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1. 

   Face
   Member

   Another free game from Amazon - I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds good:

   Product Description:
   Ricochet is an award winning breakout style game featuring state of the art graphics, sound, and lots of new twists on the old classic. It's a winning combination that your WHOLE family will enjoy. As one person wrote us: "My family is thrilled with Ricochet, we have all played it enthusiastically for months!"

   I'm having trouble getting a direct link to download it, because it only shows that I have already bought it - but try this:

   http://www.amazon.com/Ricochet-Xtreme-Game-Download-Pc/dp/B001K7HUR8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1257908559&sr=1-1

   If it doesn't work, just go to http://www.amazon.com and put the name in to search. Sorry, but it says it is only available to the United States.

   Have fun!

   Posted 14 years ago #
2. 

   Dragonlair
   Member

   The link worked fine. I got it. Since I lost several Alawar breakout games due to that username change last month, this was a nice replacement. It works great. It's a little more informative as to what the "power-ups" mean as they flow down than some.

   You can't argue the price (if from the US) and it really is a rather nice (but noisy) breakout game. :]

   Posted 14 years ago #
3. 

   Campy
   Member

   Thanks. I recently got Ricochet Infinity from them with a free game code I got from them for buying another one of their games (that I got at a big discount). Before choosing Infinity for my free pass I tried out demos of several others that I could have gotten and I enjoyed Infinity the most. I am looking forward to seeing how earlier version of the game differs.

   Posted 14 years ago #
4. 

   pavid
   gamer extraordinaire & knowledgeable computer nerd who likes to argue, but is still a very nice guy

   Sigh!! I really wish Amazon would starting spreading some of the love around.

   Posted 14 years ago #
5. 

   ibwebb
   Member

   @Face: Thanks for the heads up! I definitely grabbed this one. I bought Ricochet Infinity and LOVE it..so I imagine this one should be just as good if not better!

   Posted 14 years ago #
6. 

   Buzz
   Member

   Thanks for the tip Face. Played this one years ago and it's still good now.

   Posted 14 years ago #
7. 

   spud
   Member

   free games from amazon are for the states only worst luck and they want your credit card details

   Posted 14 years ago #
8. 

   Dragonlair
   Member

   Spud, I do a fair amount of ordering through the year for books and DVDs from Amazon so the credit info didn't bother me. They didn't use it anyway. I have noticed one slight problem and it may be my wide-screen. The game is shifted to the left too far and the left-most "bricks" only show 20%-25%. I've tried shifting my monitor defintion and it's ignored!

   Also, from the Reflexive site, there are 3 "bonuses" - more puzzles, high def backgrounds and music for registered users of the game. However, they won't work. They say I must have the game installed and I can get it from -and give the reflexive site-. They don't say I HAVE to get it there or that getting it from their site is required to use the bonuses but they refuse to install!

   I have reported both problems and I'm waiting for responses.

   Posted 14 years ago #
9. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Ricochet Extreme was released before Ricochet Infinity. With thousands of custom made levels available, many of which are graded A and A+, there's little to distinguish between the games apart from Infinity having a direct link to all the custom made maps, wheras with the Extreme version you have to go to the website and manually download them then install them. It's so much easier with Infinity. Also with Infinity you get a whole new bunch of brick types, and some interesting modes. I'm not sure whether the custom made levels made with the Infinity levels editor will work with Ricochet Extreme. I stopped playing all the earlier versions when I bought Ricochet Infinity.

   Because it's free it's probably worth the effort to download (if you are able to - I couldn't anyway because I no longer use credit cards since retiring; unfortunately they don't accept debit cards which I think is appalling, but hey, that's just me)

   Great game so if you don't have any of the Ricochet series grab it now.

   I did say I'd give away my earlier copies of ricochet. I have every version and I really see no reason to keep the earlier ones. If you did contact me previously via PM and I've either never replied, or said I'd sort it, please PM me. All my PM's were deleted when they changed the format, plus I've forgotten who I promised one of the games to. (I apologise for the oversight)

   Whiterabbit

   Posted 14 years ago #
10. 

    Face
    Member

    Hi WR - thanks for the info - and I'm glad people are enjoying the game.

    As for the debit card, I'm not sure they work the same way over there as they do in the US, but they took mine - just don't identify it as a debit and don't use the code. I have had mine accepted as a regular card all over the place. Good luck - hope it works
    for you.

    Posted 14 years ago #
11. 

    Whiterabbit-uk
    Games Guru

    Thanks Face; next time theres another deal I may try that. :)

    W.R.

    Posted 14 years ago #
12. 

    Dragonlair
    Member

    Ricochet XTreme has a problem with widescreen monitors. It's configuration file has it set to 640X480 resolution (and it says it's supported under Vista?????). If you try to change that, one thing or another fails and the game just goes belly up. If you leave that and have a widescreen monitor, it shifts to the left and at least 75% of the left most bricks are off the screen. It's playable because you can barely see the bricks but not easily.

    I've been working with their customer support and they have "escalated" the problem to the next level. The only solution offered so far is to make the monitor "window" such games with black-bars on the sides. My monitor has no such option and anything I try prior to the game loading is over-ridden by the game.

    We've got some bright people here. Sometimes brighter than many customer service techs I've worked with. Does anybody have any bright ideas of how to get this to work right?????

    Posted 14 years ago #
13. 

    Campy
    Member

    Dragonlair, no problem here with widescreen. I played it on my netbook at 1024 x 600 and on one of my monitors at 1650 x 1024. I am running Vista on that machine (an ASUS N10J), although I have Win7 to install when I get around to it. I did not change the default CFG file and am playing fullscreen. No problem with seeing the entire play field. Could it be an issue with the setup of your monitor?

    Posted 14 years ago #
14. 

    Dragonlair
    Member

    Actually, Campy, I got it to work finally but I have NO idea how it worked! I had tried to shift the display to the right before loading the game but the game reset it back! Then I tried loading the game and while at the main menu (with the "ion spheres" bouncing around the "R"), I shifted it to the right. It stayed that way. Because of the difficulty seeing things and aggravation of having to manually shift, I hadn't played any more last night. Today, it's working fine! I can see the left edge of the play field and the entire "bar" that builds the layout (that's rather neat to watch).

    I have let Reflexive know what I did and what happened but I can't guarantee it will stay fixed. Somehow, it has registered (and saved somewhere), the display settings to reset the game to at the end and what is needed within the game and resets properly.

    I can't see what has been changed. It's copyright 2001 and I can't believe they have it working ONLY for that one setting. I have 1280 X 768 on my 22" monitor. Anything higher makes things too small for my eyes.

    BTW - you can't run it other than fullscreen. There IS no windowed mode!

    The one funny part was they wanted me to make sure my graphics driver was updated. For an 8 year old game, why is that needed! It should work with what was available 8 years ago so anything near current should work!

    Posted 14 years ago #
15. 

    Campy
    Member

    DL, strange, but glad it is working OK for you now.

    Posted 14 years ago #

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