nooooooooo, i want this to be free on xmas!

I downloaded and uninstalled the game 3 times but I could never play the full version game. I kept getting an unregistered version that I could not register.

Thank you for the game.
It's really a nice violentfree jump'n'run game. During playing the games my doughter (28months) also enjoy watching the pretty nice animations and characters.
My downloaded version have many very strange screen modes, whitch aren't able to run on my system. At end, the 60Hz modes run quite well.

>Angel

No! Don't!

Assuming that you kept the original, activated installer, you can reinstall it and it will work again. Of course, that would only work if you ran the activator before the setup.

I was enjoying playing this game, but now, the next day, it won't work for me at all. I set it up properly so I don't know whats happened, but will have to delete it i guess. Oh well............

This is a good game. It's pretty short (could probably beat it in less time than everyone's favorite Portal), but it's fun and rather high quality. Even includes widescreen support!

This being said, it is by no means worth the same $20 that Valve charges for Portal. $5 or so would be about perfect; it is a pretty short game. The replayability would also go up a lot if a level editor was included.

I'm having the same problem as numerous others--after registration and configuration, on my computer it will respond to mouse movements and the Escape key, but not to any other keys, mouse clicks, or joystick. By the way, you should close it with the standard Windows Alt-F4, not terminate it via the task manager. Thumbs-down.

I really liked this game!

When you finish the castle, and there is this screen that says to update, DON'T UPDATE. Instead click on the button to the right of the button that says to visit the website and update. That'll continue the game. Anyway, this version 1.35 is later than their 1.31 version...

Great game, guys! Much better than all those three-in-a-row-shoot'em games you offered last year.

This game is my favourite. My grandson loves it, too. We've had the full Dungeon Rider version for some months, and were pleased to read that new levels and castles have been added.
About Azangara: The first time the "update latest version" screen came up, I went to the site and downloaded. Once I'd played the Green Castle after that download, a second level within the green castle came up (Misty #73 mentioned this as well), and a screen saying that as a registered user, I should download extra levels. I did this, becasue the download was a different size, so I thought it may be something different. Alas, there was no discernable difference. My question is: Is anyone able to get second levels within any of the castles? I can't, and the one time it happened has whetted my appetite.

Jared (#83), thanks for the tip about waiting for Pedro to bend down to negotiate the low ceilinged passages. I'll try that, as we have never managed to finish the Magenta castle.

Stephen, thanks for your detailed reviews, and the links within them.

finally got the game registered by copying the key and pasting it.could not get it to type in. Nice game .... a bit different from what we have been getting. I would like to see a continuation of variety in the give-a-ways

hmm, #79 Smarty, how can we get the dark castle? In this link http://www.azangara.com/en/azangara_ind.html, which appear when we click update after finishing the green castle, it is said that the future version will contain deep castle (not dark castle). And I tried to download it, install, and register using key provided by GGAOTD. It can be registered, but when I go to new game, I only see 6 castle (no dark or deep castle). After I quit the game, it open new link http://www.azangara.com/en/azangara_full_download.html. Note that the file size is bigger (now 17mb). I tried to download and re-install it. Register it again with the key provided by GGAOTD. But when I open the new game, there still 6 castle, no difference at all. So anyone found how to get the bonus castle??

the registration key would not work for me....typed it in several times and I kept getting the response, "sorry wrong key"

Not bad.

Haven't bothered with a lot of the recent offerings, but I'm glad I downloaded this one. Decent sound, nice graphics and solid gameplay (from what I've played so far). While I'm not much of a fan of platformers, I can appreciate a good game and this looks to be one of the more polished games that's been offered here on GOTD. It probably won't replace my usual gaming routine, but looks like it should provide ample entertainment for a while.

I would prefer to use a gamepad (I have a Saitek Rumble Force plugged in), but using only the keyboard isn't so bad. The control scheme is fairly straight-forward, so if you can't get a pad to work with this game, it's not the end of the world. You can remap the controls to whatever keys you'd like, but using the arrow keys and space works for me.

