Today’s main game is called Snap (no not the card game), it’s a simple game of skill; the developer’s description below aptly describes how you play the game. But you’ll get why it’s called snap when you play it. When you first start up the, you have to fill in the name you want to use. Then click on the register button. Then you can play. There is no options menu but you can select to ply in full screen or windowed mode from the start up screen. The interface is excellent, and the game is challenging enough to fill in those idle minutes in between writing reports. It’s not as exciting as yesterday’s game, but there aren’t too many of those types of games around unless you’re willing to pay some money.
Snap: (2.97Mb)
As with many other puzzle games, the goal of Snap is to keep the board from filling with colored tiles. You pull back on a ball that's attached to the wall with an elastic rope, then release to launch the ball into the tile area. The ball will destroy even single tiles, but if you hit one in a block of same-colored tiles, the whole block disappears. The unique visual effects make it feel more like you're flinging rubber bands than shooting projectiles. If you pull back too much, too little, or at a poor angle, the ball won't even hit the board. To make the game even more challenging, bonus bricks blow up their neighbors, smash the tiles below them in the row, or speed up the ball. We found no evidence of ad ware, but the installation does put two promotional icons* on your desktop. Also, if your graphics card is out of date, Snap runs too slowly to play. Still, we found it hard to think of someone who wouldn't like this fun little piece of freeware.
* The promotional icons can be easily deleted and in no way affects the integrity of your computer in anyway.
Download address
http://www.download.com/Snap/3000-2111_4-10294654.html?tag=rbxcrdl1
Images:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Forum%20Games/Snap/?albumview=slideshow
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I thought I’d throw in another simple, but entertaining game called Sudoku King (48.5Kb)
. There’s loads of these available around the WWW, but I found this one has all I need to play the game. It’s got a super simple interface, with no frills, comes with no options and is in the windows format only. Definitely ideal for hiding in between multiple windows (if needed, lol). You can generate, solve and even print out your puzzles if you wish.
Download address:
http://www.btinternet.com/~mikenmaz/sudokuking.html
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The following was an afterthought. I’d no intention of posting multiplayer only games in this thread, but I really enjoyed trying this one out today (I’m researching a new thread covering free multiplayer games, and though it almost felt like playing in single player, so here it is. Starport Galactic Empires: (79.8Mb)
Starport: Galactic Empires Features:
• Thousands of planets to discover and colonize or invade to expand your galactic empire.
• Realistic reputation system allows you to become a space pirate or kind hearted space captain or anything in between.
• Form corporations with other players to expand your empire and rule the galaxy together.
• Earn medals and show off your skills to everyone.
• Dozens of servers with various settings to perfectly match your play style.
• 100% Free to play forever!
Starport: Galactic Empires is a free online space game for Windows. Starport is a massively multiplayer game meaning you play with and compete against many other players from around the world. Your life in the Starport universe will be filled with the excitement of battling other space captains for control of the galaxy, joining up with allies to run giant multigalactic corporations, and colonizing or invading vast new worlds to expand your empire. Paragon of justice or villainous space pirate? The choice is yours!
Several hundred years in the future, scientific breakthroughs have brought on a golden age of space exploration. Amidst this booming new frontier, there is colonization, piracy, and wonder. Empires are forged and destroyed across epic space battles in the never-ending quest for glory. For a bold and cunning captain, the future is unlimited.
Starport: Galactic Empires is a competitive massively multiplayer game for Windows PCs. Your life in the Starport universe begins near Earth where you will be the captain of a new merchant vessel. By gaining funds and experience you can upgrade your ship and your standing as the game progresses. Haul valuable cargo and transport passengers through space to begin working your way up in the game world.
In Starport, greater reward means greater risk. You'll need to equip your ship to handle it. During your progress, you'll engage in combat with other players, planetary defense platforms, space-anchored gun turrets and other hostiles. From traditional projectile weapons and smart-missles to exotic energy weapons, you'll have a good selection of firepower from which to choose.
You might choose to claim a world by starting a colony on it. Keep these colonies defended, keep the colonists who reside there happy, and they can become valuable strongholds.
Later, you might choose to roam the galaxy as a pirate and invade and take over the colonies of others. You might also choose to spend your warp fuel on exploration, where you might find powerful artifacts of alien technology or valuable information. In time, you could own a large empire of colonies and earn many experience points which will put you in the top of the rankings.
Download Link:
Images
http://www.starportgame.com/gallery.php
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=starport+galactic+empires&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIBN6iOnItU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXD5rmbRZKc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVVp_iGZKoA
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