Re: Turtle Odessy II...

This a great game! BUT last stage freezes at Level 4-4, it happens when you see the 2nd loading bar...it just freezes about half way...the bar does not advance, then you can't exit using ESC or anything...so I press good ol' CTRl ALT DEL...this at least stops it and then you see the Error message box stating: x-size of texture!= x-size of alpha...then data\objects\general\idle.tga

If you click Ok..it does it again only now says y-size of texture != y-size of alpha and then same data\.....info and just keeps on. The only way to get out of the loop is to CTRL ALT DEL...at this point the game is still open...so I just End Task. Now...IF I just decide to click the Red X to close the error box...the game will go to a Press Any Key to Continue...when you do...a BIG Black screen appears and you can hear the music of course in the background.

So anybody got any clues as to how I can play Level 4-4????

Thanks

Whiterabbit,
a review is a good thing, but when it's a cookie cutter review, and spends more time offering alternatives to the software that's offered, than it does examining the "actual software" it becomes verbose, boring and unnecessary doesn't it?

I appreciate a review like anyone else.
but lets try to keep the review shorter than the program code okay?

thanks

Both my 5 year old and my 12 year old children love it. Many thanks to Realore Studios and GOTD.

This game is adventured and full of fun.
The score records of Ozzy is 74,752 point's..
But now,I am the new Hall of Fame the score of 162,440 point's..
I love this game,it's great...Nonoycute

I'm not a big gamer and appreciate a game that is easy to play without reading instructions. This game fit the bill perfectly. Along with good graphics makes this one of my favorites. Although I downloaded it the last time around, I don't play it regularly but have completed all levels and am on my second go around.

Thankyou sooo much for this delightful game. I use to download a lot once but haven't for ages after having to do 2 recoveries on my laptop. I had forgotten about the site. This is a wonderful game ....sorry I missed Turtle 1.
My grandson has not stopped playing it....thought it was fantastic also.
For some who get all the games, you sound a little ungrateful....I think you should be grateful to try these games for nothing. With a low butget, I am very appreciative.

Thank you!! After initially freezing up the screen, it is, after rebooting, running smoothly (XP)...this could be addictive....

I missed this game again. Looked really great too. Hopefully it will be offered again.

I LOVE it. :)

Well said watcher13. :) I agree with you wholeheartedly about the cursor controls spoiling the platform experience. I could never get into them until I tried Turtle Odyssey for the first time when it was given away on this project. I remember trying to play platform games when I first saw them on PC way back in the late 80's/early 90's. Mouse control makes it so much easier and a pleasurable to play. If it hadn't been for the giveaway project I'd still be playing breakouts, alien shooter type games and space shooters plus my DVD based games only. I rarely played any other games (though I did start buying loads of different genres following an accident in 2005 as I found playing them was a great analgesic; (you wouldn't believe how many arcade games I bought in 2006 once I'd recovered from the initial injuries from my road traffic accident. The Game giveaway project saved me a fortune in 2007, though I'd already bought a lot of the games we were given, lol

The game is fun, but, with my joystick, the character is always running or jumping, and often wants to go in one directions. It'd be much better if it only moved when I moved the joystick. It's nearly impossible to get the character to stand still, using my controller (Saitek Rumble Force 2000). I think, it should automatically stand still, when I'm not pushing on the stick.

In Vista, I configured the controller, but that didn't make any difference.

Picked this up last time around and absolutely love it. Plays just fine on Vista and just downloaded it to my stick to put on my laptop and other computors and no problems there.
Thanks so much for all the hard work your doing as it sure is appreciated in this household.

Boring. 1995 called and wants its Nintendo 1 back.

Love the game. Thanks GGAOTD. I greatly appreciate your offers.

Yay, Ozzy! I didn't download this previously because I had played an Odyssey 1 online demo and it was key control only. And I s**k with key control. I must have missed at the time Rabbit's mention of multiple control options in this download, although I'm not sure how they're all activated. But, I wanted to use mouse control, anyway. And I'm in hog heaven. Well, not that excited, but I'm getting alot of enjoyment out of this now that I have mouse control. I hated platformers when trying to use keys, but with this and Archibald's Adventures supporting mouse control, I'm getting hooked. But I wouldn't have known if not for Stephen.

Two minor picks: 1. Ozzy's walking speed. I wish it could be sped up just a little when needed. When there's no threats per yards of screen, Ozzy's loping gate is a little bit of a waste of time. 2. The tip system is good, but, for us newbies it would have been nice if they told us that one of the goals for Ozzy is to destroy all the enemies. I thought avoiding them when possible would be sufficient and logical, until I saw the on the spot bonuses for killing some and the overall bonus for killing all. On the other hand, the big selling point for me is that this is a standalone, which is my particular fetish. There's never any worry that any permanent damage will be done to your system.