If you're still having problems getting this to be the registered version, make sure you look for any other windows on your desktop. It'll have both the name and the serial code to unlock the full version. It may be behind the window that comes up when you launch the game for the first time as part of the installation. It's easy to miss if you have a tendency to click through the windows during an isntallation, and the required info isn't part of the readme.txt that's included in the downloaded archive, as it has been with some previous titles.

Jane (#82), you need to take a 'chill pill' dearie.. :). Every day, folks complain about something including the fact that people complain about stuff. You aren't going to change the way people think or post, any more than I am going to. Look at it this way...if the moderators are okay enough with a poster's comments, to approve them to be posted, then what are YOU worrying about. Just sit back, and enjoy the 'show' reading the comments about the day's software offering, and let what is, be. Heck, I am getting to where I just kind of skim over the grumbling-about-the-useless-game/giveawayoftheday offering. BTW, though Lockett's comment today was more 'spouting off' to others' comments, here lately he has been giving some informative, and helpful, reviews himself, so I am going to come to his defense today. :)

When you install it from this website, it give you the code to unlock it and enjoy the full version. just cut and paste the code in and you won't have the trial anymore.

After spending 2 hours downlaoding this game, all I got was the trial version. GRRR!!!

Hi there.... i downloaded this game but i only have the unregistered version....
How do i get it like everyone else???
The Demo is cool and i want the full version...
Can someone please help me???

Quite a good game! Props!

this isn't 'just Montezuma’s Revenge' it's a 3d platformer, and it might be conceptually like Montezuma but that's about it. I havn't played a lot of 3d platformers like this, mostly ones on the ps like pacman and klonoa. the graphics and gameplay are of course not to the standard of those sorts of games but this still works fine. I'm fairly critical of jump physics and predictability in what happens when I jump from area to area. this game was easy to get the hang of how it works and an enjoyable multi-room puzzle. I'd recommend it for anyone who hasn't played a lot of platformers previously to this, they are sure to enjoy themselves and definitly to kids. it's low stress and good logic solutions. thanks ggotd and axysoft!

If you want to climb stairs in the magenta castle, you must wait on the stairs until the character bends down. When he is all the way down, you run up the stairs. On certain stairs, he will only run part way up and you have to do it several times. I still haven't figured out how to make it past the stairs the have lightening bolts because he pauses on them and it zaps you.

First off, I want to say that I have nothing personal against Whiterabbit and I think his reviews are very informative and clearly show he has a love of, and solid experience in, games and gaming. I understand a lot of people appreciate his efforts.
What I don't understand is where Marcy (#30) gets off berating "ya'll" for snarky comments that she supposedly has to "wade through". Yeah, there is an occasional uncalled for remark, but if you look at the comments from from any given day you will notice that far more space is taken up by people who post for no other reason than to tell Whiterabbit how much he is appreciated and asking him about his health and his appointments. Then he comes back throughout the day to answer everyone. And now we have to deal with Lockett, who not only feels another lenghthy review is needed but also has to answer just about every commenter with a smart-ass reply as if they were talking to him in the first place. This is not helpful. This is the stuff that has to be waded through by people looking for useful content.
From the very start, this section has clearly stated "Please comment only on the software here". If you can't follow those simple instructions, it's not for me to moderate you. But don't waste even more space by turning this into your own personal chat room. If the moderators let some people post about non-game related matters then that should apply to everyone. I'm with the people who would appreciate thoughtful comments on the game. In this section of this site, nothing else impresses me.

co-asking as #14: how do you pass the Magenta(last) castle?

Luna(#14) -
I think that's a bug. I could not pass those staired tunnels which are exactly one-person tall. And it seemed to me it's impossible to pass the level without those tunnels passable - I'm 95% confident about that (not 100% though :)

Is it just me or are there an awful lot of recent re-runs being offered? Don't get me wrong, I'd like to have a chance at something I missed, but these were from around November.

I tried this one the last time around. Looked good, but turned out to be rather boring and short. Certainly nothing I would have paid any money for.

