Game Giveaway of the Day – Atlantis Quest

#31

i just finished the game. i got halfway through the fifth city before it became unplayable. i used up all my lives and got booted back to the beginning of the fifth city ... without any of my power-ups! to me that's cruel and makes the game impossible. i tried and failed level 5-1 three or four times and decided to quest for hacks.

here's how to get a virtually untimed game: inside [game installation folder]/Atlantis Quest/Levels/ is a folder for each city. in each city folder is a series of .map files, one for each level. **back up your files before you edit them!** then open the .map files and change the number next to "Time." i added a zero to each one to give myself ten times as much time. some levels may not work when you edit them, but i had no problem with any from 5-1 through the end, 8-12.

a hack to get extra lives more quickly: open [game installation folder]/Atlantis Quest/Options.txt. change the number next to "CONST_BonusLifeScore." getting extra lives doesn't help with the central problem that there just isn't enough time.

(hacks from http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Atlantis_Quest/AQ.shtml)

my suggestions to the developer:

- offer an untimed option. time is the most precious commodity in this game, and there simply isn't enough.

- offer an option for more time to complete levels. with unlimited time, the game loses its edge and starts to become boring.

- if you boot players back to the beginning of a city, don't punish them by taking away their power-ups. in some situations you can't complete a level without a power-up.

- it seemed odd that the same copy appeared for each level as the pieces of the artifacts were restored. maybe there should be additional details about the artifacts every couple of levels.

random comments:

- visual/sound - i like the graphics. they're bright, distinctive, and interesting to look at. my eyes did not boggle after staring at the screen for hours on end. i really like the music, a sort of "natasha atlas meets the 4400."

- fun/challenge - i enjoyed the "out of the box" game play up to a point. i left off a long time ago in the midst of the fourth city. i think it must have become more difficult than fun. then when the game was offered this time, i revisited it and got a bee in my bonnet that i was going to finish. getting booted back to the beginning of the city and losing my power-ups was a total buzz kill. with the hack, i could finish the game, but it did lose its edge.

- storyline - OK. i'm not looking for a compelling match-3 storyline, but using the same description for twelve levels while rebuilding an artifact seemed a little too sparse.

overall, i do like the game and would recommend it with hacks. fine-tuning the timing options would make it more enjoyable.

thanks, playrix, ggotd, and whiterabbit. you rock!

(System info: WinXP Home SP3 on an Acer Aspire One D250, 2GB RAM, 1.6GHz, 1024 x 600 resolution)

i just finished the game. i got halfway through the fifth city before it became unplayable. i used up all my lives and got booted back to the beginning of the fifth city ... without any of my power-ups! to me that's cruel and makes the game impossible. i tried and failed level 5-1 three or four times and decided to quest for hacks.

here's how to get a virtually untimed game: inside [game installation folder]/Atlantis Quest/Levels/ is a folder for each city. in each city folder is a series of .map files, one for each level. **back up your files before you edit them!** then open the .map files and change the number next to "Time." i added a zero to each one to give myself ten times as much time. some levels may not work when you edit them, but i had no problem with any from 5-1 through the end, 8-12.

a hack to get extra lives more quickly: open [game installation folder]/Atlantis Quest/Options.txt. change the number next to "CONST_BonusLifeScore." getting extra lives doesn't help with the central problem that there just isn't enough time. 
 
(hacks from http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Atlantis_Quest/AQ.shtml)

my suggestions to the developer:

- offer an untimed option. time is the most precious commodity in this game, and there simply isn't enough.

- offer an option for more time to complete levels. with unlimited time, the game loses its edge and starts to become boring.

- if you boot players back to the beginning of a city, don't punish them by taking away their power-ups. in some situations you can't complete a level without a power-up.

- it seemed odd that the same copy appeared for each level as the pieces of the artifacts were restored. maybe there should be additional details about the artifacts every couple of levels.

random comments:

- visual/sound - i like the graphics. they're bright, distinctive, and interesting to look at. my eyes did not boggle after staring at the screen for hours on end. i really like the music, a sort of "natasha atlas meets the 4400."

- fun/challenge - i enjoyed the "out of the box" game play up to a point. i left off a long time ago in the midst of the fourth city. i think it must have become more difficult than fun. then when the game was offered this time, i revisited it and got a bee in my bonnet that i was going to finish. getting booted back to the beginning of the city and losing my power-ups was a total buzz kill. with the hack, i could finish the game, but it did lose its edge.

- storyline - OK. i'm not looking for a compelling match-3 storyline, but using the same description for twelve levels while rebuilding an artifact seemed a little too sparse.

overall, i do like the game and would recommend it with hacks. fine-tuning the timing options would make it more enjoyable.

thanks, playrix, ggotd, and whiterabbit. you rock!

(System info: WinXP Home SP3 on an Acer Aspire One D250, 2GB RAM, 1.6GHz, 1024 x 600 resolution)

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Reply | Comment by tinyearl – 10 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#30

Since cencor ship has been practised in the "game" section, I'll skip this part of GOTD. Gametop will do for me though : /

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What are you talking abut Alan, looking back on all of your previous comments I've never had to censor your comments? Only inappropriate or totally off the point comments are removed from this comment section.

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#29

Hi,

Lost the game in a crash, so downloaded with ease and ran perfectly on windows 8.
A bit simple, but enjoyable!