As to long reviews, there's room for both. Those who try nearly everything don't always understand that some of us really don't have the time for that. We REALLY appreciate those who do and are nice enough to expound about it, and at least they'll know their insights are helping. Alot! For those who don't like reading, or at least skimming, long reviews, I have a simple solution. Don't. I'll do it for you.

I'm either not enough of a gamer or really dense, (Well, I am that.) but I don't get the saving reference. It picks up were I left off when I restart. ??? Maybe I'm just not getting what you mean.

Did have one glitch. Fullscreen window went black and then disappeared a couple times when I had heavy CPU load. But, I just clicked on it in the taskbar and it relaunched right were it was when it went black. So far, no biggie. For reference: 2.1G, dual core AMD Athlon. 1G memory. NVidia GEForce 6100.

I think this game, Rise of Atlantis, Jane's Hotel, etc., illustrate what you can expect from this project at it's best. Games that are hardly the last word in modern gaming, but offer a pleasant, casual, quality gaming experience. Does anyone really think that the latest, insanely popular games for the hard core, obsessed gamers are going to be offered regularly ANYWHERE for free? You really expect that???

Thanks, GGOTD.

Hi ... and thanks to Realore and GGAOTD for today's game. I downloaded this one last time it was offered and still enjoy playing it from time to time. Thanks WR-Stephen for the walk-thru ... I plan to play again and see what I have been missing. I also own the other two Turtle games and hope to be introducing them to my grandbabe soon. Thanks.

Re #5. Thanks Whiterabbit. I cant remember what level I got to, but will try it out again. Thanks for the tip.

Now to wait until they bring out the first Turtle Odyssey. I missed it last time. :)

What a cute game. Installed and ran just fine on my Windows Vista laptop. Thank you so much!!

@ Whiterabbit: I very much appreciate your reviews and the links you share. They are most helpful and informative. Thank you very much for sharing them. I'm sure 99.9% of people who come here appreciate them as well!

As to the DirectX issue I checked and found I'm up to date with DX10 and no problems were found on my system.
For others here's how you find out:
1. Click the "Start" button.
2. Choose "Run" or write run in search box on Vista.
3. In the Find dialog box, type dxdiag.exe
4. You'll find DirectX version at the bottom of the "system Information" region.

My issue might have been resolution but I use what fits my widescreen monitor and have never had a glitch like that. It's not causing any problems now. I love the graphics on Turtle Odessey II and it's going to be a fun time waster! Thanks GGOTD!

Thanks Mercurius, I don't know how I got my dates so mixed up. :lol: I've corrected them. I've not had time to fully look over the database you sent me. It looks like you've put a lot of work into it. :)

Thanks for your support midori, I considered replying to vilulfs comment, but I replied to the comment he made yesterday, which basically said the same thing (though not as rudely). He either didn't read my reply or was annoyed by it; I suspect the latter.

I wouldn't bother writing these reviews if I thought there were more people like him/her around. Thankfully I know most community members appreciate the work I put into them, so will continue. Most reviews recently are actually re hashed versions of previous reviews I've written for the same game, with extra information added such as where to go for cheats or walkthroughs. I try to make the reviews as concise as possible, but adding as much ‘appropriate’ information as possible for the community to make an informed choice.

My original reason for doing these reviews was to help those on dial up as I knew that to spend hours downloading some of the games given away only to find they were not what the member thought they were or wanted could be quite disheartening. I thought collecting together good reviews, screenshots as well as videos plus other useful information about the games, first hand information about the game play and if possible, alternative free games and even sometimes budget titles would be of assistance to dial up users.

For those having problems running this game - i.e. getting errors associated with Direct X. It may be that you need the latest version of the software. I'd also try updating your graphics drivers and maybe change your screen resolution as well (just clutching at staws on that last one though) . I don't use my copy of Vista so can't really add any more advice. I hope you get it to work.

Nice one Lechwork, fullscreen=0 is windowed mode isn't it? Maybe if you are able to get to the options menu you'll be able to change to windowed without having to edit the ini file. For those of you who aren't sure how to edit the ini file just right click on the file located in the games installed folder and select open with - Select notebook to open the file, which is the game configuration settings file. The value you need to change is near the top of the page around 7 lines down.

I can't get it to play on my computer either, keeps making the error of the direst x. I have a computer that is just a year old and running direct x 10 and rebooting doesn't help either. Any ideas?

YAY!! Another Ozzy game. We have two other titles with this little guy and can't get enough of him. Thanks, GAOTD!