Cool game I like it alot.Nice graphics but the theme is a little weird.
Note:I believe you don't have to inatall the updates for each castle if you see them already.You have to finnish the Magenta Castle first and that is when you should click on the update screen.If you go there you should be able to download the Dark castle.
P.S.The dark castle is hard so be careful.

Sorry, I meant to say "find the un-installer" in my tutorial on how to create a start menu shortcut.

I'm not really a gamer-type person, and hardly ever play much, but I love this game, just spent 10mins playing it and it looks cool and the kids will defo love this one..
Thanks GAOTD, LOVE THIS SITE

Thank's HOSS :)

To all those having problems getting today’s game to work (Skyraider, Caroline, Baker Bob, Lysky, amb, ncmacasl Tanya and others); try downloading the file from Axysoft’s site. You can find the download link by following the link below.

http://www.azangara.com/en/index.html


I hope that helps you. I tested it this morning to see if the activation code we are given worked, which it did. Also you can use any name in the name field as opposed to Giveaway, though that isn’t really important. You could also try messing around with the configuration, which you get to do whenever the game is first booted up. Try un-checking the VSync, changing the texture quality filter to bilinear, or even changing the screen resolution. I seem to remember someone reporting a while back that a particular game wouldn’t work with certain screen resolutions – just a though :?:

Failing that try the version from Game top, though it isn’t the updated version so has far fewer levels and also has the annoying link to game tops homepage, which appears whenever you shut the game down. I’ve been downloading games from Game Top for about a year now (I discovered it just before the Giveaway Project) and apart from that link I’ve never had anything else apart from some excellent free commercial games. I ‘always’ scan the game files when I’ve downloaded then and they have ‘always’ been clean.

There’s a whole bunch of great games to be had, ranging from card games, puzzle, shooters, platforms, match three, brick busters, racing games and others as well, plus there are links to several abandon ware titles such as GTA and GTA2. Hopefully there is something there for everyone’s taste.

http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/dungeon-raider-platformer/

Make sure you click on the right link once your on the games page. They have smartened up their site since I last visited, but there are some links that take you to other games, which I cannot vouch for as I no longer have my site advisor installed.

To Tanya comment #52, the registration code is provided. You will find it in a separate window that usually gets hidden from view by other windows.

To Dawn comment #53, did you try copying and pasting the activation code? If not try that. Good luck.

Thanks for your comment Marcy #30. I really have no idea why some people make such rude comments and I wont bother to reply other than to say I suspect Z is actually someone else that we all know and love :lol:

RosnSC, Marcy was referring to post #24.

:idea: Victor comment #12, though it may be 3am in the Eastern seaboard when the new game and application are posted; over here in the UK it’s 8am in the morning and further East into Europe the time gradually creeps up to lunch time. Over in Melbourne it’s around 5pm in the afternoon. :)

To Amycakes comment #16, yeah I am in a good mood :lol: but not because of the appointments though; as they are always a nuisance at the best of times. I’m actually in a good mood because I finally received my long awaited copy of Call of Duty 4 which I ordered before Xmas (I think). Though I don’t think it’s as good as my present favorites UT2007 and Crysis, it’s definitely a massive improvement on CoD2 though.

To Species_05 comment #21, the game is the same as the original version (v1.1 I think) that was given away at the end of October 07. Today’s version has more castles to play through and each castle has a lot more levels added. I think I mentioned ‘121’ levels in my first post this morning, though with the extra level that you can now get via the link provided in game there’s even more levels.

With respect to comment # 13 by RR, If you use the file from Axysoft’s home page as opposed to today’s giveaway (as already mentioned the activation code works with either of those files) you do get a start menu short cut. For those who prefer using the start menu for accessing their games and if DD is right about the GGaotD version, you can install a shortcut by following the steps below:

1) Copy the desktop shortcut by right clicking on it with the mouse and selecting copy shortcut

2) Go to the following folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs

3) Either paste the shortcut directly into this folder or create a folder called Azangara then paste the shortcut into that folder.