Thank you for another game!

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#28

Thank you for the giveaway. I needed a change from Fishdom and Curse of the Witch Crow. I have repeated them so many times I know what is coming next. This is good. Have not gotten to far and some of the levels have been quite challenging. More so then other games similar to it, where the difficulty only comes toward the end. Thanks again.

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#27

Installed without any issues on Windows 7. The game appears a little dated however it does play well. Only improvement I can think of is adding a relaxed (non-timed) mode.

Thank you for the giveaway!

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#26

Still have this from last year ...still haven't finished it (some of the higher levels are quite frustrating). No problems, cursor or otherwise, on this old Vista system.

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#25

Good game, but we've had it before. Something new please.

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#24

Downloaded several times. This time it worked. Please ignore #10. Thank you for the giveaways.

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#23

Thanks to Playrix for this nice giveaway. A real classic.

Thanks to Christiane who figured out a clever fix for the installation bug, and went to the effort of letting us all know. Much appreciated.

And lastly thanks to Stephen, without whose professionalism, attention to detail and kindness we and this website would be very much the poorer.

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Thank you Julia. :)

(you name always reminds me of an early Pink Ployd track :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcTdsMx3x8

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#22

I have repeatedly tried to install this on my Windows 8.1 laptop and cannot get it to install...what is wrong???

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Hi wvlady, do you get any error messages? Also check the FAQ's section over in the Game Discussion sticky section. you may find a fix there. If you are getting the 'Atlantis Resource Creator' window, check my review at comment number for details of a fix.

Reply | Comment by wvlady – 10 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#21

Downloaded and works fine on HP 64bit WIN 7 laptop (obviously it downloads in 32 bit mode but that is not an issue).

On the game itself .. as an avid fan of "Call of Atlantis" I was sort of hoping for an upgraded (better!!) version of this. In fact the game play seems much slower than "call,,,," and nowhere near as good.
Only played to the end of Greece but it wasn't exciting enough to make me want to go further tonight. Sure I will return later if only to try and complete one round.

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#20

I am disapointed that every game offered here lately seems to be essentially variations of the same game, made by some kind amateurish game generating program. Now I am fed up with hidden objects games and games such as this one who is containing tiles or marbles in a mahjong kind of game board. I want to have games that are very different from each other and are not clones of the same game. A good game should use unique simple principles that can be adopted on a broad range of situations in a game, thus sacrificing some aspects for the sake of ability to take choosen aspects to a wider use in the game.

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Sadly all of the great game ideas have been copied to death. Also, the game giveaway team can only rely on the generosity of the developers who allow their games to be given away for free. The recession, the advent of Indie bundles and the increasing number of constant sales from many of the distributors of games have made it almost impossible to get games for free these days. We still get the occassional unusual game. If you want something different, that's free, check out MyPlayCity or Jenkat games. They have amassive catalogue of free games, tohugh you do have to watch out for toolbars etc.

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#19

Got this awhile go from gotd but didn't work. The fix worked though from today's post! the rabbit as usual mention mutiple places to get games, - some free game keys links incase I missed them in rabbits post? Get your free Steam key for Ionball 2: Ionstorm - Keys Left
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Need more free: Free Fat Princess Game for the Playstation 3
http://www.freestufftimes.com/free-fat-princess-game-playstation-3

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#18

When I attempt to instal the program, your activation program is not connecting to game.giveawayoftheday.com to check for availability. It hangs showing the activation notice.

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Hi Spamalot, check the Game Discussion forum sticky section for the FAQ's thread. Hopefully you'll find a fix there.

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#17

I love this game, I bought the CD version years ago. I can't find it and I wanted to install it on a new laptop. But this version popped up with an InstallCore.BC virus/trojan warning (using NOD32), same as the last offering. I enjoy the GGOTD, but this isn't the first time I've backed out after getting an AV popup warning.

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No one else has reported this problem. The fact that you have had this warning beofre would indicate your computer mnay already be infected, but not via the giveawayoftheday. The giveaway team have been giving games away since Dec 2006 and there has never been a game given away that has been infected. They check all games with several malware suites just to be sure. If it's not your computer thta's already infected, it's a false positive.

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#16

deleted and downloaded a second time i received the same msg that the files are corrupted.

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Hi Donna, check the Game Discussion forum sticky section for the FAQ's thread. Hopefully you'll find a fix there.

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#15

downloaded tried to install i get error msg that the setup files are corrupted. please obtain new copy. how do i get setup files that are not corrupted? last weeks game i had similar error msgs

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Hi Donna, thousands of community members have downloaded and installed this game with no problems. It's more liklely a problem at your end. Check the FAQ's section over in the game discussion forums. I had this problem some years ago so used a different file archiver. That solved the problem. I've linked to several free file archivers in the FAQ's thread

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#14

Got this last time . Running on Win 7 64 bit, no problem. Thanks GGOFD!

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#13

Just installed on Win7 64bit Home Premium. Popup "Atlantis Resource Creater" opened. It said that resources were being unpacked and that it was a one time process. I assume that is the same thing that is happening when the demo version is installed. The unpacked files are then still available when the GOTD file is installed and therefore the "Resource Creator" does not run again.

