Friday, December 30, 2011

Iggle Pop

Iggle Pop puts a casual game twist on classic arcade action. Iggle Pop 4.12.7.1 is an arcade game in which you guide the iggles to stop Zoog invasion. The program has any elements combined from the arcade classics Pac-Man and Snake.
It has over 100 levels, 2 game modes: Adventure and Retro (locked at first), 4 unlockable player characters, Power-Ups, hero medals and local/global player rankings.
In this game, you´ll have to free the iggles trapped in bubbles steppint over it, and then leading them to a house with the same color than the iggles freed. You can do that using the cursor movement keys in the keyboard or the mouse. The space bar will bring you more speed, but it´s a limited resource, so use it wisely. That´s not so easy as it sounds, the Zoogs will be there to re-trap the iggles, only touching them.
You can be touched by the Zoogs three times before your game is over. Bringing home long chains of Iggles will award you extra points (they need to be in order). Try to catch the letters, if you form the word "Iggle" you´ll earn an extra life.
You will also have chain bonus pads. If you touch them with the number of iggles indicated in the pad, you´ll release its gems. Collect them to gain extra points.


Thursday, December 29, 2011

Inspector Parker

Inspector Parker is a logic game where you´ll have to solve the mystery of Misanthorpe Manor.
You´ll have to investigate seven potential suspects, motives, weapons, victims, pieces of evidence and body disposal methods to solve the crime, eliminating possibilities from the gameboard using the clues in your notebook. Your mentor, Inspector Parker, will guide you through each level in this murder mystery.
In this game you can take the tutorial to learn how to play. Inspector Parker will teach you how to analyze the clues and solve the puzzle.
You can choose the level of difficulty between Easy, Medium or Deadly. You can choose to play in Puzzle Mode or Timed Mode.
If you succeed in solving a puzzle, you will be promoted. The cases will be harder as you win.
At first you will be given tips to determine where were certain objects and people, to find out the author of the crime, and the weapon used.
At the end of the case, the program will show you how much time did it take to you to solve that part of the case.


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Ricochet Recharged

Ricochet is an arcade adventure game, originally written for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron home computers, published by Superior Software in 1989. It was written by Neil Davidson and David Williams, with some graphics work by Nik Weston and Guy Burt.
The object of the game is to retrieve five hourglasses from diverse scenarios to restore the flow of time. It features elements of both platform and puzzle games. The puzzles are mostly logical (keys unlock doors, gold placates a burglar), though there are exceptions.
While the game shares many elements made popular in earlier Superior arcade adventures such as Citadel, it has a unique feel due to the movement of the main character. The player controls a creature named "SPRAT" (Small Partially Robotic Alien Time-traveller), depicted as a red sphere wearing sunglasses. SPRAT moves by rolling but can only do so along level ground or down slopes. There are ladders to climb but many platforms require a special movement to be reached. By holding 'down' (SPRAT squashes himself) to build up potential energy, then releasing, SPRAT can bounce at either a 45 or 90 degree angle.
Ricochet is one of a range of 1980s Superior games that have been recently remade and re-released for PCs by Superior Interactive in an updated form, with new graphics and added levels.