4) If you wish to have a link to the uninstaller in this folder as well, you will also need to create a shortcut of the installer then follow steps 2 – 3 again.

5) To find the installer go to where the game was installed to. The default installation path is as follows:

C:\Program Files\Azangara or C:\Program Files\Axysoft\Azangara I’m not sure which as I never install games to the boot drive. Just locate the un-installer within the games folder and create a shortcut. The file to look for is called - unins000

Something happened to my review when I was editing it and it got mangled. It should read: "Azangara brings the classic into the 21st century with flashy 3D models, while changing little of the original gameplay." Sorry about that.

I have Vista(Home Premium), and it runs perfectly on my computer. Interesting.

>Frenchy1957

"It loaded fine on Dell(with windows 2007 installed)"

You're talking about your own computer and you can't get the name of the operating system right?

"Too bad no mouse enablment."

In the menu or in the game? It would be weird if you think that the gameplay of a platformer should somehow include using the mouse.

"As far as the complainers out there. Get a GRIP. These are FREE."

Hurgh. Not only are you telling people who have different sentiments from yours to shut up, you're also typing FREE in ALLCAPS like a NINE-YEAR-OLD. As if being free makes a game any better. Why not argue against complaints based on a game's gameplay and content? Wouldn't that be more convincing? You might as well have not played the game at all.

"If you are unhappy, go somewhere else or go and BUY what you are looking for."

Most of what I'm looking for has already been featured on the site, so why shouldn't I expect it again? Please note that I'm merely using myself as an example.

"Otherwise, keep your bottom lip in touch with your top lip and LET IT RIDE.(In this case) just keep your fingers off the keys and everyone will have a better day."

As if somebody's day will be worse because they saw a complaint about a game. Really, what kind of person will "have a better day" because somebody else didn't say that they disliked a game? I couldn't care less if somebody disses a giveaway that I like.

I don't mean to be a flamer, but your logic really is flawed.

I'm having the same problem as 40-42 and 45. It installed fine, I played through the tutorial, the green castle and then it said it needed to be updated. I did that...played another level then it said I was a registered user so I needed to download the full version, I did that and re-registered. I played the rest of the green castle and then it wanted to be updated again. I can't get pass the beginning of the Orange Castle. I've done this 3 times. Help please. BTW, I love your site and appreciate all that you provide. Thanks a whol bunch!

rosnSC #58 -- Marcy's comment (#30) refers to Z's comment (#24) in which he (or she) complains about "stevens drivel". I believe "Z" does not appreciate the service that whiterabbit provides here. He (or she) doesn't care that a lot of us are thankful to have whiterabbit share his knowledge and look forward to his reviews everyday. While "Z" may have a point that WR's link to another game site does not belong on this page he (or she) just could not resist the urge to make a snarky comment. I guess there are a number of people that just can't deal with the respect that whiterabbit gets here. That is sad.

As for today's game... I only played for a few minutes but it looks like an interesting game and a change from the usual offerings of late. I haven't had any problems so far.

I downloaded Azangara your site Game Giveaway of the Day to see if my Grandchildren would like playing it. Well it installed ok, even gave me a serial code to input as it requested. Game played ok during the Demo and tutorial portions. However, after you played that portion and went to the next it asked you to buy the full version to which they hadn't even gotten to. Then when they did play the green section and finished it, it refused to load the orange section as it would automatically go to their web site so you could download the full version. Well if you can't get past the first or second levels with all the interuptions....

The good part is that the game is not violent, and it is cute for younger children to play...

Barbara

I too have downloaded this game 3 times now and I have no controls-no keyboard, mouse pointer moves but that is all. Have to use task manager to get out. Can someone tell us what we are doing wrong?

Says I cant use cracked version,What does that mean?

At last, not a breakout. This looks very nice and played well. Two thumbs up!

