game giveaway where the white rabbit had posted all the info!! You guys rock!!

Pixiey

Hi Pixiey

I know all about the pain..so here's some help, I hope.

I don't know how updated it is but there is lots of info there.

Arkanoids and Breakouts: A list of decent freeware (and not so free). « Giveaway of the Day Forums - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607?replies=57

It's not updated but there are lots of games there.

Free Games Synopsis « Giveaway of the Day Forums - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4534

Some browser games. Some of them you can play off line..Check the Q&A section.
Free Browser Games - Synopsis « Giveaway of the Day Forums - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5709

Giveaway of the Day Forums - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/search.php?q=arkanoid

Giveaway of the Day Forums - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/search.php?q=free+arkanoid

You can also tweak your search through the advanced Google search:

Google Advanced Search - http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&num=100&as_sitesearch=giveawayoftheday.com

In this search, I just used "free arkanoid":
free arkanoid site:giveawayoftheday.com - Google Search - https://encrypted.google.com/search?as_q=free+arkanoid&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=giveawayoftheday.com&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=

And I got this from Wabbit's latest Review....Game Giveaway of the Day – Barricade - http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/barricade/#comments. Go down to where it says...

Additional stuff: More Games

"Up until a few weeks ago I’d stopped posting links to MyPlayCity games because you were required to install toolbars and have your home page hijacked before you could play any of their games. It seems that they have changed their policy yet again and removed that requirement. You will still get the check-boxes so you need to make sure the boxes have been unchecked before installing the game. also they have a very large collection approaching 600 premium quality arcade games ranging from Match 3, Time Management and Hidden Object games, Action and Adventure games to Shooters, Flying, Car, Brain Teasers, Board games, Mahjong, Games for Girls, Card games, Sport, Arcade and several more categories (most can be found in more than one category.), so make sure you do check becasue they may not have removed all of the negative stuff yet.

Some more good news, if you remember I used to post links to another free site called FreeGamePick, but stopped for the same reason I stopped posting links to MyPlayCity. They have also stopped the practice of forcing you to install toolbars etc. You can get the previous weeks games such as Helic and two of its sister games from FreeGamePick, though it’s called Helicopter Wars and the other two are called Sky Battle and Sky Battle: WWII. Helicopter Wars and other previous game giveaways are also available from MyPlayCity."

There is more info..so check it out..Be careful of Gametop-because they FORCE you to install toolbars and the like. and watch your installs of all these games as they try to trick you into installing stuff you don't need.

OK, this should keep you busy for awhile.. :)

Whiterabbit gives a good list and sources starting about halfway down in the the first posts of Giveaway of the Day - Egyptoid and Giveaway of the Day - Egyptoid 2

Hi, I can't seem to find the thread where the games are in a genre style list..looking for good arknoid games. Free or not just some really great ones.

Thanks so much! Trying to work through my pain.

Pixiey

If you d ever remember please do let me know a sI'm always interested I new breakouts.

When Gamezebo used to have the never ending game quiz, I would play it and write down games that looked interesting and I swear this was one I downloaded but I can't find any trace of it on the site, but then Joel keeps changing things around and losing half of it!

When I played a demo I liked I kept it in a folder but removed the game so the name would be there to remind me. Well since I lost that drive I lost my reminder...

Ah yes, Cow Ball. I knew it was something like that. As for the other game, sounds like it could be a decent breakout. I'm sure I would have come across it if it was real :) Sounds like you've got a good idea going, lol. Though I may be wrong.

The above mentioned Fun and Bullets was originally called Cow Ball.

Have a question you might be able to answer. I hope I didn't dream this one up in my head, but I swear I played this arkanoid style game that had kind of a punky feel to it in the fact that you basically went around a circuit and played against the owners of these clubs to have bragging rights...