I already got this game when you offered it before and I love it. Thank you so much! I am wondering if it is possible to get the full free version of Turtle Odyssey I anywhere?

game.ini
FullScreen=0 and it works
nice game :)

I like turtles

@ #31: The same thing happened to me (“The programm needs video hardware that supports DirectX 8.0 or higher version.”) and since I didn't uncheck the option to open to open the game automatically, everything froze. I managed to reboot and now it's running without probs. Interesting the same thing happened to someone else with an updated system. I'm on Vista Home Premium SP1 with NVIDIA 8800 GT.

>#23 vilulf... I sense the review you are referring to, and the majority of us here would disagree with your comment. Yes, brevity is sufficient at times, but we look forward to one in-depth review here and that person kindly and voluntarily provides it. There's plenty of room for the short and sometimes uninformative remarks (and yes, mine usually fall into that category...i.e. "I like it,"), but look forward to the one that covers everything. And the adjective you used was most pretentious of you. Otherwise, I agree with your remarks about the game.

I've gotten both versions of this...well actually there are 3 and they are all great fun. With the Mario type action it's great!

A charming game, great graphics, and content that is unlikely to offend anyone.

This IS a great game, got it last time 'round and lost it due to a OS meltdown (WinXP Pro SP3).
Really glad to get it back!
Thanks WhiteRabbit!

I have to add a negative comment to my earlier positive one. I am running the game on Vista 64. It ceased working on the second run--the window will not remain open. If you have Vista 64, at least, I would not pay money for this game.

Love this one. ALso check out Scuba Steve at freegamepick.com

http://www.freegamepick.com/en/screenshots_scubasteve.html

That's a real nice platformer too!

I played this game through at least 3 times. I like it very well but I still have it. I wish they would make an Ozzy 3 with some new backgrounds as the graphics are nice.

I got problems with this game, as I can't start it. :( It used to show "The programm needs video hardware that supports DirectX 8.0 or higher version." My computer is pretty new and running the latest version of DirectX. Where is the fault? :( Can somebody help?

"can not connect, please try later."
It's not my end. Advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Please can someone tell me why a game with 14MB expands to 80MB on download? This isn't a snarky question, I really don't understand. Thanks for any help.

I have both Turtle Odyssey games and they're some of my favorites from GGOTD. Its challenging enough for adults but easy enough for kids. The graphics are great. Overall a really fun and relaxing game.

Personally, I'm happy to see the more popular games offered more frequently. It encourages new people to come back for more and it gives the "regulars" a chance to re-download anything they may have lost or missed.

#1, WR

The giveaway dates were as follows (cf. the query in my data base!):

Turtle Odyssey 1: Mar 17 2007, Feb 04 2008, Nov 22 2008
Turtle Odyssey 2: Jan 29 2008, Nov 08 2008, Apr 19 2009

Ozzy is cute and I like to play games like this when I'm tired. This game is also easy to play on the laptop without need of a mouse. Thanks GGOTD and Realore.

This is a good game, but I already have it. I was hoping for a new game that I would like.

The previous time I've got the game, addicted to play it, but when my PC crushed, I've lost it. So I'm glad, that GAOTD gives us another chance to have Turtle Odyssey. Installed and started to play, but, in my opinion, the previous version was more interesting. If GAOTD provide the previous version again, I'd install it again. Anyway, from me - thumbs up !

I'll avoid writing the ridiulously verbose 14 page review.....
( I'm pretty sure a paragraph or two would suffice wouildn't it?)
[BREVITY is the key to successful communications]

This is a fun and addicting game....
installed fine and registered automatically (nice )
Thanks a another very fun game offering GGOTD

5 of 5 stars for this relaxing game

vilulf

Two thumbs up! My kids love this game. My son i reading over my shoulder and say's "If you have a minute, download it, It's great"

Great game I also got it last time it was offered if you don't have this yet Give it a try Think you will be pleasantly suprised with this one. great graphics enjoyable game play and price got to love that best FREE
Thanks GGOTD

Nice platform game in classic Mario style. I'll keep it around for when a little kid visits, or sneak some game time myself. The main thing to note is that there is no violence--how refreshing in this era!

Got it last time it was offered. My daughter loves it, and she is picky... Graphics are really cute and gameplay is excellent. I can't blame GAOTD for providing an excellent game to those who do not have it yet, even if I already have it myself. Thumbs up!

It reminds me of 8-bit atari games. I like it. (=

i still have this from last time, have gone through it 2 times, if GGOTD could get rome puzzle one day it would be nice

Screenshots remindes me a little on Super Mario =)

Its a really Nice Game - thank you very much.