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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:33:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55767 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:32:10 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 55767@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ definitely, lol - here's a trueeeeeeeeeee ry. I used to be with an organization called The St John's Ambulance (a sort of UK Red Cross), when I was a youth (from ages 10 to 14). A good friend of mine moved away to London (which to me at the time seemed like a million miles away. Anyway, my memories of this friend started to fade away (as they do when you are still young). W never kept in touch eit. Nearly 15 years later I'd just started my degree (I went to Manchester Uni as a mature student aged 26) and befriended a Londoner who used to stand opposite me in the chemistry labs. On returning home from the Christmas Vacation he mentioned that he'd been talking to a good friend of his about me who had then told him he'd known a Stephen years back when he lived 'up north' though I didn't wear glasses in my 20's wheras as a child I did (to correct a squint). He'd described me exactly as I remember myself. Anyway, it transpires his friend was the very same friend I'd lost all those years previously. . ibwebb on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55750 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:29:32 +0000 ibwebb 55750@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ @midori : Thank you, but I hardly think that gets me stardom.. but I will take the good laugh. I was just REALLY surprised to see that. BTW, I looked and can't seem to locate the email from the author with the site.. though I have a terrible 'packrat' problem with emails that hold any info.. I keep them, but then never seem to be able to find the one I am looking for LOL.. Sorry all, G'night and Best Wishes from Ohio! ibwebb midori on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55747 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:19:26 +0000 midori 55747@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ ANOTHER star is born! Congrats, ibwebb! :) ibwebb on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55746 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:17:14 +0000 ibwebb 55746@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for all the games WhiteRabbit! I have been trying to check in, but I am very limited on what I can do because I am using a very old laptop until my comes out of the shop and it doesn't sound like good news from them so far. Luckily, it is still under the extended warranty! Anywho, I had to get on and comment because I saw the post included in Drag Racer and got a good laugh. That ibwebb is actually this ibwebb too! It has been awhile, but I do remember coming across that game (and another) and hunting down the maker and getting intouch with him. For the world of me I cannot think of the other game the maker had that people were hunting for as well, but he answered my emails happily and told me about the games that he was still working with.. I will have to see if I still have the email. It is a small world sometimes. Best of luck tomorrow and hope to be able to download all these I have missed when the laptop is back/replaced! ibwebb my name in the one post and couldn't believe that it had made it here. It has been a pretty long time ago, but that was actually me that tracked down the author and got the info Mike... small world huh? ibwebb midori on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55745 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:15:59 +0000 midori 55745@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Ah, thanks, rO... one of the screenshots looked familiar, but I can see now the one Wrabbit posted is MUCH more involved and with better graphics. I knew one of you guys would come thru... Eeeep! Now I've got THREE spider games! Sorry for ruining your surprise, Wrabbit... post it again, as some may not notice. Looks kinda cute. Never thought I'd say 'cute' and 'spider' in the same sentence. But SpiderZ are definitely NOT cute. There are UglieZ. May your resident spider guard you well tonight. (how can Michelle SLEEP!?) *?:-o Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55743 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:08:12 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 55743@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi midori, no it's not the game I found, but it is one of the other spider games I was intending to post tomorrow, lol. No problems though. p.s I fell asleep at the keyboard and woke up about half an hour ago. Couldn't resist taking a peek over here; now I'm definitely off to bed. edit: thanks rO, just saw your post....it wasn't there when I started writing my reply to midori. Thanks for finding the link. :) (I haven't got a clue how I lost it in the first place). reverseOrder on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55742 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:04:49 +0000 reverseOrder 55742@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for all these great games Whiterabbit and hope you find a bike that works for you. Unfortunately that is a different game midori but thanks anyway. Anyway, I found an alternative link to download Spider here: <a href="http://jeroenstout.net/:work#Filter:Game/Full:Spider" rel="nofollow">http://jeroenstout.net/:work#Filter:Game/Full:Spider</a> midori on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55735 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:11:03 +0000 midori 55735@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ 40 miles a day! Wow, Wrabbit... you must've been a lean, mean, biking machine. A recumbent bike would be GREAT for you. Best of luck in finding one that suits you perfectly! And thanks for the games... and especially for making sure there was another about spiders. How extremely thoughtful of you. :-b But really, the video of this looked kinda cute. You may be curing my phobia! And I found another link for it (hope it's the same and the site's okay); they call it Spider Web: <a href="http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-spider-web-freeware-quduxort.