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   Diane16
   Member

   Has anybody downloaded any games from Jenkat recently, I have downloaded Bejewelled 3 and Alchemy Quest, both of these go through Big Fish installer, and instead of getting the full download, there is only 60mins. of play. Totally confused.

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   You have to watch them. Look at the free games list and you won't see those games. I had some discussion with them listing them as "full free" when they are trials. It's a new deal they have with BigFish that the links are actually BigFish links.

   I think they're still trying to work on how to handle the situation because they have to change their whole template for the game descriptions because of this.

   If you get from the free game list, you'll truly get Free Games. If your stub download has the big fish icon, it's just a trial.

   Posted 9 years ago #
3. 

   Diane16
   Member

   Dragonlair, many thanks for replying. I have always clicked on the brand new games tab, and always got full downloads, until recently which must have been a fluke, I now know where to look.

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   TopazMystique
   Member

   Any update on JenKat? Are all their games trials now? I downloaded & installed "The Veil of Mystery: Seven Little Gnomes" through iWin and got the 60 minute trial. I checked and it is listed under HIDDEN OBJECTS on the FREE GAMES tab. I'm also wondering if my previous FREE games will now be trials also. Maybe I should replace them all if possible?

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   Any games you installed before this change with BigFishGames are fine. They are full games. There should be no problem with continuing to play the games as is. You might want to consider replacing them with free games from elsewhere for future machines but there are some that are ONLY available from Jenkat and that is a problem.

   If you look at the link for the games, you will see "redirect" and that is an indication that it is not a full install.

   It appears that they are now associated with iWin, not BigFish. That's not a big surprise. I once got a free T-shirt from them along with a CD version of one of their games. I could not use the game. The version from their site was fine but the version on the CD (by iWin) would NOT exit. I had to use task manager to close it. So since they already had a history of working with iWin, I'm not surprised.

   If you look at a "free" game now, you'll see this message.
   

   Clicking this button launches a custom installer
   by our partner iWin, which will manage your download.

   If you know it's iWin and you want the game (willing to put up with adware and the trial situation), I recommend you do it from iWin itself -- not this re-direction. That seems a bit of unnecessary overhead!

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   TopazMystique
   Member

   Thanks, Dragonlair! I see the "redirect" but is there any way to tell which are trials & which are full games with adware? Or are all the iWin games now trials?

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   TopazMystique
   Member

   Ah, I see. When I searched for an earlier game I have, it is listed in the search results as: Free Born Into Darkness Full Version Download | Unlimited Play

   Wish there was an easy way to spot them on the GAMES list! <sigh>

   ETA: Darn. That doesn't work. This is what I got for the game I want in the search results:

   Free The Veil of Mystery: Seven Little Gnomes Full Version ...
   Play for Free the Unlimited Full Version Game Download of The Veil of Mystery: Seven Little Gnomes. No ads, no time limits - Always Free.

   ... with iWin redirect...

   Posted 8 years ago #

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