This is a very fun and different game which I'm enjoying immensely. I'll echo some other commenters though -- The aim accuracy is off, making it hard to make the difficult shots. (I don't believe you should have to learn a game's deficiencies to play it.) How it awards stars is a complete mystery. I cleared one of the levels with one shot and got 2 stars. Used up most of my shots in sloppy play on another and got 3. It's also keeping a numerical score. I'm into the hundreds of thousands, and I don't know how it's scored, or even *why*.

This game would benefit tremendously by having some explanation included on to how to play, and what the stars mean, etc. I guess I'll go search for some walkthroughs, but that shouldn't be necessary.

Bottom line is, it's fun to play and a keeper for me. I see this is version 1.0 -- I look forward to v. 2.0!

Thanks as always to GGOTD, MPC and Whiterabbit. (With good wishes for your kids' exams!)

Dan O

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Thank you for your feedback and wishes. :)

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Retiring for the night. will continue to moderate in the morning. Monday sees 20 keys for what I reckon is the biggest game the site has ever offered in it's 10.5 year history. I've got a copy and absolutely love the game. Tomorrows review will be a little different to my usual efforts, focusing on articles dedicated to the game. all my usual sections such as suggestions, and non related info will be removed, focusing totally on the game. It will be the usual week long competition with extra entries gained if you visit every day and post to Facebook. Good luck to all who enter.

Ghost Cleaner
A MPC game that downloaded and installed well, like theirs normally do ;) and is a physics/arcade type game with some twists, and must say a bit deeper than it looks on first glance. Aiming isn't as accurate as it could be, but think they might be ok with that to make the game harder.
And suggestions to the developers would be to make more shooting elements (although that might because I'm a fan of that part) with a bit more precision to the shooter. Although she likes the other elements too. Decent graphics although they are a bit balnd after awhile.
So if you like these different games make sure to get this one before it's gone!

And have to add a note about the recent attacks too, as when people hurt innocent victims in the name of bringing attention to 'their cause' all they do is foster more hate, and more problems that go with it. Goodness and love will always triumph hate, and may they know that before this continues. So many prayers go out to all those affected and especially those harmed by all these acts.

And a note to WR, hope the children's exams are going well, know it can be a very challenging time for parents, but remember encouragement and kind words go a long way in helping them during them, as attitude is half the battle.

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r feedback and comments, they are appreciated. absolutely w.r.t. support. I got none when i was at school, but thankfully did okay as I loved school (was 'teachers pet' in all the sciences including geology and Art)

I am shocked about the incidents in London two, my husband and I were there at the Borroughs Market two years ago (and London is my home away from home). All my best wishes to the people in the UK.

The download and installation of the game went without a problem under Win10.
I don't have much experience with this sort of games but it seems like I will be able to play it. I am not a very experienced gamer but willing to learn more.

It was installed in German by itself so I guess it uses some kind of a locator, this is ok for me but the German translations are not very well.

Thanks for the game and all the best to everyone involved.

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Thank you for your feedback and comment, appreciated. :)

To me, this is very different from Peggle or Peggle Nights, because the targets move around after you hit them. This adds another level of depth as you try to plan ahead. I like the music and graphics, don't like the delay after I clear a board - I get tired of seeing a similar animation each time and would like to be able to click once to skip it. I really can't figure out the scoring. I took 3 shots on second level and got 2 of 3 stars, tried this several times. I missed a shot and needed 4 to clear the level, and that time I got 4 stars. Same on the third level. I expected stars would be awarded for clearing a level in as few shots as possible, but there's something else going on. Not sure if I like the random placement of the purple bricks each time to play a given level, it makes it easier or harder to clear that level, so it detracts from the "skill" aspect of the game. But it does make the levels more replayable. Overall it would be a better game without the stars!

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Thank you for your feedback Mr Dave, 'scuze the Steam game promise. Still so busy, but will get them sent off soon.

Thanks for offer. Gonna pass since watching couple of the vids. While looks slick enough, there's just too much work involved for my pleasure. Right now pref is for the bat in Egypt, or games with more character driven story.
Sure, some gamers get off on a game that has brick busting style when approaching their game selections. For me though I want something a bit more 'transporting' than banging away in rote maneuvers, clever as the designs may be. Screen gets too busy with that long stream effect and all those items to slam away at. Each to their own of course. Dedicated twitchers
may be happy with this time passer. I'm just not enough of a knitter to stick with this.

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Thanks for your feedback Beergas. :)/blockquote>

Thanks GGOTD and MyPlayCity,

This is a nice different game, worth downloading. At the moment up to level 14 and the levels are not too hard to end, although some of them needed a replay for that :)
I find it quite hard to aim proper, to the end of a level sometimes there are only a few moving and bouncing objects left, or they are behind a grey, not removable block.
A small downside: there are not many bonuses: you can earn a shot back when it ends up in the freezer and you can buy some more shots for a certain amount of freed ghosts.