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-spider-web-freeware-quduxort.html</a> And thanks for the others from that stockpile you have going. Now time for some rest so you'll be bright and bubbly for tomorrow. Good luck! *&:-) Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 33 - Free games for the weekdays - Spider, Invasion 2, Drag Race, plus more" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5228#post-55729 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:21:01 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 55729@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Well, my mood continues to be a happy one despite the weather turning into a monsoon (almost). I’m off to a big disabilities exhibition at the Birmingham NEC in the morning to see about getting a recumbent bicycle. Prior to my road traffic accident I used to cycle 40 miles a day to keep me super fit. It was while on my bike that the accident I've mentioned previously occurred. I can’t sit on a normal bike anymore because of the injuries to my back. Hopefully a recumbent bike will be the answer to my prayers as I’ve done nothing since the accident to even remotely speed up my heart rate – ‘scuze the personals, lol. Anyway, I’ve got several more excellent games today. And….. especially for midori I’ve found another spider game, though this one is a platform game as opposed to a first person shooter (as in yesterdays SpiderZ). While reading through all the information I’d gathered; one particular game jumped out at me simply because I recognised a name mentioned there; namely ibwebb. You’ll see in what context below. If you read this ibwebb, was it you????? :) Spider (50Mb) The game comprises of only four levels Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, but I think it’s worth having. If you have Wik & the Fable of Souls, you’ll love this one. It has similar game mechanics, except instead of using Wiks tongue to swing from platform to platform, you use the mouse pointer to select where you want the spider to shoot it’s spiders web. I was really impressed with this game and ; if it was bigger I’d pay for it in a flash. The graphics ;and the game play are good. An unusual game and definitely a winner in my opinion. I hope they develop this gamefurther. The following is the authors description: <blockquote>Spider is an innovative 2d-style platform game that will give you the opportunity to spin webs and swing like a real spider! This game uses a combination of physics and visuals to maximize the fun. Swing your way through four colorful levels, collecting as many fireflies as you can find! </blockquote> Reference: <a href="http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2007.php?entry_id=236" rel="nofollow">http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2007.php?entry_id=236</a> accessed 27th April 09 Left or right click to shoot webs, and hold the buttons hang on for dear life. Press space to tighten your webs and swing. Differentiating webs can be a tad difficult at times, and the application doesn't handle task switching too well but nitpicks aside this is definitely worth a go. Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF-_yeyicP8">Watch video of Spiders game play HERE</a> Download: <a href="http://spider.hku.nl/Home.php">Go to download page for Spiders</a> (the site seems to be down at the moment, but I did download it yesterday) Could someone see if there is ay other place where this is available. I’m absolutely shattered and need to go to bed in preparation for my journey to Birmingham tomorrow. Thank you. If no one can locate a new link and the one I’ve posted continues to give trouble, I’ll upload my copy to filefront. The game is freeware so it shouldn’t be a problem......................thanks rO.............see reverseOrders post below for link <ul> <blockquote>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> Here’s another short but entertaining swinging game called String Theory: String Theory Dillon Cower’s String Theory was created for the second Experimental Gameplay Project competition. It’s a computer game intended to be played with a DDR-style dance pad, although it has keyboard controls as well. It’s fairly short, but has an excellent, innovative implementation of a swinging-style play mechanic that’s fun to play around with. Swinging About The controls in String Theory are pretty simple. Your little alien dude has four tentacles, and you can fire them in any of the 8 cardinal/ordinal directions. The tentacles latch on to the environment, but lose their grip after a few seconds. At first I wasn’t firing more than one string in any given direction. This is a mistake—when the game speeds up you really need to fire multiple times in the same direction to move around quickly. I don’t have a DDR pad lying around at the moment, so unfortunately I wasn’t able to try the game as it was intended. I imagine it would be rather frantic! Camera Path: The camera follows a pre-defined path at a pre-defined speed. You lose if your character moves outside of the screen. Although this makes the game a little hard to learn, at first, it also provides an