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   dbpropp
   

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   I lost several of the games that I really enjoyed when my last hard drive went south. Several of those games were from Alawar. I've been hoping to see them come up again on GGAOTD but I haven't seen any Alawar games for a long time. Did they stop offering them to GGAOTD? Just curious.

   Thanks for your good work!

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   

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   I wrote to Alawar last year shortly after their last lot of game giveaways, partly to say thanks for all the free games, but also for other reasons. I was told that they had really enjoyed working with the giveaway team, but that it would be a long time before they coinsidered giving away more free games. They didn't outright say no, but I got the impression that it wasn't going to be for a long time to come. The one consolation is that Alawar do give away one game a month provided you have their game box installed. There's a post in the forums that usually keeps up to date with whatever game is available at the moment. Presently it's either one of the Snowy puzzles or Ice Puzzle Deluxe. I don't have access to my Alawar Gamebox on this computer so can't check.

   Then there's another alternative. Go to Gamehouse. They give a free arcade game away every day; thought there is a downside to them in that they are add supported; also they do start to repeat after several weeks. Still, that's nearly 50 arcade games and includes some only just released:

   http://www.gamehouse.com/

   Todays game (31st January)is called Delicious 2. You do have to create a free account to be able to download the games, and the adverts last for around 20 seconds at a time. Each game seems to have them popping up at different times. Some seem to pop up every few levels and others only seem to pop up a couple of times every so often, though at least once each time you start playing the games.

   regards

   Whiterabbit

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   dbpropp
   

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   Hey, White Rabbit, thanks for the info. That's too bad that Alaware isn't working with you any more. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet if I want one of their games (and I will, for one or two of them).

   Thanks for the links, too. I'll check them out.

   And most of all, thanks for this great service!

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   Dragonlair
   

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   Half the time the free game from Alawar won't unlock. I've sent them an email about it but never got a response! Even after I download, install and unlock, it says it's the 60 minute trial.

   Not every game - but at least half of them do this!

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   DispatchTechs
   

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   @WhiteRabbit

   Heck I can't blame Alawar or any company that donates to GAOTD and then seems to be hesitant... those of us who respect the offers and follow the 3 golden rules of GAOTD understand the effort these companies make when they offer a mass key like so... even if a program is 10$ nothing gets to the actual game creator at this point... (Contracts etc...) There are some amazing programs we get to try here and heck in 1 week time with some of theses programs I've saved 100's of hours of home tasks that I can spend elsewhere... So if my system crashes and I had no HD backups my own fault and I should respect the deal... if it's something I really needed and it's worth my time for sure it's a direct sale... and I hope that companies such as alawar understand that it's the little things that count.. doesn't even have to be something recent if you've never tried it... it could be a top hit.. look at Q-Bert and PacMan they fall under the same category as Elvis ;-)....

   Shawn

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   bluhoteyes
   

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   oh just have to say i still have one of those Q-Bert stand alone arcade games that uses 4 c batteries my 5 yr old got it out about 3 weeks ago and i am still addicted to that game LOL

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   sukibabe
   

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   These are the games I have gotten from Alawar since March/2008

   Snowy: Treasure Hunter
   Snowy: Space Trip
   Snowy: Fish Frenzy
   Sky Bubbles Deluxe
   Crusaders of Space
   Ice Puzzle Deluxe
   Carl the Caveman
   Treasure Mole: Winter Vacations.....this is the one currently available!

   I don't believe I have missed any of them...I just think Alawar puts them up when they remember to do so, lol!
   I have had no problems on 2 computers running XP with the games unlocking.
   I check the box almost every day....god forbid I miss another Snowy game, lmao!

   Suki

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   Michelle
   

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   I haven't been very thrilled about the games alawar gives away in their gamebox. :(

   I don't think I have got any of the freebies offered on giveawayoftheday.com by alawar ever. I'm pretty sure http://www.Realarcade.com has a lot of their games/a lot of games on their site and you'll probably end up paying less in the long wrong depending if you are a gamepass member or you get their games from another gaming site such as Bigfish.

   I have Stand O' Food and it gets boring after a while. I'm not sure if I have any other games by Alawar that are not on sites like http://www.mostfun.com (they actually have Stand O' Food 2) and it can be downloaded and played for free.

   Posted 9 months ago #

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