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#12

I've downloaded this and used the fix to get it to run, which it is now doing without any problem (Win 7, 64-bit). I noted that the demo from Playrix was about 93MB, whereas the initial download from GAOTD was only about 19MB - perhaps that's a clue to the problem. Anyway, it's fine now, so thank you very much for the fix.

I've just played through the first artifact (Greece) and it looks like a really enjoyable game. "Call of Atlantis" is my usual go-to game for a few minutes' R&R, but this one looks as if it will be a pleasant change from that. The graphics are lovely, the screen not cluttered and the Help is just that - clear and useful. I also prefer this sort of Match-3 - being able to swap the tiles rather than having to keep the mouse pointer over a number of tiles (more difficult if you have any sort of hand-coordination problem).

So thank you for a game that I'm sure will be a keeper and is, as all Playrix games appear to be, a very professional product!

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#11

Played ok last Giveaway Win 8.1.2 x64 Pro. Fun but gets rough past the midway point. Have to build as many Buster pieces as can for that area. Don't get too casual figuring you'll pick up extras because you'll be fighting just to solve levels.

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#10

I downloaded it using Windows 7/64 and a Download Manager which I used trying to download NamarielLegends TheIronLord which BTW, wouldn't complete in three tries. Said there was a corrupted file. Anyway today's game installed without any problem and so far has worked fine. I echo the thanks for all of the giveaways and hard work that goes in to making it all happen.

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#9

I installed it on a Toshiba Satellite, Win 8.1, 2 gig memory, and it installed without any problem. I did not have the cursor problem that some other people are having. Thank you for the giveaway! :)

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#8

Good morning Rabbit. Downloaded this game the last time it was on, and I do enjoy this kind of game. Have to d/l now for my wife. FYI, Didimatic website is not working, or you have a bad link.

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Thanks. I'd meant to delete that link, but was half asleep when I posted it. :)

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#7

Installed on an old Win 7 that is lacking in resources and opens and plays with cursor perfectly. Thanks GGOTD!

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#6

It was also given away last year (with the same bug)...
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/atlantis-quest-2013/

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Yes it was. I don't know why the bug is only paricular to the giveaway version? At least there is a fix. :)

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#5

No cursor, and no option to use game cursor

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You'll find a fix for this issue in the FAQ's thread, which you'll find via the following link:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647

If that fails try going into compatibility mode and adjusting scaling.

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#4

The game installs ok but does not run. Despite turning off my security suite temporarily, on access the screen sits on "Atlantis Resource Creator" and doesn't change, doesn't use any CPU resource - it's a dead duck! Anyone using Windows 8, don't waste your time downloading.

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Hi Yorkiebarman.

If you read my review you'll find I have posted a fix for the problem.

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#3

Installed on Lenovo laptop running win 8.1, 2gb memory. Game played without issues. Thanks!

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#2

I cannot get the mouse pointer to appear.

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You'll find a fix for this issue in the FAQ's thread, which you'll find via the following link:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647

If that fails try going into compatibility mode and adjusting scaling.

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#1

To all community members experiencing problems getting the game to get past the Atlantis Resource Creator window, there was a fix posted for this last time the game was given away. Please read the following:

YES, a fix for the problem many of us have been getting. thanks to Christiane for the suggestion and confirmed by Ramu and me.

Download the demo from Playrix and install that first, then install the game giveaway version over that. The game should then work.

http://www.playrix.com/games/pc/atlantis-quest.html

p.s. installing the Playrix demo then copy/pasting the already installed game over the playrix demo may also work.

Atlantic Quest:

Installation:

Atlantic Quest downloads to an 18.7 MB zip file that unpacks to a read me and a wrapped setup file (the orange colored file with the key symbol), plus there's a setup file with security (setup.gcd) that's protected from being hacked (because the previous giveaway system was easily cracked). This file may case some security software to alert the user to a possible malware attack, but it will be a false positive.

The game giveaway team check all game giveaways for malware using several well known anti -malware suites. There has never been a game giveaway infected with malware since the project started back in Dec 2006. (The owners know that allowing such things would compromise their buisness, so they make sure all software given away via the giveaway and gamegiveaway sites are throughly checked for all types of malware before allowing community members to download any files.

Some community members have been having problems installing games since the security software was added. It's been found that turning off your security temporarily or configuring it to accept the setup.cgd file usually sorts the problem out.

To register and install the game click on the orange colored icon. The installed game is 29.9Mb in size. and installs to the following path by default:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Playrix Entertainment\Atlantis Quest

The path can be changed to suit whatever your wishes are. Once the game is installed you can delete the giveaway setup files. There isn't a shortcut or uninstaller iinstalled to either the desktop opr Start menu programs list.

I've had problems getting this to work on both my Win 7
& Win 8 computers. I get a small window that says 'Atlantis Resource Center' I don't know how to fix it?

I don't have a Vista or XP installation set up at the moment (and won't for several months until we move house later this year).

Introduction:

Atlantis Quest has been given away five times previously where it received 92% positive votes out of 328 the first time it was given away in April 2007; there were 89 comments which can be seen HERE and it was again given away again in January 2008 where it received 83% positive votes out of 478 votes with 87 comments which you can see HERE. It was also given away 28th November 2010 where it received a positive 70% votes out of 473. You can see the comments made HERE, it was also given away on May 29th 2011 where it received a positive 346 votes out of 429 with 81 comments which you can read HERE and finally it was given away last year May 5th where it received a positive 81% out of 400 votes with 86 comments which can be read HERE.