Any clues??? Or did I just come up with a good idea in my dreams, lol

There hasn't been much in the way of activity in this genre for ages. Since my last post on this thread we've seen maybe three or four new breakouts released. Of those I've forgotten the names of two of them simply because they were unremarkable. Of the other two, one I only found the other day over on Alawars site called Mega World Smash HERE. If you liked the Magic Ball series and the Strike Ball series then you'll love this game. After playing the first several levels it seems to be a hybrid of the two games. Magic Ball is now called Smash Frenzy, for some unknown reason Alawar decided to change the name of all four games in the series about 18 months ago. Anyway it's definitely got features from both of those games. I like the ability to upgrade your power ups as well by capturing stars that drop down. If you're an expert breakout player this won't give you that much of a challenge, having the same laid back style that both of it's parent games have; though trying to make sure you collect all of the stars from each level to ensure you can upgrade can cause you to lose the odd ball. It's really nothing special, but, if you are a breakout fan like me you'll want to buy it. Alawar have reduced the price of their games since I last added to this thread. You can pick this game up for £6.99. You can see a couple of videos of Mega World Smash HERE and HERE.

The Game:

Mega World Smash raises the bar for brick breaking games and makes Arkanoid FUN again! Tear through stunning 3D scenes using your ball and paddle, unleash weapons of mass destruction, and collect stars for upgrading the bonuses. The more you play, the more powerful your character will become! As you progress, you'll marvel at how the wildly creative animated levels realistically crumble to the ground and enjoy dazzling special effects that ignite your screen. The long wait for the next great Arkanoid game is over! Mega World Smash is here!

Reference accessed HERE Feb 2012

Here are a few images (which I posted in a seperate thread earlier):

A better breakout IMO is a game called Shatter, which I purchased via Steam. It's a 2D game with up to date graphics and a very nice style. Shatter is different to any breakout you'll have ever played before. It has several different game modes all of which are interesting and, more importantly challenging. This is the first breakout i've played that does pose a challenge in years. You can see a couple of videos HERE and HERE

The Game:

Shatter is a game similar to breakout with the main difference being you can control an air current. The more bricks you break, the more shards you release, which ups your multiplier. They also fill up your power-up meter which when filled, pressing triangle releases a powerful attack. This comes in handy when you’re fighting one of the nine or so boss battles. This PSN exclusive is old but comes highly recommended. I’m not sure how its slipped my radar! If you want to play a simple, easy to pick up, fast paced game, look no further. The paddle can shoot a marvelous display of laser bullets.

Shatter is also free with a PlayStation Plus subscription which is how I found it. Which, by the way, so far has been a good deal at $18 for three months or $50 for a year. I’ve downloaded dozens of themes and tons of free games since I subscribed in August. Of course, you can’t keep the games when you stop PSN+, but most of the games aren’t worth keeping either. Except Shatter!

Reference accessed HERE Feb 2012

You can read a decent review of the game HERE

Finally I was checking a site I've not recommended in quite some time because they changed their policy with respect to toolbars and changing your homee page. Basically they started to force you to install their tool bars and changed your home page before you could play their games, much like MyPlayCity. The site is FreeGamePick. It seems they have seen the error of their ways well at least for the five games I've just installed (sister games to Helic, the game we got yesterday for free via the game giveaway side of the project). While I was perusing the site I noticed a breakout I'd not seen on any of the free games sites before called Fun and Bullets. I suspect it's had a name change and I'm sure a friend gave me this game some years ago (Nola) Still, it's not a bad breakout and again, if you are a breakout fan you may want to go moseying on down to FreeGame Pick too download it HERE Unlike the two preceeding games this one is totally free and has a cowboy theme.

They also have a few more breakouts such as Arkan Ball, Gem Ball and Egyptian Ball. Of the three Egyptian Ball then Gem Ball are the better ones IMO. Egyptian Ball has decent game physics, with the bricks responding to being hit, by falling over etc. Gem ball is related to Nuclear Ball 1 & 2. Both of which have been given away previously via the gamegiveawayoftheday.

I'll try to find time to post some images and videos of other games that have been posted in this thread over the coming months.

Thanks Tuko. I really should update this thread.

