Here’s Sundays games. The first is a slots type game. I don’t usually post gambling games; for some reason I have an aversion to them, but as it’s a personal thing here are a couple that I thought you gamblers may like. No reel money (get it, lol) is used when playing, lol.. I’ve also included a roulette table to complete gamblers corner. I was going to add some card games such as black jack, but decided to leave those for another day.
You’ll find a great anime platformer called Akuji the Demon as well as a FPS game that’s unusual in that its all in black & white. Finally I added a game called Kaiser, only because it was on the same download page as the roulette table, lol
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Hypervisual Century: (1.33Mb)
Hypervisual Century is a digital slot machine simulator. Its realistic and extremely original interface sports three large reels with three paylines. Theres a help file for the slot machine basics, detailed intructions and hot tips
Hypervisual Century is a freeware digital slot machine with three reels and three paylines.
This original and realistic machine goes beyond simple lever pulling: The ability to make multiple bets per payline, together with the reel lock feature, allow you to make strategic decisions that may lead you to your goal -- winning the jackpot!
Hypervisual Century is also a tribute to the technological and design achievements of the 20th Century.
Hypervisual Century's main features are listed below:
The design
• 3-D rendered, realistic interface
• Original design inspired in the 20th century technology
• Large reels and clear symbols
• Realistic sounds
The game
• Three paylines
• Multiple bets per payline (up to 12 coins)
• Jackpot prize
• Autobet feature
• Reel lock feature
The interface
• Sound and visual effects designed to make you feel like you're actually playing the game
• Quick reference screen from within the game
• Complete documentation
• Player may use mouse or keyboard
If you need help theres a quick reference screen that may be accessed anytime by the player. Click the large payoff table at the right side of the screen. This screen shows the name of all controls and screen areas. To go back to the game, click anywhere on screen.
Help file:
To learn about the game in more detail, click the word "Help" in the bottom part of the payoff table. This will open the help file.
There’s no desktop shortcut installed, but you will find a shortcut for both the game and a uninstaller as well as installation notes in the Start menu. Installation is configurable. It installs to the root directory (C:\) by default.
Reference: http://hypervisual.com/century/features.html accessed Aug 09 accessed 24th Aug 09
Download:
http://hypervisual.com/century/features.html accessed Aug 09
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alternative download:
Hypervisual Century
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Mantronics Roulette (1.1Mb)
The game is a simple roulette game. The table layout is in English, but the menu buttons are in German. There aren’t that many to learn:
• Alles loschen = Remove all chips
• Letztes Feld loschen = Remove last chip
• Spielen = Play
• Beenden = Exit
Controls: Mouse
Download:
http://www.mantronic-software.de/index.htm
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Kaiser II (3.8Mb)
The following was translated from the German details using Google. I wanted to post todays games as early as possible, so didn’t correct any grammar. You can get the meaning though. It’s a basic rts game.
It's the year 1499.
Be rewarded by skillful action in the areas of domestic and foreign policy from your subordinate people to the emperor.
Pay attention here, but always up the mood in your people
and on your opponents!You should also provide a strong infrastructure in your country and always have some dollars in your pocket :-)
Reference: http://www.mantronic-software.de/index.htm accessed 24th Aug 09
Download:
http://www.mantronic-software.de/index.htm
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Akuji the Demon (2.52Mb)
Although a short game with little replayability I though this would be a nice addition to today’s collection. The graphics are excellent and the game play flows easily. A game for everyone. There’s an excellent game called Akuji the heartless that was released for the Playstation back in 1998 and is available as a ROM. I will be starting up a ROM section just as soon as I collect my thoughts. As was pointed out to me by wizard, a lot of the ROM downloads that you can easily find on the net are illegal, so I need to tread carefully as I don’t want to be posting anything but genuine freebies.
Here’s a review of Akuji the Demon by Kon-Tiki
Have you ever wondered why, at the end of games, evil is never destroyed, but always gets sealed up? Well, Akuji gives the answer. If they were destroyed, how would they be able to get back out and take revenge?