Are you ready for an exciting quest of adventure and discovery? Embark on a journey around ancient Greece, Babylon, Carthage, Egypt and Rome in the search for one of the greatest mysteries of all time - the lost city of Atlantis. In this classic style matching game with a dazzling new twist you will need to discover pieces of ancient artifacts that will help you find a way to your destination. A great storyline with extremely addictive new gameplay, 76 explosive levels, exciting power-up items and numerous extra features will keep you playing for days on end!

Reference accessed HERE 27th Nov 2010

If you want to try the game before you download onto your computer there are online versions that you can play for free. HERE's one link. :)

The Game:

There have been loads of this genre given away, all with their own merits but this is one of those that has several additions that make it a cut above the rest (including Treasures of Montezuma and The Rise of Atlantis) 'in my opinion'.

Apart from the interesting story line the game play is enhanced by the use of artifact pieces that you have to clear from the playing area by moving them to the bottom of the field. This is accomplished by matching three or more symbols that tie in with the particular story line of which there are several that include Greek, Roman, Cartage, Babylonian and Egyptian. Once they are moved to the bottom they are fitted into a puzzle placed at the side of the main puzzle, and slowly build up a picture of the particular artifact. The aim being to find the lost city of Atlantis and the Golden Chimera, which I presume will be the last artifact to be built.

You can also move power ups off the playing field, which can then be used to destroy particularly difficult to get rid of tiles. These can be saved till the storage space is filled. That is at least one of each type from a hammer and shovel, both of which can be used to remove a single tile of your choice. There are three more that I’ve not discovered the use of yet; these are an oil lamp, timer and a money bag.

There is a third incentive to play which is against the clock. The quicker you remove the artifact pieces from the playing field, the greater the time bonus you get. Additional points can be gain by creating more combinations with just one move of a tile, however the more of these you make, the less of a time bonus you will get. I haven’t worked out the difference yet. You get three lives to start with so I can only think that you have to clear the artifacts within a certain time to retain your life. The further into the level set you progress, the more artifact pieces you have to remove from the playing field, and the more difficult it becomes. The longest board took me just over three minutes (with three artifact pieces), the shortest 22 seconds (with one artifact piece). I seemed to get quite high bonuses for both. There is an indicator of the amount of bonus you have accrued below the playing field that looks like a thick line of molten gold.

You can save the games progress at any point, even half way through a game which is great if you are suddenly taken from the game. You don’t have to worry about having to cancel the level and having to start from the beginning of that particular level again. You can set up multiple profiles or if you‘re not satisfied with your progress through the game you can cancel your progress and restart from the beginning again.

The options menu has the usual items such as changing sounds and music. The music is quite pleasant, but as with any music can become annoying after a while unless it’s turned down to a very low level. You can change the method of changing the tiles from a drag to a drag and drop. The left mouse button is used to move tiles. There is a difference as I’m sure you’ll discover when you play around with the options to find what’s best for you. The drag option seems the best to me, which is the default setting. It is here also that you can turn off the helpful hints menu and a separate help menu as well as change from full screen, which is the default setting to windowed mode.

Some community members did have problems with this game. You can read more comments in the game discussion forums HERE

Features:

⦁ Discover the Atlantis mystery
⦁ Set out to 5 ancient civilizations
⦁ Assemble different artifacts piece by piece
⦁ Enjoy extremely long gameplay
⦁ Use special items for better playing
⦁ Great storyline
⦁ 76 mind-blowing levels
⦁ Several Power-ups

Music:

If you don't like the in game music, you should be able to exchange the music files which are located via the path below:

C:..........\Atlantic Quest\Sound\Snd\x.ogg

Where x represents the ogg files you'll want to change. Most of the files are just sound effects. You can distinguish the music files bvy the size of the file. All the music files are over 100KB. I'd keep a copy of all of the original ogg files at least until you've tested and made sure the game still runs properly. Make sure that you rename all exchanged music files with the ones you are replacing, and also make sure you convert each file to the ogg format first. :)

Video:

You can see several video's of via the following videos HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE (Portuguese language)

System Requirements:

OS: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
CPU: At least 800MHz
sysRAM: 128 MB
DirectX: 8.0 or higher
vRAM: 32 MB

Conclusion:

This is one of the better Match Three games in my opinion. Very similar to The Rise of Atlantis, but with slightly different game play, if you like Match three you can’t go wrong with this one. The game play gets progressively harder as more obstacles are introduced to the game. A great family game that’s well worth 8.4 out of 10. (I’d give it a 9 out of 10, but there are too many of this genre available which takes away from the games overall enjoyment depending upon how many of these games you’ve played previously; if you've never played one I reckon you're in for a treat. Thank you Playrix Entertainment for a great take on this genre and to the GGAotD team for providing it free for us today.

Scoring:

Gameplay: 9
Graphics: 8 (remember this is now several years old)
Sound & Music: 8 (You can change the music if you wish)
Replayability: 9
Originality: 8

Total = 8.4

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Problems:

The following window pops up when I first installed the giveaway version, so used the fix that Christiane found worked the last time this was given away. Once I'd done that, the game worked perfectly.