Thank you for this cute game download ... by the screen shots (that I truly appreciated) this game looked like a good one. The download was simple, remembered to write down the name/code to register and began playing. The instructions were easy to follow and no playing problems on Windows XP. Thanks to Whiterabbit - Stephen for all the good info = I always read their comments before downloading and the mentions of the registration code. The little cowboy is cute!

Sorry for the repeat posts.

I downloaded/installed the update (as per the link in my #5 post). Then I downloaded and installed the full version when I closed the game and a browser window opened up to the Full Version webpage at the game's site.

I start the game and it still shows just the original six castles.

Can I presume that once I finish all six, the 7th one you're supposed to get will appear/be unlocked??

Thanks yet again all.

If this kinda post should be in the tech forums instead of here, my apologies again.

ah..duh.. just noticed the small window with registration key...blonde moment...

The download did not include a registration key as stated in the Readme file... Ergo I cant get past the demo. :(

Yeah, those screenshots at GameTop do look a LOT like this game ... hmmm. But I didn't download that one so I'm keeping Azangara. Do like GameTop as well though, love A-Ball and ScaraBall (cuz I can't get enough bricks to break).

Thanks BuBBy for the comments re: joystick/controller. Will give it some thought and decide if I want to spend a few bucks and try a controller. Just feel like I'm managing the keyboard controls wrong when my comp beeps at me all the time.

Am currently lost in the 2nd castle. I'd love a map but then that eliminates the challenge. ;)

I was worried that after finishing the first castle so fast, this would be a short game, given there's only seven castles. Then, after getting confuzzled in castle two, I can see how this game will be entertainment for me for a loooong time. lol

I only found GGOTD/GOTD a couple months ago (so I missed this game's first release here). It is probably my favorite platformer of those offered since I joined up here. Thanks GGOTD and Axysoft!

Given other comments, I guess yes, I do need to download the update it gives in the game after castle one? I hope that means the same registration name/code will work with the update ... ?

P.S. The game's "monsters" creep me out, but that only tells you just how good the graphics are. lol

Thank You i like this one

My review of Azangara:

This game is a clone that does justice to the original game. It pays homage to Montezuma's Revenge(which is actually a euphemism for dysentery) in the same way that Hurrican emulated Turrican - and that's not a bad thing.

Azangara brings the classic into the 21st century, flashy 3D models while changing little of the original gameplay. Gameplay revolves around climbing, running, and jumping through labyrinthine dungeons while collecting keys, gems, and daggers, and avoiding enemies and hazards. The levels are well-designed and require a modicum of logic and directional sense to pass. My only complaint is that the jumps are fixed-length, but that's easy to adjust to.

The game's graphics are, indeed, 3D, but no amount of texturing, bloom-lighting, or general fluff will mask their horrendously low poly-count. The main character wears a hexagonal sombrero.

The sounds are annoying. The sound effects are pinball-esque, while the music is repetetive and monotonous. At least the instrument samples sound appropriate for the setting, and not too bad.

The theme is odd. If these are "castles", then they're the strangest castles that I've ever seen. The general atmosphere seems Aztec, while the electric arcs are completely out of place in an ancient ruin. And why does the protagonist wear a sombrero and poncho, but sound like Mario? The levels do a good job of keeping an archaeological atmosphere, though.

Overall, I give Azangara a score of seven out of ten(nine for gameplay, six for graphics, six for sound, and seven for theme). Both Montezuma's Revenge fans and newer players will love this wonderful update to a venerated classic.

finde das spiel super kann es aber leider nur mit tastatur spielen.das macht kein spaß.weiss jemand hilfe?benutze vista mfg leo

Marcy (#30), where did that come from; who is slamming Whiterabbit? I haven't seen any such posts. Everyone who comes here on a regular basis knows WR's reputation for good reviews/comments.

No problems here, I'm loving it!!

Same prob ss 35/36/41/55

Have WinXP Media Pro

Also use a thumb-pad device, not a mouse.

Freezes up. Have to use task manager to exit program.

(and YES I used the codes/keys and have the full version)

Same problem as 35,36 and 41. Freezes up. Have to use task manager to exit program. Windows XP