excellent structure to what would otherwise be a simple physics test. It’s a really simple—if punishing—way to structure the game. I would love to see this physics mechanic set free of the camera limitations, though. It would be interesting to navigate the character around a free-moving world with some enemies, moving platforms, and other elements to spice things up. There’s definitely some potential here for a larger computer game with more features. The single level isn’t very long (I think 110 seconds or so unless you modify the camera speed settings). Still, it’ll take you a few tries to make it all the way to the end. You’ll spend more time playing than downloading, which is always a good ratio. The game forces you to restart from the beginning when you lose, which can get a little tedious, but it also gives you a chance to experiment a bit and hone your skills. :) Download Link: <a href="http://www.fun-motion.com/physics-games/string-theory/">Go to download page for String Theory HERE</a> <ul> <blockquote>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> The following game reminds me vaguely of Jets & Guns, but obviously isn’t in the same league; however, that said, it’s a great shooter that requires some skill and dexterity to switch between units and fight at the same time. The overall feel of the game is quality IMO Invasion 2 (22.4Mb) They're back! This time they have taken over 3 areas of the world and have built massive armies. It is your mission to infiltrate the alien territory and destroy their massive armies. This is the long awaited INVASION 2. The download may take a while if you’re on dial up because its 22.4 MB but IT'S WORTH IT Important: after downloading, you MUST unzip the file and then open ‘Invasion 2 Launcher’ instead of ‘Invasion 2 Game’. CONTROLS <blockquote>1 - Unit Select: Soldiers 2 - Unit Select: Tank 3 - Unit Select: Helicopter Arrow Keys - Control the Currently Selected Unit Shift - Use Power-Up Mouse Position - Aim Mouse Left Click - Fire Mouse Right Click - Destroy Airborn Missiles Space - Pause Esc - Abort Mission </blockquote> <a href="http://www.64digits.com/games/index.php?cmd=view_game&id=771">Go to download page for Invasion 2</a> or <a href="http://www.gamemakergames.com/?a=view&id=4682">Alternate mirror for Invasion 2</a> <ul> <blockquote>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> I know, I’m going crazy again. I did this at Christmas, but more so back then. There are so many freeware games available and as previously mentioned, more being added virtually on a daily basis, plus the fact that theres an almost inexhaustible supply of old DOS games there’s little chance of this prohect closing down soon unless the community wishes it to be so. ;) Soooooo, here’s the lat one for today: Drag Racer When I downloaded this I was a little sceptical as to it’s fun value. I’ve tried so many car releated games over the last few years and most have not been that inspiring (take last weeks game giveaway street racer), well, I was pleasantly surprised at what this game offered. Don’t get me wrong, there’s no high flying graphics and the actual game play is rather muted, but the whole game, from choosing the car, giving it a paint job and tuning it up, to racing it against another car is quite enjoyable. You get to choose what distance the drag race will be over. The graphic is almost cartoonish in looks. But I really enjoyed playing it for a short while. Here’s what the developer says: <blockquote>Drag Racer v3 is an authentic drag racing simulator where you get the chance to test your driving skills against various opponents on the race track. Buy a car, tune it, modify it and race. Collect credits and by tuning parts as well as new cars for your virtual garage. Gear up and become the #1 drag racer in the tournaments. </blockquote> To use nitro: After buying the kit you must click on the nitro bar to fill it. Then in a race hold the 'N' key to use it. <blockquote>Mike's note: Thanks to ibwebb for the updated author's site and the note on using nitro It appears that the Author has abandoned the on-line racing portion of this game. He has not responded to emails and his website appears dead. You can still race locally, but it looks like NO on-line racing. </blockquote> <a href="http://demonews.com/download.php?det=228">Go to download page for Drag Racer</a> <ul> <blockquote>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> darn it, I couldn’t resist another one for the road, :) Alien Agency: The installer is in Czech, but it’s easy enough to install; once installed you can select English if required. You have to do this everytime the game is booted up, but it’s worth it. The game reminds me of several 3D platform games I’ve still got from the late 90’s and early this century such as Psy world, Bemazed, Parg, Psychonauts and Sonic. This game combines the 3D patform element with a shooter, though the shooting aspect is very basic. However I did think it was worth posting here. Here’s the authors description: A 3D platformer / Third person shooter (from Czech) In this jump and run game you have to collect diamonds and shoot the ugly aliens. After each level you got a password. eg "A+N+O". When you start the game again, you can enter the password by pressing those 3 keys at once. eg press key A, key N and key O at the same time. <blockquote>controls: arrows = move mouse = aim Left mouse = shoot Right mouse or space = jump Esc = exit to menu space = skip intro's </blockquote> Download: <a href="http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f1417.html">Go to download page for Alien Agency</a> ====================================================================== . . . I’ll have a few more goodies for tomorrow.