This revenge is what this game is all about. You play as the demon Akuji, who had been terrorizing a land until a hero defeated him, sealed him away and divided his demonic powers into nine balls. The demon set his mind on revenge and has to break out of the dark dungeon he's been sealed in, gathering his lost powers to eventually defeat the hero and regain his true form.
The story might sound like it'd promise gore, gloom and guts, but that's far from true. The graphics are bright and colourful, resembling those from old SNES games. The characters are all pretty cute, as if they jumped out of a kid's cartoon. They also provide constant variation, so you'll never get bored of your surroundings. Even within the same areas, there are details that change from room to room, making exploring a feast for the eyes.
Akuji's music, on the contrary, is fairly poor. There are two songs that constantly loop, and that's it. Luckily, those two songs stay in the background all the time, so it won't bother you much. In fact, it fills a gap of silence that'd otherwise be disturbing. Sound effects, on the other hand, are perfect for the game and often give clues as to what's happening around you while you can focus on what lays right ahead of you.
Gameplay itself is pretty straightforward. All you need are the cursor keys and Z, X and C. C isn't even necessary, as it acts like a Start-button on a console. It'll pause the game and'll give you the choice to either continue, go back to the title screen or quit the game. Z is used for jumping, while X is used for shooting. If you're not happy with these keys, you even have the possibility to reconfigure them to your liking. The rest of the gameplay uses combinations. One power, for example, requires you to jump, then press the Up cursor to change form. All in all, the controls are so simple you could play it with an NES controller and still have one button left unused.
In Akuji, there are quite a few things you can collect. There're the nine balls with extra powers, scattered all over the place, which you'll need to collect if you want to get further in the game. Along with these, there are red and jalapeno peppers. The red ones restore one HP, while the jalapeno ones restore all HP. You'll start out with three HP, but there's a way to increase the maximum number of them. This is done by collecting enough mana stones. Below your HP is an indicator that says how many such stones you've collected and how many are needed for the next extra HP. Silver stones will increase this indicator by one, while gold ones increase it by ten. Last but not least, there are seven picture books to collect. They're not necessary to finish the game, but once you've finished it, you'll be able to see some nice concept art as an extra choice under Options from the title screen.
A little other extra is that you'll get a rank once you've finished the game, based on the number of mana stones you found and the time it took you to finish the game. At the beginning of a new game, you'll be able to pass a special door if you're rank S or SS. What's behind there is up to you to find out.
Akuji The Demon definitely is a fun game that both young and old will love and enjoy. Whenever you feel like playing a game, but don't want to spend entire days on one, or don't want too much gore or brainwork, Akuji'sthe perfect choice
Reference: http://www.reloaded.org/download/Akuji-Demon/77/ Accessed 28th Aug 09
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E08v2tqUEQ
Download:
http://www.reloaded.org/download/Akuji-Demon/77/
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Death illustrated: (25.5Mb)
This is an impressive 3D shooter, featuring lots of action. Moving is done with the keyboard and aiming is done with the mouse; it is vital to keep moving and turning around to spot your enemies. The enemies are knight-like creatures, spiders, and other monsters and unhappy people. Some of them will fire at you using very fast projectiles, and some even have weapons that hurt you instantly when fired so make sure to hide or take out these guys quickly. You have several weapons at your disposal (once you've picked up the right ammo) such as the shotgun, the machinegun, and the rocket launcher, familiar weapons if you've played similar games. The game is drawn in black and white, except for some details such as explosions and blood, but this is not a downside; the graphics are really good, with effects such as smoke trails and explosions. The presentation is better than the average game too, with nice voice effects on the title screen and a large number of settings to change if you want to. The game also has heavy music to more than match the action. (You can listen to the songs separately in the Audio part of the Configure menu.)
It seems the game has a problem in loading the fourth map (Duel-DI). However you can tell it to start on the fifth map, or any other map, by changing the selection under "Starting Map" in the Settings menu.
Controls:
A = strafe left
D = strafe right
W = move forward
S = move backward
space = jump
mouse = aim
mouse button 1 = fire
mouse button 2 = jump
mouse button 3 = cycle through weapons
mouse button 4 = previous weapon
mouse button 5 = next weapon
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