I will be adding images and correcting any grammar and spelling mistakes sometime over the weekend. I got side tracked again. You'll find loads of games to choose from for the last day of the anniversary special. I do hope you've found at least a few games that you enyoy. I've tried to post some better than normal games this week. It's been difficult to find such a number simply because it has been over ayear since we started this thread. I did start a thread asking the community to list their favorite games from this project. Thanks to those who contributed to it. Any input is always appreciated. :)
The Hexagonal Maze (<1Mb)
The Hexagonal Maze is a new puzzle game where you must find a way to collect all the green hexagons and complete all the levels.
Requirements:
• OS: Windows XP/Vista
You can download The Hexagonal Maze HERE
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Disasteroids:
Features:
• online hi scores
• abstract graphics.
• Has a chill mode (hit TAB)
• its also pretty hard...for that reason jayenkai implemented a chill mode
Fullscreen mode:
Just open the program using -full as it's parameter.
right click the icon, create shortcut, and add -full to the target...
it should look like this
The author has said the game is quite hard so he added a chill mode which is activated by pressing the TAB key. This removes the white fragments. (the hiscores will be not submitted to the hiscore table in that mode...)
Power ups
• b = Bomb - Destroys all rocks within a 160 pixel radius
• d = Double Shot - two bullets fly around the screen, as you fire!
• t = Triple Shot - three bullets at a time!
• s = Shield - a momentary shield, to momentarily shield you.
• f = Freeze - stops all the rocks!
Controls:
Mouse
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYGMjCUt-a0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq2dI5O6s3I
download:
You can download disasteroids HERE
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Racoon Extended: (25.16Mb)
Get in your Spacecraft and start the action! Try to stand as long as possible and get points by letting ships explode under the fire of your blasters.
Description (translated from German and not proof read yet):
Tips:
• Look at the LiesMichNicht.txt, in there all the control buttons are listed again. Nor is there more info about the weapons in the game.
• This game rewards aggression. If you try you out of the fray to keep it, it will never go far
• One of the MG-500 automatically fires of approaching missiles, if it flies away from the rocket, they will destroy the rocket, sooner or later. But you can also SPACEBAR to keep the ship on course and shoot with the DL-2500 on the missiles.
• Rockets seek their own goals, you first fly to the chosen opponent when it was destroyed, they look for an enemy to the very close, and so on until they embark on, or runs out of fuel.
Features:
- Nice graphics (particle)
- Highscore list (also available online!)
- Total power, a lot of fun, myself am addicted to it
- Lots of hidden bonus features
Controls:
W,A,S,D = Accelerate, decelerate, left/right drift
Space = Hold direction
Left mouse = Fire laser
Right mouse = Launch rocket
N (or middle mouse button) = New target
R = AutoRak on/off
1,2,3 (if AutoRak off) = Select rocket type
Left Alt = Screenshot
Esc = Exit
If you want to change your nickname, have a look in the Options.ini. There you can also change the resolution and if the game shall run in fullscreen or not.
The game is available for windows, Linux and Mac. You can find the download page HERE
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Munky Rocket (<1Mb)
Munky Rocket is a childrens educational game which aims to help them with keyboard skills. It's got very basic graphics, but the game is effective. Shoot all the falling letters as fast as you can. Can you get the highest score?
Requirements:
• OS: Windows XP/Vista
You can download Munky Rocket HERE
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Centipong: 1.74Mb
Just as I was about to write about another game entirely, I happened to notice Centipong just sitting there, not bothering anybody. I wondered - does your name mean what it says - an amalgam of Centipede and Pong? Could these games co-exist in harmony, sharing the same habitat? And what would the music be like? These questions had to be answered.
First things first - What does the name mean? Yes, it is an amalgam of Centipede and Pong. Second things second - What does amalgam mean? Never mind, it seems to work whatever its meaning. And thirdly, how do Centipede and Pong become one and the same?
The idea is the centipede or centipedes (centipii?) come worming their way down - or across - the screen and you blast them with your ball, which ricochets off a paddle you control. With precision aiming, its your job to blow apart the centipedes before they knock you out. Of course, by destroying sections of the enemies you create more blocks with which the enemies can dodge your further attacks and... it works when you play it, trust me.