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Thank you Irene.

"Mind Spheres now free @ IndieGala https://www.indiegala.com/dieyoung?massive Under the black section near the bottom of the page."

Followed all all the way to Steam Page, but it's not a "Mass Giveaway" any more. The want $1.99 to download & Install the game now.

Hi hi! Thanks for the review as always and the video links. Even though Peggle was an "On the house" at Origin a while back, I never played it, and couldn't figure the mechanics of this game before watching the walk-through.

It reminds me of those puzzles where you have to get from point A to B in the least possible moves. Something like the wolf and sheep with the farmer at the river bank. At first, I thought that would be the challenging/addicting bit. However, the brick configurations quickly go from unusual to completely nuts! Can't find phantom what Physics to apply to those multi tiered levels. The level design is very engaging in terms of build and graphics - it's quite pretty despite the simple controls used to play.

It won't be an easy game to try, but since there are ways to recover some of your spent ammo, think I'll be adding this to my crafting-down-time / brain stretching list. ^^

Thanks to the developers and GoTD for today's offer. Cheers.

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Thank you for your feedback Dana. Not been online much in the evenings recently, especially leading up the my children's exams. I have been booting up Team Speak recently; so, if you are online, just log into my T.S. server. Unless you've reinstalled Windows recently, the server address and password I gave you l a couple of years ago should still appear when you boot up T.S. If not, message me via Steam and I'll resend the details.

First, let me say that my heart goes out to the victims of yesterday's cowardly attack on the innocent and unsuspecting in London. If you want to convince others, you can't do it by bullying, intimidation, or force. You do it by logical persuasion.
As for Ghost Cleaner: It downloaded and installed faster than any other game recently given away here, proving that you don't need a huge file to run a good game. The game play is very smooth, the only issue I have is that it doesn't seem to want to run in full screen mode on my Windows 10 desktop, so I constantly ended up off-screen trying to max out distance on a shot, thus starting another program in the middle of the game. I would prefer to be able to adjust the volume of music or SFX instead of simply turning each off or on. And lastly, unless it's off-screen somewhere, I haven't found the "quit" button to stop and leave he program and restart it later. I did find that if you click the window icon in the upper left hand corner, it gives you the standard Windows options, one of which is EXIT PROGRAM, which works, although I haven't yet checked to see if it has saved my game. All in all, Peggle and it's ilk are amongst the more enjoyable types around, and it's nice to have this one added to the group.

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Thank you for your feedback bebop, appreciated

Yes it was a shock, especially so soon after the March and last weeks attacks. I was watching the News channel at the time of last nights attack so heard about 5 minutes after it had happened, but didn't know about the knife attacks and deaths until this morning. I wonder if these guys who end up being killed for their religion really believe in the nirvana they are supposed to get when they go to their believed paradise (When I first heard what they are supposed to get i.e. lots of beautiful obedient unsullied wife's, unlimited riches etc.... well, not a place to discuss on a game forum so will leave it there, especially as I do not want to offend anyone.

Heya Wabbit,

I got church, so got to go. Here are some freebies:

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I didn't find TTOM3 as good as the first two. I think the first one was the best...

Mind Spheres now free @ IndieGala https://www.indiegala.com/dieyoung?massive Under the black section near the bottom of the page.

I love Peggle so gonna check Ghost Cleaner out when I get back.

Huggles and toodles...Later...

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Thanks Delenn

Here's a list of other Peggle/Pachinko like games, most are android releases. Paplinko (Game Circus LLC), Kachooly (inteligang), Frozen Free Fall: Icy Shot (Disney), Super Peg World (Spaceware), A Riveting Universe (Jelly Smeared Games Inc), Peggy 2 (?), Pearl Pop: Arcade Shooter (Tapps Games), K3Y (Legacy Games), Wonderball Heroes (Moon Active), Viber Wonderball (Viber Media S.a.r.l.), Peg Popper (Paul Klemstine), Pegland (?),PegGoo Pop (Gentleman Rat Studios), Papa Pear Saga (King). There's another one I bought via Reflexive arcade, but can't remember the name of it. where you had to mix chemicals together, I think it had Doctor in the title.

I also think the first Treasures of Montezuma is the best version, but the others are still great.

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Ghost Cleaner

In Brief

An indie arcade puzzle game reminiscent of the Japanese game of pachinko. If you've played Peggle before you'll recognize the mechanic.