If you are posting late in the day I would also suggest posting in the main giveaway forums, in the game discussion section because I cannot moderate 24hrs a day over the weekend. If you've installed the game but it won’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at another time. Unfortunately if your problem is actually installing it then once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done until the game is given away again (though that isn't guaranteed). Sometimes you can still register the game after the giveaway has ended so long as you managed to start the download before the giveaway ends. I've tested this and sometimes the grace period lasts for up to 2 hours, but more often than not 1 hour is the norm.

It’s always worth checking out the free games sites as sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity (MPC) has the most with over 800 games to choose from. Today's game is available 24/7 from MPC HERE together with at least another 100 plus match three games. Do watch out for toolbars etc. Make sure you uncheck the checkboxes during installation . You can find all 140 Match 3's from MPC HERE

If you have any problems installing or getting to work today's game please go HERE for help. I've posted all of the common problems and solutions in a FAQ thread, which you can find in the sticky section of the forums by following the above link.

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To be honest there are too many game deals around too list them all. Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you for a very decent price. If like me you prefer Steamwork games, many of the above sites also sell Steamwork games.

If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums HERE for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles (there's over 20 of them - If you purchased all of them you'd be paying around $80 for around a thousand dollars worth of games); or check out the four day sales at IndieGameStand. I've not updated the Indie Game bundle thread for some time, but the links provided will still take you to the appropriate sites. you can find the thread HERE. Also check out HERE link for a list of all current bundles. I've just updated the thread last night. The latest IndieGameStand game is called Dungeon Lurk II - Leona an Action Puzzle Adventure Game with roots in the classic "Point & Click" genre. The next IGS game will come live Thursday 30th October 5am (GMT)

The latest Daily Indie game is 'Litil Divil' a retro dungeon crawler - Welcome to the Underworld, where you guide Mutt, the bad luck Litil Divil, through the Labyrinth of Chaos to retrieve the Mystical Pizza of Plenty. Our 'hero' takes a fateful step through the Mortal Portal to prowl five hellish levels of treacherous tunnels with more than 50 raucous rooms of gameplay. Beware of killer spiders, bottomless swamps, ferocious furnaces... and crazed bartenders. And watch out! If you can't get Mutt to the Overlord, The Entity and The Servant will drag him to the Torture Room for a little fiendish fun.
You can get two keys if you pay more than the average, which at the time of writing was $1.28; (one for a friend or family member perhaps?). There's also 2 bundles available (Dig 2 and DIG 11) You can get these 6 game bundle for $1.49 each, or if you pay above the average, you'll get two keys for each game.. You'll find those deals HERE.

Most of the bundles retail for around $5 give or take a few dollars, but you can pay as little as a dollar for some.

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A Request for help:

Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you've checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

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If you're looking for something other than today's game check the didimatic site via THIS link for some brilliant deals.

Steams weekend deals include 50% off the latest Tomb Raider 2013 game (superb version with amazing graphics (you'll need a fairly decent graphics card with at least a DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM. e.g. an AMD Radeon HD 5870 or an nVidia GTX 480 card if you want to max out the visuals, but an older DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM will still allow you to play the game, but probably not with the graphics maxed out e.g. an AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT or an nVidia 8600 {these video cards are around 5 years old now} )., Other Steam games on sale this weekend include 66% off the Star wars franchise, 50% off all other Tomb Raider games (you can get the whole collection of 9 games minus the latest for only £22.49/approx $34), 50% off guns of Icarus Online, 50% off the Stardock pack that includes 6 games - Demigod, Fallen enchantress, Galactic Civilizations 1 Ultimate Edition, Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition, Sins of a solar Empire Rebellion and The Political Machine 2012 as well as at least 60 other games on Steam at the moment with discounts from 10% to 80%. You'll find all the deals via the Specials tab on Steams front page HERE. The 24hr deal is 66% off 'Of Orcs & Men a decent action role playing game where you take on the role of an Orc, trying to protect your race from humans who are trying to wipe you out.

On sale over at at GreenManGaming is 75 % off Planes, Trains and Automobile games (Dogfight 1942, Train simulator 2012 and Eurotruck simulator 2. There's a 20% off voucher on the friont page that can be used against most GMG games even those with discounts already added. Check them all out HERE.

You'll find many more game deals from Gamersgate, Gamestop, Greenman Gaming and GOG; all of which you can find via the Didimatic site, which I've linked to above (apart from Greenman gaming - GMG).

To be honest there are too many game deals around too list them all. Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you for a very decent price.

You can get a free arcade game via Alawar's game box, just click the free game tab. It changes approximately every month If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums HERE for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles or check out the four day sales at IndieGameStand.

The latest IndieGameStand game is Bleed which you can get for $1. If you want the extra's which include Bleed alpha, Bleed Concepts and the Bleed OST. The average price when I last checked around 5.30am this morning was $1.87. This bundle ends around 4am Wednesday GMT.
There's also several indie bundles over at Indiebundle.org. Each bundle has three games and costs $5 each for the basic bundle plus a few dollars more for extras. There's two groupees bundles (The 1C bundle and the Build a Meridian bundle), an Indie Gala Mobile 3 bundle, Bundlestars 7 another Indie Royale bundle called The Lunar bundle. all bundles are excellent value for money, most of which your paying less than $5 for several games that would usually cost you a lot more. You'll find links to all of these bundles in the Game discussion forums

A Request for help:

Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average between 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you've checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

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To all community members experiencing problems  getting the game to  get past the Atlantis Resource Creator window, there was a fix posted for this  last time the game was given away.   Please read the following:

<ul><blockquote>YES, a fix for the problem many of us have been getting. thanks to Christiane for the suggestion and confirmed by Ramu and me.