In fact, this has more elements of a third game included - Breakout - as the centipede will often drop bonuses (extend paddle, slow time, shoot spider, etc.) with which to better complete the level. Other point bonuses come in the form of keeping numerous balls alive at the end of rounds and other skill elements which are best left self-discovered.
In all, its an amazing package. The combination of styles and the genre mix is spectacularly well done. Oh, and the music - composed of bleeps and bloops is utterly fantastic. It's still pinging in my head and will likely continue until I head back for a replay. Which will be very soon, indeed.
You can download Centipong HERE or HERE[/b]
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Return to Sector 9: (10.91Mb)
I’ve already posted this, but not part of the free games project, but in the Best Freeware of 2007 thread. :) I thought it worthy of repeating.
Return to Sector 9 was the long awaited sequel to Ambush in Sector 9. Featuring 9 game modes, 15 ships to pilot, plenty of weaponry, and plenty of aliens to use it on, it's arcade action at its bes. Hordes of enemies; different ships to pilot; dangerous enemies to face! Each of the 15 ships has its own special weapon. To unlock new ships and their weapons (and maybe a few alternative paint jobs) you have to attain specific scores, learn which game modes they're best suited to. To unlock new game modes you have to attain at least aBronze medal. Submit your scores to the online high score charts to see how you compare with the rest of the world!
Controls:
Keyboard controls:
For the game modes: return, ambush, jellyfish, protection,
gold rush, rescue, doomball, control your ship with cursor keys and turn your shooting
direction with Z and X (or 1 and 2). There's no need for a fire button because of autofire, but you can press space for a power shot (limited)
Mouse controls:
Used for the game modes windmills and last stand
Game modes:
1. Return:
destroy waves of enemies and kill a boss at the end of each level.
2. Ambush:
destroy massive waves of enemies.
3. Protection:
escort motherships from the left side to the right side and destroy
the attacking aliens that want to bring the ships down.
4. Jellyfish:
control a jellyfish, destroy the enemies, eat spaceman to grow. when
you have eaten a few of them you will transform into a big jellyfish
and then you are invincible for a limited time. in that form try to
destroy as many enemies as possible to gain massive scores.
5. Rescue:
collect little spacemen and bring them back to the mothership.
watch out for enemy waves and asteroids.
you fly towards the direction which you are currently facing. look at
the bottom of the screen for coordinates.
6. Gold rush:
similar to rescue but better (no asteroids and better enemies)
...collect gold and bring it back to the mothership.
7. Doomball:
a puzzlegame in which you have to bring 2 bombs of the same color
together. when the bombs have found each other they disappear with
an explosion as usual. attach a bomb to your ship by touching one
and detach the bomb by pressing Z.
8. Windmills:
defend your windmills. mouse controls. (similarities to the c.lassic game
missile command)
9. Last stand:
defend your ship which is placed at the middle of the screen by
shooting the enemies. mouse controlled. you cannot move you ship,
only your cannons.
You can download Return to sector 9 HERE
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Gunroar:
This has also been posted before in the space shooters thread HERE, as today’s theme was predominantly space orientated I though it was also worth adding to the list of games I wanted to post on the last day of the anniversary special week. Gunroar is a pretty abstract vertical scrolling arena shooter, that evolves progressively into a bullet hell shooter, with great visuals and smooth controls. The aim of the game is to steer your ship and destroy the enemy’s fleet of ships (what else can you do in an arena shooter, lol)
There are different control schemes available
• keyboard + mouse
• dual analog gamepad
Controls (Normal mode)
• Move - Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
• Fire guns / Hold direction - [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.] / Trigger 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12
Hold a key to open automatic fire and hold the direction of a boat. Tap a key to take a turn while firing.
• Fire lance - [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift][/][Return] / Trigger 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11
Lance is a single-shot weapon. You have to tap a key to fire a next lance. You can't fire a next lance while a first lance is in a screen.
Controls (Twin Stick method)
• Move - [WASD] / Stick1
• Fire guns - [IJKL] / Stick2
You can control the concentration of guns by the analog stick.