Suggestions:

Please take a few moments to give some positive or negative feedback about Ghost Cleaner; for example, what you liked or disliked about the game, or how it could be improved from your point of view. If you don't like the genre at all, please explain why and if any, what improvements would change your mind? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers new or fresh ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality? Giving such feedback instead of saying nothing or just saying this game is rubbish or good may bring more developers to the site, which could mean more and better games. Would you give away thousands of copies of a game (or extra content for a game) away to a community that complains all the time instead of giving useful feedback? It only takes a few moments of your time.

If today's game doesn't appeal, check out the forums HERE, HERE and HERE, where a few members of the community post details of various free games and free game sites as well as links to various indie bundle sites etc; you never know, you may find something that really interests you.

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity 24/7 HERE. If you prefer the game on Steam you can buy it HERE. It usually costs £4.79/$5.99

Installation:

Ghost Cleaner downloads to a 37.2 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 95.2 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Ghost Cleaner

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

Introduction:

Ghost Cleaner is a combination of arcade game and puzzle game. At first glance it is very straightforward, as you use a gun to destroy pink bricks. But the game requires you to use both strategy and tactics to finish every level. Try it once, and you'll be coming back for more!

Reference accessed HERE. 4th June 2017

Main Features:

⦁ Physics Based
⦁ Lots of variety across all the levels.
⦁ 100 levels to complete!
⦁ Free today.

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Ghost Cleaner to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE

The Game:

Ghost Cleaner, is a haunted house-themed puzzle game about using physics to your advantage.

It is a refreshingly modern looking game. Games in the sub-$10 category tend to take the retro and nostalgic but quite cheap 8-bit graphics route. Not Ghost Cleaner. It is high resolution, with crisp sound effects, non-obtrusive background music, and smart controls. How smart are the controls? One button, that’s how smart.

The rules are simplistic. You are a child of some sort who has run away from home after a high school science experiment has materialized uncounted millions of specters, and it is your job to clean up the mess. See, I like games that have a message: do your homework, and your chores.

Like Peggle, your avatar in the actual play space takes the form of a weird drone with a gun on it, and you aim around the screen to shoot at either blue or purple objects (bricks, balls, paddle-shaped things, etc).

Also, the levels have great variety. They each offer their own unique challenge that extends beyond what angle you must fire your pinball. The levels change so many times during play that it consistently renews itself, despite the compulsory story line, delivered in comic-book style after every ten stages.

Despite being the heir apparent to Peggle, it continues to distinguish itself as you play. The whole point is to eliminate all of the purple objects. Yeah, it’s another one of those games. You have to smash a certain color thing, only you can’t- you are ALWAYS hitting the wrong block, you run out of shots.

To beat the level, you needn’t hit them all with your shots- you can merely knock them into oblivion. See, the purple balls are often connected to the other ones- or each other, and can be pushed around, or broken off in a string and dropped off the screen. If they fall off the screen, you may not get the point bonus, but baby, those bricks are cleared! Once you come to the realization that you may be better off cutting the serpent’s tail off instead of its head, the game completely changes…and you become truly free. :)

Edited reference accessed HERE. Original review written by Budiak on 6th Nov 2015. Edited by Whiterabbit-uk 4th June 2017

Other Reviews and Videos of Ghost Cleaner:

You can see community reviews of Ghost Cleaner HERE

You can see some videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. You'll find a slide show of over 30 images HERE.

Conclusion:

A decent arcade game with easy to play controls, i.e. mouse only. I loved playing pachinko as a child when my grandparents took me to the slot arcades, then as an adult playing Dachinko and Peggle (free version) kept those happy days in mind, now we have Ghost Cleaner, another take on the pachinko theme. I give this a 9 out of 10 for ease of play, lots of variety in level design and with only a few games of this type available, fairly original. :)

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Ghost Cleaner and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

The rest of the information that used to be posted here can be found in the forums HERE. Don't forget, if you have an account with DOT.emu, you need to download any games you have before June, when the site closes permanently. Finally, check out Delenns thread over in the forums HERE. There are games available for free, some of which are limited to the number of free keys available.

If you like pachinko/Peggle like games there are loads, most of which are android games. Here's a short list of those I found. Here's a list of other Peggle/Pachinko like games. Dachinko (Playway), Paplinko (Game Circus LLC), Kachooly (inteligang), Frozen Free Fall: Icy Shot (Disney), Super Peg World (Spaceware), A Riveting Universe (Jelly Smeared Games Inc), Peggy 2 (?), Pearl Pop: Arcade Shooter (Tapps Games), K3Y (Legacy Games), Wonderball Heroes (Moon Active), Viber Wonderball (Viber Media S.a.r.l.), Peg Popper (Paul Klemstine), Pegland (?),PegGoo Pop (Gentleman Rat Studios), Papa Pear Saga (King). Most are android releases. There's another one I bought via Reflexive arcade about 10 years ago that was also pachinko related, but I can't remember the name of it. where you had to mix chemicals together, I think it had Doctor in the title.