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Game of the Week Archive January 2004
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01.01.04 - PlayMore
This Xbox publicity site took a lot of effort to create. Navigate by making the animated mouse run along the screen and press the buttons to open up the area you want. Besides the info about xbox games, you can view TV adverts and test your targeting skills by destroying cute teddies.
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02.01.04 - Scumm
This virtual machine lets you run classic old point and click adventure games like Monkey Island, Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle and more. Enjoy.
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03.01.04 - PlanetQuake
No great prizes for plot development here, it's just kill all the aliens til they're dead. It looks good though and there's enough challenging gameplay to keep you busy for ages.
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04.01.04 - Hidden and Dangerous
It's 1941 and your four-man commando squad is deep behind enemy lines. Can you carry out your orders and get back safely? Not for a while - it's a challenging game!
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05.01.04 - Unreal Tournament 2004
Check out the first online movie of Unreal Tournament 2004. The game builds on the success of last year's UT2003 and includes new maps, characters, play modes, vehicles, weapons and technology. Players will be able to battle against 32 other online players in classic modes such as Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Bombing Run and Double Domination.
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06.01.04 - Zuma Deluxe
Control the stone frog idol of the ancient Zuma in this thrilling action puzzler. Fire balls to make sets of three but don't let them reach the golden skull or you're history! Don't delay... unearth the secrets of Zuma today!
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07.01.04 - Dungeon Siege
Calling all would-be adventurers! Explore locales such as the Ancient Crypts and the besieged town of Stonebridge. Armed with a melee weapon, bow, or magical spells, you will be able to experience a small portion of this lush, 3-D world alone or with friends online.
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08.01.04 - Prince of Persia
The treacherous Vizier has overthrown the Sultan and seized control of the most feared magic ever known, the Sands of Time. It is said that no army can withstand its corruptive powers... You have 8 minutes to navigate the dungeon to the Vizier's throne room and stop him from unleashing the Sands of Time!
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09.01.04 - Star Wars
Calling all Star Wars fans... Are you ready to fight to the death in the Clone Wars? Whether you fight on the Jedi side or for the Dark Side, you're in for a thrilling game!
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12.01.04 - 4D Ping Pong
Inspired by the age-old bat-and-ball classic if there's one thing games programmers just can't seem to resist, it's producing their very own unique Pong. Try this one out. It allows you to play with up to 4 players.
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13.01.04 - Car Racing
Get your motor running, jam your finger in your keyboard and burn, baby, burn in this mini-car racing game.
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14.01.04 - Fishy
Be a fiendish fish-feeder. Eat all the smaller fish you meet - you grow bigger and you can eat bigger fish. That's basically it but it's strangely addictive!
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15.01.04 - Drop
Yes, it's more falling objects from the sky...but this time with a twist. At first glance, Drop looks like another version of Tetris but this time you have no control over where the falling marbles go - though you can swap the positions of ones that have already landed. A fun, polished piece of work from Shockwave, guaranteed to have you dreaming of falling marbles.
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Swron
Impressive 3D version of the classic Tron 'light cycles' game. Quite challenging, you'll need plenty of practice!
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PileUp!
Another addictive Tetris-like game. This time with balls. Don't be put off by the Tetris-lookalike business - this game is in a class of its own.
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Defend Your Castle
Your castle is under siege from an army of invading stick men and it's your job to keep them at bay by flinging them into the air and letting them fall to the ground with a sickeningly realistic bump.
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Spaced Penguins
Would you believe that flinging penguins through space can be fun? You'd better start! This game involves catapulting a hapless Spaced Penguin back to his ship, while avoiding planets and hitting bonus fans too.
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Slime Volleyball
Welcome to slimy side-view pong. The game is simple - two blobs of slime are trying to keep a ball in the air. It's entertaining and challenging, particularly as the computer player is so good at it! Get practicing!
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Divine Intervention
Brutal flesh-eating zombies are pitted against a heavily armed local priest in this brilliantly designed, unusual game. Your friendly urban neighbourhood has turned into something out of Resident Evil - and, as a man of God, you have no option but to go out and free the demons from their torment, using either a pistol, a shotgun, or an Uzi. Go and save the world!
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Cannon Fodder
This is pure nonstop medieval mayhem. You'll need to get some practice in first - the other player doesn't wait 'til you've taken your shot before they takes theirs, so you've got the added pressure of choosing the perfect trajectory while constantly under fire.
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Spy Hunter
Clearly inspired by James Bond, your spy car can pick up special weapons like an oil slick, ground-to-air missiles and smoke screen - and, arguably best of all - has to drive into the back of a moving truck to do so. pixel-perfect recreation of the 1983 arcade original and it's demanding. Try it now!
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Clay Kitten Shooting 2
Not for the squeamish! This feline fatality fest is the sequel to the popular - yet controversial - Clay Kitten Shooting 1. Two kittens fly across the screen at periodic intervals. And you try to shoot them. With a shotgun. Until blood flies everywhere and their heads fall off. Not for animal lovers.
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Monkey Lander
You are a monkey in a small space ship landing on a jungle planet. Collect all the bananas, make sure and get the bonus points on offer and fire the rocket thrusters in 3 different directions to make the lander drift just the right way. Check out the monkey pressing the buttons in the cab when you do - and just look at the concentration on his little face!
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Panic In Chocoland
Panik The Rabbit must clear the chocolate factory of bombs with nothing but his rodent cunning and the power of flight to help him. And you of course.
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Speed
Welcome to Patience played at high-speed. Think again if you think it's going to be easy. It's not. In this nerve-wracking computerised card game, you can only get rid of cards whose values are one less or one more than the ones on the table at the moment, so you'd have to wait until the computer played its 10 (which you can follow with your jack), or hope that someone gets an ace to go with the 2 (which you can follow with your king). If you and the computer both get stuck, you click on the "Flip Card" after a few seconds and new ones are provided. Whoever gets rid of their 22 cards first is the winner - though you can get rid of as many cards as you can while the right number is showing, so don't hang about waiting for the other player to beat you to it. Patience comes with practice!
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Radical Aces
Enjoy this phenomenal 3D flight sim. You're given a range of futuristic aircraft (the EXA-1 Destroyer and E-9 Dragon Bird are particularly devastating) to defend a Martian colony against waves of alien planes and tanks invading from the from the planet Zappor. This is great fun to play.
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3D Snow Fight
Seeing as it's so cold outside, enjoy this snowball fight game without getting numb feet. This is as close to real snowball fights as anyone over 10 can wish to get. Pelt the enemy with snowballs and while they're down, demolish their snowmen to move on to the next round.
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Juggler
Play this hypnotic circus sim. There are 3 balls, and you have to keep them all off the ground at the same time. You get a break for every 1000 points - and, if you can get that far, you'll need it. This should come with an addiction warning.
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Chasm
This is an ingenious toon puzzler - a brilliantly designed graphical puzzler with a raging undercurrent of Aussie humour. Basically, this platypus has to reconnect his town's water supply in order to cool their tinnies, but there are breaks in the pipeline on both sides of the Road-Runner-style mountain chasm, all the way up to the reservoir. The good news is: your platypus has got such a head for heights that he never needs to worry about falling off, the bad news is that you really need to work out which water course connects up to what in order to redivert the supply. It's funny and frustrating in all the right places!