Download the demo from Playrix and install that first, then install the game giveaway version over that.  The game should then work.

http://www.playrix.com/games/pc/atlantis-quest.html</blockquote></ul>

p.s.  installing the Playrix demo then copy/pasting  the already installed game over  the playrix demo may also work.

Atlantic Quest:

Installation:

Atlantic Quest downloads to an 18.7 MB zip file  that unpacks to a read me and a wrapped setup   file (the orange colored  file with the key symbol), plus there's a setup file  with security (setup.gcd) that's protected from being hacked (because the previous giveaway system was easily   cracked). This file may case some security software to  alert the user  to a possible malware attack, but   it will be a false positive.

The game giveaway team  check all game giveaways for  malware using several well known  anti -malware suites.  There has never been a game giveaway infected with malware since the project started  back in Dec 2006.  (The owners know that allowing such  things would compromise their buisness, so they make sure all software  given away via the giveaway and gamegiveaway sites are throughly checked for all types of malware before allowing  community members to download any files.

Some community members have been having problems installing  games since the   security software was added.  It's been found that turning off your security temporarily    or configuring it to accept the  setup.cgd file usually   sorts the problem out.

To register and install  the game  click on the orange colored  icon.  The installed game is   29.9Mb  in size. and  installs to the following path by default:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Playrix Entertainment\Atlantis Quest

The path can be changed to suit whatever your wishes are.   Once the game is installed you can delete the giveaway setup files.   There isn't a shortcut or uninstaller iinstalled to either the desktop opr  Start menu programs list.

I've had problems getting this to work on both my Win 7 
& Win 8 computers.  I get a small window that says 'Atlantis Resource Center'  I don't know how to fix it?

I don't have a Vista or XP installation  set up at the moment (and won't for several months until we move house later this year).

Introduction:

Atlantis Quest has been given away five times previously where it received 92% positive votes out of 328 the first time it was given away in April 2007; there were 89 comments which can be seen <a href="http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/atlantis-quest/#comments" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and it was again given away again in January 2008 where it received 83% positive votes out of 478 votes with 87 comments which you can see <a href= "http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/quest-atlantis/#comments" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. It was also given away 28th November 2010 where it received a positive 70% votes out of 473. You can see the comments made <a href="http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/atlantis-quest-2/#comments" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, it was also given away on May 29th 2011 where it received a positive 346 votes out of 429 with 81 comments which you can read <a href= "http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/atlantisquest/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and finally it was given away last year May 5th where it received a positive 81% out of 400 votes with 86 comments which can be read <a href= "http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/atlantis-quest-2013/#comments" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.

<blockquote>Are you ready for an exciting quest of adventure and discovery? Embark on a journey around ancient Greece, Babylon, Carthage, Egypt and Rome in the search for one of the greatest mysteries of all time - the lost city of Atlantis. In this classic style matching game with a dazzling new twist you will need to discover pieces of ancient artifacts that will help you find a way to your destination. A great storyline with extremely addictive new gameplay, 76 explosive levels, exciting power-up items and numerous extra features will keep you playing for days on end! </blockquote>

Reference accessed <a href="http://www.playrix.com/games/pc/atlantis-quest.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> 27th Nov 2010

If you want to try the game before you download onto your computer there are online versions that you can play for free. <a href="http://www.gamefools.com/onlinegames/free/atlantisquest.html" rel="nofollow">HERE's</a> one link. :)

The Game:

There have been loads of this genre given away, all with their own merits but this is one of those that has several additions that make it a cut above the rest (including Treasures of Montezuma and The Rise of Atlantis) 'in my opinion'.

Apart from the interesting story line the game play is enhanced by the use of artifact pieces that you have to clear from the playing area by moving them to the bottom of the field. This is accomplished by matching three or more symbols that tie in with the particular story line of which there are several that include Greek, Roman, Cartage, Babylonian and Egyptian. Once they are moved to the bottom they are fitted into a puzzle placed at the side of the main puzzle, and slowly build up a picture of the particular artifact. The aim being to find the lost city of Atlantis and the Golden Chimera, which I presume will be the last artifact to be built.

You can also move power ups off the playing field, which can then be used to destroy particularly difficult to get rid of tiles. These can be saved till the storage space is filled. That is at least one of each type from a hammer and shovel, both of which can be used to remove a single tile of your choice. There are three more that I’ve not discovered the use of yet; these are an oil lamp, timer and a money bag.

There is a third incentive to play which is against the clock. The quicker you remove the artifact pieces from the playing field, the greater the time bonus you get. Additional points can be gain by creating more combinations with just one move of a tile, however the more of these you make, the less of a time bonus you will get. I haven’t worked out the difference yet. You get three lives to start with so I can only think that you have to clear the artifacts within a certain time to retain your life. The further into the level set you progress, the more artifact pieces you have to remove from the playing field, and the more difficult it becomes. The longest board took me just over three minutes (with three artifact pieces), the shortest 22 seconds (with one artifact piece). I seemed to get quite high bonuses for both. There is an indicator of the amount of bonus you have accrued below the playing field that looks like a thick line of molten gold.