Thanks Whiterabbit, I'll have to check these out later, if indeed I will have time later. :)
--Webmaster

Finally Tuesdays games are here…. I apologise for the lateness, but as I’ve said to a few community members that I’ve finally fulfilled promises too, better late than never. There’s a good range of genres to be found in my selection for today. A cool point and click adventure, a bug orientated racing game, an interesting clone of the DOS based puzzle Gear works (which is windows not DOS) and finally a great arkanoid taster.

I’ll have some more games for you tomorrow, though technically they are actually today’s games. reverseOrder will also be posting his games tomorrow, so you’ll have a double bonus to look forwards to as you have today with wizard posting a great game from Vertigo games as well. (thanks Wizz). I’ve neglected to include my screen shots. I need to create a couple more photobucket accounts as they only allow so much bandwidth each month. I hate the images disappearing as it looks so shoddy, so need to create a few more. Which means I need to create some more emails as you can only use an Email once when creating a free account. You’ll see images appearing over the next several hours and hopefully by the time I post today’s games in the morning (or around lunch time, I’ll have all the images uploaded. It’s added a lot of extra work adding images, but I do think it helps to give you a better idea as to what to expect. I realize some of you have capped download limits out there so I’d hate for you to be downloading too many games that you decide aren’t your thing. It’s hard to give a global description to any game as we all have our preferences, and sometimes I may describe a game as fantastic, but in reality it’s only fantastic to me, lol. :) anyway, here’s today’s selection. Please do leave a comment if you decide to download, if only to say what you though of the game. Thank you in advance.

I've uploaded too many images to post below so though it would be cool to post a link to all the images. i've placed them all in the same folder, but labelled them, so you can see which images belong to which games. THIS link takes you to a page with all the images on. you can click on individual pictures to see a larger resolution image, though photobucket only allow up to 800 x 600 resolution images with the free account; however the size is adequate for the purposes of this post. You can also see all the images as a slideshow HERE, where you can see all the images in the highest resolution automatically. There is a slider to the top right of the grid page (where you can see all the images), which enlarges all the thumbnails to a respectably sized small image. :)

W.R.

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Dirty Split: (182.75Mb)

German Menu

A point & Click Adventure developed by Dreamagination. Mistyann PM’ed me several days ago recommending this great little point and click adventure which was developed as freeware by Dreamagination. I noted that they have had bandwidth problems in the past when there’s been a run of downloads from their own download link, so, if you have problems downloading from the first lik provided below, use the second one which is unlikely to go down. However use the developers link first as I’m sure they would like to know the number of downloads that are made.

Penthouse Suite

The game:

When a plastic surgeon is found murdered in his office the police are quick to apprehend a prime suspect. It is a textbook case – except the suspect didn’t do it. There is more to the deceased doctor than meets the eye. Much more.

The aim of the adventure is to lead private investigator Alan Baxter to the truth as an ever-increasing mystery unravels before his eyes. Follow clues to exciting locales such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York. Feel the vibrant style of the 1960s era and meet a fascinating variety of characters. 'Enjoy' a story that will keep you guessing until the end.

The game was inspired by the artworks of Josh Agle; this project tries to revive the buzzing and stylish lifestyle of the early 1960s. It was developed using the Wintermute Engine

International Airport

Features:

• surprising original plot

• over two dozen stylish screens

• 19 interactive characters

• German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Czech versions version

• beautifully voiced characters throughout

• original soundtrack

• animated cut scenes

• classic point & click adventure gaming

• FREE download

Casino Entrance

Download:

You can download Dirty split HERE; or, if you are having problems get the game from HERE

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A Bugs Drive: (7.40Mb)

The game was developed for the Caiman games car game contest.
You race against other Bugs, across 12 tracks. Finish in the top 3 to unlock a harder Championship. Improve your lap time in Practice Mode by racing your own Ghost. Each track can also be driven in Reverse mode.

Game Modes

Options

A nice and exciting 3D racing game with off-road Beetles

A very complete game with 12 tracks, 4 difficulty modes, Championship, Quick race etc.. Each with Practice, Qualify and Race.
Every track has his own graphics and a bit of variety with elements such as tunnels, bridges and different textures.

In Practice Mode you can now race against the ghost of your best lap. There is one ghost representing your overall best, and another for your session best. Even if you choose not to display them, the ghosts of your best laps will still be saved.