Controls (Double play mode)
• Move boat1 - [WASD] / Stick1
• Move boat2 - [IJKL] / Stick2
Controls (Mouse mode)
• Move - Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
• Control sight - Mouse
• Fire guns (narrow) - Mouse left button
• Fire guns (wide) - Mouse right button
Other Information:
Rank Multiplier:
Rank multiplier (displayed in the upper right) is a bonus multiplier that increases with a difficulty of a game. You can increase a rank multiplier faster by going forward faster.
Boss appearance timer:
Boss appearance timer (displayed in the upper left) is a remaining time before a boss ship appears.
You can download Gunroar HERE
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Titan Omega Revelations: (16.7Mb)
Titan Omega Revelations is a space shooter, similar to such classics as R-Type, UN Squadron and co. TOR depicts the life changing adventure of 4 pilots in search of the elusive and destructive ‘Core’ whose soul aim is to destroy earth. The game contains many play modes, many un-lockables and 13 grand levels. All full of enemies to be disposed of using any of the vast library of weapons at your disposal. Complete with a team command system, leveling up system and multiplayer modes to add a degree of strategy to the game.
If you get any error messages saying specific dlls (cncs32 and cncs232.dll) are missing; you can get them via the folloing http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f1374.html">HERE
if needed (put the dll`s in your C:\Windows\System)
You can download Titan Omega Revelations HERE
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Halloween Games:
Halloween Hocus Pocus:
This is a great game for the kids; the graphics are cartoon in nature with bright colors. Jessica Witch has mistakenly transformed all her pals into real monsters! Now Jessica must fly around the neighborhood on her magic vacuum and attempt to put things right. You will have to catch the potions and turn the monsters back into humans before its too late. Use the cursor/arrow keys to move around, and the space bar to shoot magic bolts at her pals.
The download link takes you to around 16 pages of similar games. Please be aware that during installation you need to make sure the ‘Hi Games’ tool bar box is unchecked.
You can download Halloween hocus Pocus HERE
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Vampirako (3.2Mb)
In this 8 level Spanish platform game, you as Vampirako (the good vampire) must get the exit door key from each room before proceeding to the next.
Vampirako has a medium level of difficulty. You will soon find out that you must keep a close eye out for the enemy because some of them hide very well and almost seem to appear out of nowhere. It runs in a resizable window, so it is almost like running in full screen mode. The choice and timing of the sound effects is perfect and the music is very soothing to the soul. The game however does lack options, the most important of which is being able to save or load a game. However, this is not as important as it would seem because the 2nd time through a level is easier than the first. (You know where the bumps are in the road.)
Since Vampirako is in Spanish, the several dialog boxes are in Spanish. To those who do not read Spanish this should not be a problem, but if you do read Spanish, this will only enhance your enjoyment of the game.
Tips:
Collect 100 gold plated four leaf clovers to gain an extra life.
Get a heart of energy to heal your wounds.
Drink of the bloody potion to be immune from the dangers of most enemies for 30 seconds.
Some exit doors can only be accessed by flying to them.
Controls:
• Left/Right/Up arrows = Movement
• Down arrow = transforms Vampirako into a vampire bat when standing on a jar.
• Space = shoots fire balls (able to destroy most enemies and some blocks of stone). Also reverses the transformation of Vampirako.
• Enter = pause
• Space during menus = continue
Much more could be said about Vampirako, but that would leave fewer "pleasant surprises" for you to find out about on your own. You can download Vampirako HERE
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Haunted Mansion: (1.6Mb)
A click Halloween adventure in Flash
No messages, so it is understandable in every language.
It is just a fun click creepy adventure.
controls: mouse
You can download Haunted Mansion HERE
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Voodoo: (3.01Mb)
A great and dark adventure game based on the King Diamond album Voodoo. Defend the Voodoo cult against disbelievers.
This is a trickyone to set up. You'll need to download a particular file from the developers site to be able to play this game. when you've unpacked the zip file read the read me.
There's a version available from Caiman that contains all needed files HERE
controls:
mouse
Walktrough in English available from HERE
You can download Voodoo HERE
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Finally, check out the Halloween games I posted last year in week 7 HERE