You can save the games progress at any point, even half way through a game which is great if you are suddenly taken from the game. You don’t have to worry about having to cancel the level and having to start from the beginning of that particular level again. You can set up multiple profiles or if you‘re not satisfied with your progress through the game you can cancel your progress and restart from the beginning again.

The options menu has the usual items such as changing sounds and music. The music is quite pleasant, but as with any music can become annoying after a while unless it’s turned down to a very low level. You can change the method of changing the tiles from a drag to a drag and drop. The left mouse button is used to move tiles. There is a difference as I’m sure you’ll discover when you play around with the options to find what’s best for you. The drag option seems the best to me, which is the default setting. It is here also that you can turn off the helpful hints menu and a separate help menu as well as change from full screen, which is the default setting to windowed mode.

Some community members did have problems with this game. You can read more comments in the game discussion forums <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/841#post-4940" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>

Features:

⦁	Discover the Atlantis mystery
⦁	Set out to 5 ancient civilizations
⦁	Assemble different artifacts piece by piece
⦁	Enjoy extremely long gameplay
⦁	Use special items for better playing
⦁	Great storyline 
⦁	76 mind-blowing levels 
⦁	Several Power-ups

Music:

If you don't like the in game music, you should be  able to exchange the music files which are located via the path below:

C:..........\Atlantic Quest\Sound\Snd\x.ogg

Where x represents  the ogg files you'll want to change.  Most of the files are  just sound effects.  You can distinguish  the music files  bvy the size of the file.  All the music files are over 100KB.   I'd keep   a copy of all of the original ogg files at least until you've tested and made sure the game still runs properly.  Make sure that you  rename all exchanged   music files  with the ones you are replacing, and also make sure you convert each file to the ogg format first.  :)

Video:

You can see several video's of via the following videos <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCyFpQkX49U" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLh85ax4oww" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLh85ax4oww" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1D8CGm4ROM" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNvZio4rwvk" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMs3bPynqPM" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SASG07XRwUk" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONJuLFhJ3YQ" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVr2rjeUu0" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> (Portuguese language)

System Requirements:

OS: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
CPU: At least 800MHz
sysRAM: 128 MB
DirectX: 8.0 or higher
vRAM: 32 MB

Conclusion:

This is one of the better Match Three games in my opinion.  Very similar to  The Rise of Atlantis, but with slightly different   game play, if you like Match three  you can’t go wrong with this one.  The game play gets progressively harder as more obstacles are introduced to the game.  A great family game that’s well worth  8.4  out of 10.  (I’d give it a 9 out of 10, but there are too many of this genre   available which takes away from the  games  overall  enjoyment depending upon how many of these games you’ve played previously; if you've never played one I reckon you're in for a treat. Thank you Playrix Entertainment for a great take on this genre and to the GGAotD team for providing it free for us today.

Scoring:

Gameplay: 9
Graphics: 8 (remember this is now several years old)
Sound & Music: 8 (You can change the music if you wish)
Replayability: 9
Originality: 8

Total =  8.4

Problems:

The following  window  pops up when I first installed the giveaway version, so  used the fix that Christiane  found worked the last time this was given away.  Once I'd done that, the game worked perfectly.

If you are posting late in the day I would also  suggest posting   in the main giveaway forums,  in the game discussion section because I cannot moderate   24hrs a day over the weekend.  If you've installed the game  but it won’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so  someone may be able to help  at another time.  Unfortunately if your problem is actually installing it  then once the giveaway period is over there’s  nothing  that can be done  until the game is given away again (though that isn't guaranteed).  Sometimes you can still register the game after the  giveaway has ended so long as you managed to start the download before the giveaway  ends.  I've tested this and  sometimes  the grace period lasts for  up to  2 hours, but more often than not 1 hour is the norm.

It’s always worth checking out the free games sites as sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity (MPC) has the most with over 800 games to choose from. Today's game is available 24/7 from MPC <a href="http://www.myplaycity.com/quest-game-atlantis-quest/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> together with at least another 100 plus match three games. Do watch out for toolbars etc. Make sure you uncheck the checkboxes during installation . You can find all 140 Match 3's from MPC <a href="http://www.myplaycity.com/free_match3_games/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>

If you have any problems installing or getting to work today's game please go <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647#post-101133" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> for help. I've posted all of the common problems and solutions in a FAQ thread, which you can find in the sticky section of the forums by following the above link.

Games, Games, and yet more Games plus Download, Installation & Game play Problems:

There are over 340 Steam deals this weekend. you can find them all <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/search/?specials=1" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. If I have time I'll post a list of the best deals later today.

You'll also find some excellent deals over on the following Game sites:

<a href="http://www.greenmangaming.com/hot-deals/" rel="nofollow">GreenManGaming</a>
<a href="http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Gamersgate Summer Sale</a>
<a href="http://www.gog.com/" rel="nofollow">GOG</a>
<a href="http://www.desura.com/games#sale" rel="nofollow">Desura</a>
<a href="http://www.gamestop.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Gamestop</a>
<a href="http://digital.gamefly.co.uk/#!/pc" rel="nofollow">GameFly</a> (Gamefly are selling off their digital distribution soon)

The Origin free game is still Bejewelled 3.

