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Game of the Week Archive July 2005
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Topsy Turvy
Blast the balls in a "Countdown" meets "Tetris" style arcade game. Get 3 or more in a row and you can blast em. But beware, it rotates every few seconds. Confusing?
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Glastonbury Games
So it might have been a washout. But could you have survived? Well try your luck at Glastonbury Games and see if you have what it takes to be a festival freak.
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Ball Revamped
This is a difficult game no doubt. Remember to touch those keys with precision. One extra click on the left arrow and you could be so far off its not worth it.
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Funny Farm
Ready, aim, fire. A fruit firing pig? A chicken with a bad aim? It can only be Funny Farm. Fly your little pig through a maze of killer eggs and explore new worlds you drift by.
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Yeti Sports
his has to be one of the most unusual games we have found yet. The aim is to hit the penguin with a snowball while it is being slapped into the water by an Orca Whale. Oh and you are a Yeti BTW.
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Squares
The more squares you gobble up the more points you get. Avoid the red squares though. They are the baddies! Great for hand-eye coordination.
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Diamond Mine
This is a match-3 game with some bling - you are matching diamonds. Match 4 and you will be rewarded even more! Fill the bonus meter with gems for a special reward.
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Midas Player
Bounce that ball off the right colour and see how fast that ball can go! Beware though. Multiple balls can be a bit hard to follow, but make all the difference in the end.
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Alien Hominid
Alien Hominid is an extraterrestrial's exploriation through a voilent earth. See if your alien can make his way through the maze of cafe's, street carnage and bullet wielding "hudlums" to make it to the next leve.
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Free Games
Explore all of these games for free. Yes for free. So they may not give the latest Tekken games a run for their money, but they go beyond level 3 in Zelda and see how smart you are.
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Space
Choose one of ten species that are slugging it out universal dominance. Starting with just a single planet, you expand your empire by diplomatic, military, and economic means.
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Flying Cow
Click once, the cow falls down. Click twice, the cow goes flying throught the air. That is if you manage to hit the cow in the first place. Takes getting used to. But great fun nonetheless.
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Geoterra
OK, so GE makes everything from Nuclear Rockets to TV programs. But they also make excellent websites. Rather than bore the pants off you about environmental issues, they present things in a fun an engaging interface.
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Alien Defense
This is Space Invaders X3. You have 3 rocker launchers. One direction. And 15 missiles between you and annihilation. Just be careful. Your missiles take a while to explode.
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Grrr..rrrr.rr
The first ad for a car that actually didn't show the car. You know the song, the rabbits, the birds. Go make something better. Play the game and free the world from terrible car engines.
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Heliattack 3
Destroy all enemy units to progress through snow, jungle, canyon lands and lab levels...featuring over 30 weapons.
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Celebrity Dodgeball
Play celebrity dodgeball and see if you have what it takes to make the big leagues. Currently a hot show in the US, it is slowly making its way over here. Expect it to become prime-time soon.
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BMX Freestyle
Perform mad tricks and get as many points as you can before the time runs out. Press X to really show what you can do without the kneepads.
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Flea World
Help your Flea friends get through the obstacles and reach the black hole of Flea Dreams. Hover over the arrows to gain a higer altitude when you bounce. It can be difficult to keep all your fleas together though.
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space Armor 3
It seems strange to create a game that looks so retro on a pc that can do so much nowadays. However don't let the simple interface deceive you. The higher you go the faster it gets.
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Zuma
Yet another twist on the Tetris genre. Get 3 or more in a row and you score points. Build a bigger chain and you score even higher. Hit a "pause ball" to slow things down. The bombs, well they make everything explode.
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Robot Rage
Build the best robot you can. Win battles to earn points and use points to buy upgrades. Take on the world. Be amazed. We were.
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Stackopolis
Stack and unstack... and build as you go. Multi-leveled game of skill where time is of the essence and you gotta be quick with your clickity click!
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Head Space
At last, an arcade game with some style. No retro graphics, just cutting edge flash animation. Kill the evil raindrops in your very own spaceship. Way cool.
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Chicken Fight
What happens when adults get dressed up in chicken suits? Why they beat the hell out of eachother. According to Burger Kind anyway.
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King of the Hill
This is a mix of technology (the canons) and old fire power (think Just William and a catapult). Great fun if you can manage to hit them accurately.
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Hapland 2
What to click on, where to start? That would be telling! Enjoy hours of frustrating amusement and see if you can get the sequence correct.
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ZooKeeper
Click any two animals next to each other(horizontally or vertically) and they swap round. If that gives three identical animals in a row they vanish, if not they swap back.
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CuBeez
Move the Cubes around in any direction. Match the cubes together in 3 or more to score. Each level requires you to achieve a minimum number of points. Or else you FAIL!
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Paper-throw
Be an eco-warrior the easy way. Throw your virtual rubbish in the bin. Just be careful your boss doesn't see you, otherwise you could join the trash on the way out.
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The Sudoku Challenge
The deceptively simple goal of Sudoku is to fill in the missing numbers in a 9x9 grid. It is a puzzle game of logic and reasoning, and doesn't require any calculating or special math skills all that is required is brains and concentration.