This document revised 08/21/2011
The goal of the game is to hit the balls with bullets that you shoot from your paddle while also keeping the balls in play by hitting them with your paddle.You control the paddle by moving the mouse.
Click the mouse to fire bullets at the balls.
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(Older versions available here)
Simple Hangman game has over 2000 words, keeps track of top 10 high scores, and has a Tournament option so 2 - 4 players can compete against each other for the top score in the tournament.
Latest Improvements:
v1.7
- Converted to Universal Binary application in order to run in OS X 10.7 Lion.
v1.6.2
- Fix bug that was erasing high scores each time the application was launched.
- Fix another misspelled word.
- Fix minor display imperfections.
- Add error checking for locked or damaged scores file.
- High scores window is updated if it's open when a game ends and player gets a high score.
- Remove/replace some words that should have been hyphenated.
- Add 70 more words (total is now 2071 words)
v1.6.1
- High scores are now saved to a file rather than inside the game itself to fix a possible problem with newer Macs and OS versions that restrict applications from writing to themselves.
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(68k Mac version available here)
Dracula's Castle is a text adventure game. The object of the game is to defeat the evil vampire, find the treasure that is hidden somewhere on the island, and leave the island with the treasure. Input commands to move around the island and search for items that may help you.
Testimonial
Teaching With Interactive Fiction
Erik Dahlin, a teacher and computer administrator at St. Mary College in Nagoya, Japan, says he uses Dracula's Castle to teach his students English.
Latest Improvements:
v2.5.2
- Fix bug when reopening a saved game if the game was saved while the player is in the water.
- Fix a problem where if certain actions were performed by the player the game could not be won.
- Fix several minor text errors after performing certain actions in some areas (text could appear twice or two different sets of similar text appear when only one should be shown)
- Some commands were not able to be used in all areas where they should be logically allowed.
- Additions and changes to some text when searching or getting items in certain locations to give better clues as to what is there.
v2.5.1
- Fix crashing bug when opening Inventory window if running in OS X.
- Add some equivalents for certain commands as suggested by a player.
- The "Saved Game" button has been renamed "Load Game".
- The Quit menu is no longer disabled in certain situations such as when you die and the game is waiting for you to press a button in the window.
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(68k Mac version available here)
This is a simple coloring book for the kids. It has a 16 color pallette, 6 pictures to color, 6 different brushes, printer support for printing either colored pictures or uncolored pictures for use with real crayons. Saves colored pictures as PICT documents without disturbing original pictures.
Latest Improvements:
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