To be honest there are too many game deals   around too list them all.  Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you   for a very decent price. If like me you prefer Steamwork games, many of the above sites also sell Steamwork games.

If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/forum/17" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles (there's over 20 of them - If you purchased all of them you'd be paying around $80 for around a thousand dollars worth of games); or check out the four day sales at <a href="https://indiegamestand.com/" rel="nofollow">IndieGameStand</a>. I've not updated the Indie Game bundle thread for some time, but the links provided will still take you to the appropriate sites. you can find the thread <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/100253#post-202848" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Also check out <a href="http://indiegamebundles.com/category/active/page/3/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> link for a list of all current bundles. I've just updated the thread last night. The latest IndieGameStand game is called Dungeon Lurk II - Leona an Action Puzzle Adventure Game with roots in the classic "Point & Click" genre. The next IGS game will come live Thursday 30th October 5am (GMT)

The latest Daily Indie game is 'Litil Divil' a retro dungeon crawler - Welcome to the Underworld, where you guide Mutt, the bad luck Litil Divil, through the Labyrinth of Chaos to retrieve the Mystical Pizza of Plenty. Our 'hero' takes a fateful step through the Mortal Portal to prowl five hellish levels of treacherous tunnels with more than 50 raucous rooms of gameplay. Beware of killer spiders, bottomless swamps, ferocious furnaces... and crazed bartenders. And watch out! If you can't get Mutt to the Overlord, The Entity and The Servant will drag him to the Torture Room for a little fiendish fun. 
You can get two keys if you pay more than the average, which at the time of writing was $1.28; (one for a friend or family member perhaps?). There's also 2 bundles available (Dig 2 and DIG 11) You can get these 6 game bundle for $1.49 each, or if you pay above the average, you'll get two keys for each game.. You'll find those deals <a href="http://www.dailyindiegame.com/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.

Most of the   bundles retail for around $5 give or take a few dollars, but you can pay as little as a dollar for some.

A Request for help:

<blockquote>Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you've checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.</blockquote>

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

If you're looking for something other than today's game check the didimatic site via <a href="http://didimatic.com/dd/en/onsale/steam/" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> link for some brilliant deals.
 
Steams weekend deals include 50% off the latest Tomb Raider 2013 game (superb version with amazing graphics (you'll need a fairly decent graphics card with at least a DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM. e.g. an AMD Radeon HD 5870 or an nVidia GTX 480 card if you want to max out the visuals, but an older DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM will still allow you to play the game, but probably not with the graphics maxed out e.g. an AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT or an nVidia 8600 {these video cards are around 5 years old now} )., Other Steam games on sale this weekend include 66% off the Star wars franchise, 50% off all other Tomb Raider games (you can get the whole collection of 9 games minus the latest for only £22.49/approx $34), 50% off guns of Icarus Online, 50% off the Stardock pack that includes 6 games - Demigod, Fallen enchantress, Galactic Civilizations 1 Ultimate Edition, Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition, Sins of a solar Empire Rebellion and The Political Machine 2012 as well as at least 60 other games on Steam at the moment with discounts from 10% to 80%. You'll find all the deals via the Specials tab on Steams front page <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. The 24hr deal is 66% off 'Of Orcs & Men a decent action role playing game where you take on the role of an Orc, trying to protect your race from humans who are trying to wipe you out.

On sale over at at GreenManGaming is 75 % off Planes, Trains and Automobile games (Dogfight 1942, Train simulator 2012 and Eurotruck simulator 2. There's a 20% off voucher on the friont page that can be used against most GMG games even those with discounts already added. Check them all out <a href="http://www.greenmangaming.com/hot-deals/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.

You'll find  many more  game deals from Gamersgate, Gamestop,  Greenman Gaming and GOG; all of which you can find  via the Didimatic site, which I've linked to  above (apart from Greenman gaming - GMG).

To be honest there are too many game deals   around too list them all.  Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you   for a very  decent price.

You can get a free arcade game via Alawar's game box, just click the free game tab. It changes approximately every month If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/forum/17" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles or check out the four day sales at <a href="https://indiegamestand.com/" rel="nofollow">IndieGameStand</a>.

The latest IndieGameStand game is  Bleed which you can get for $1.  If you want the extra's which include Bleed alpha, Bleed Concepts and  the Bleed  OST.  The average price   when I last checked around 5.30am this morning was $1.87.  This bundle ends around 4am Wednesday GMT.
 There's also several indie bundles over at Indiebundle.org.  Each bundle  has three games and costs $5 each for the basic bundle plus  a few dollars more for extras.  There's two  groupees bundles (The 1C bundle and the Build a Meridian bundle),  an Indie Gala  Mobile 3 bundle, Bundlestars 7  another Indie Royale bundle called The Lunar bundle.  all bundles are  excellent value for money, most of which your paying less than $5 for several  games that would usually cost you   a lot more.   You'll find links to all of these bundles in the Game discussion forums

A Request for help:

<blockquote>Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average between 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you've checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.</blockquote>

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

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