Giveaway of the Day - Packs Adventures

Introduction:

Todays Magnussoft game is a 26.9Mb download that expands into 38.1Mb. 23Mb of which are the AVI intro and in game music. It really is a shame that a lite version couldn’t be made. I tried deleting the AVI file but it crashed the game, otherwise I would have asked if it would have been allowed. Sorry

The Game:

This is a typical Pacman game. There’s nothing else to add to such a game apart from it’s got chunky graphics. The game as with all Magnussoft games has the password saving feature, which I for one do not like. I never really get further than a few levels into these sorts of games simply because I’m always losing the passwords. That said, the only other problem I found was the keyboard was a little unresponsive when trying to change direction.

Conclusion:

Definitely worth 6 out of 10. There are many Pacman games around and this one was okay, but it didn’t grab me, though I love the graphics. The Yeah Baby, although funny at first became wearing after several times on one level.

I posted the following late last night so though it would be prudent to post it again as I think the game I found is well worth it.

Squarez:

I was daydreaming yesterday following a cat nap and a thought came to me about a really cool game I used to play about 15 years ago. It came on one of those demo discs (floppy) and was a limited trial (limited in that some of the bonuses etc were permanently disabled). I never got around to buying the full version for whatever reason, but once I’d settled down I forgot all about the game and lost the demo. Returning to playing games following my accident I remembered the game, but couldn’t remember it’s name until now, so I Googled it and guess what, I found the original developers site who had made it Freeware. I thought maybe I’d have trouble running it on my system, but no, it worked like a charm. It’s called Squarez Deluxe and is really a brilliant game, that can be either played solo or against a friend.

You can download the game from the following link:

http://www.adeptsoftware.com/squarez/

The graphics are okay considering it’s so old. None of your bright shiny graphics but IMO the game play is riveting. I used to play it for hours on end. I think I’ll be donating to the guys site as I think I’ll be spending even more time playing it again now that I’ve found it. You can get an idea as to what the game looks like by following the link below. Don’t be put off by its simple looking graphics as it’s got a lot of excellent bonuses, both positive and negative, that make this a beautiful but simple game to play.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=squarez+deluxe&btnG=Search+Images

Please excuse the very short review, it’s Christmas Eve and there’s so much else to do. I’ll be taking a break over the next few days as we have family visits and guests as I’m sure we all have.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a brilliant and festive season and a happy new year.