Reference accessed HERE November 09

In game

Controls (keyboard or gamepad):

Arrows = Steering, accelerate, brake

P = Pause

Q = Quick restart

C = Camera

M = Pause/unpause music track

N = Play next music track

Enter = Confirm

Esc = Exit to menu

These are the default controls (A). You can change to a different control set-up on the Options Menu. Controls B use other keys. Controls C and D use a joypad.

In game Options

Download:

You can download A Bugs Drive HERE, HERE or HERE

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The Gear That Works: (1.2Mb)

This is a Gearworks clone (see links to the original abandonware version below) Basically you have to connect the red cog to the green cog so that all the other cogs turn and you win the level. The game is virtually the same as Gearworks except the graphics are much improved and the levels are different. The levels get progressively harder (as you would expect in a puzzle game). This is an ideal game to play in short bursts; for example, during a coffe break at work, or if you’re like me, as a break from one of the big boys like Call of Duty or Crysis. :)

The following description was written by The Game Hippo reference http://www.thegamehippo.com/game.php?Game=5828473">HERE. You can also get the latest version of the game from their site by following the reference link above.

The Gear That Works is a simple logic based puzzle game involving three different sized cogwheels, a start point, an end point, and no questions asked. The aim of the game is to connect the starting cog to the ending cog in such a way so that both of them are spinning. This can be made difficult due to gaps in the play board, spinning cogs placed in hard to reach places, and my favorite: accidental jams (placing cogs in such a way that they stop each other).

You can place cogs anywhere you like on the board and you're given three cog removals every five levels. Removals are handy, so only use them if you jam up your chain. The fact that you can place cogs anywhere and that you get a point deduction for every cog that isn't spinning when you finish the level adds a unique strategy aspect to the game.

If you're given a cog that isn't useful, you have two options: either place it out of the way or latch it onto a cog in a way that it won't hinder the rest of the chain. If you place it out of the way, then that cog won't be part of the chain and therefore won't be spinning when you finish the level, resulting in a point deduction. On the other hand, latching the cog onto the chain may end up ruining future moves if you choose a wrong spot.

As a side note, the music is about as simple and catchy as it gets. It got to the point where I left the window open just to hear it. I'm sure the majority will find it annoying, but I rather liked it.

In short, The Gear That Works is an addictive and simple puzzle game that's sure to waste some time during your coffee break.

Downloads:

You can download The Gear That Work HERE, and from the reference link above (Game hippo) plus theres an earlier version that’s less than a Megabyte HERE

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You’ll find an early gears game called Gear Works and Gear Works (re-make) in the games discussion forums HERE

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Rival Ball: (3.89Mb)

Rival Ball is in the style of the classic old school arkanoid games, with decent graphics.

Destroy all the blocks on the level to pass through to the next. There are many bonus’s that will appear when some of the blocks are destroyed. These include guns, speedup, slow down, skull and bones, and all the other common pickups in arkanoid games. It’s only a short game with 8 sets of 3 levels each. I though it worth tagging onto todays free games. It’s more an intro to the larger game This is a free sequel to DX Ball 2. There is a commercial version of Rival bBall which I purchased (around 4 years ago)before finding this free version.

I loved DX Ball 2 (all the level packs that used to cost extra are now free if you own the full version game of DX Ball 2) and its sequel is equally as good to play. (I don’t regret buying it, though I paid a lot more money that what’s being asked for now) The commercial version has loads more levels and extra level packs (costs around $5 each and can be found HERE). There’s actually more levels in the demo version of the commercial version (32 in the demo compared to 24 in the freeware version), so it may be worth checking that out if you liked the freeware version. :)

Download Link:

You can download rival ball HERE or HERE

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For some reason I'm not able to access my photobucket account at this time, so can't upload the images for todays game. I seem to get intermittent problems accessing the site, so will wait till later. Which means my original plan for posting oday's games early has been scuppered. Still, they will be worth waiting for; especially if you are a flight sim fan or a BF2 fan. ;)

WR