- CellFighter Game 2.04. New Life for Game of Life — Almost 40 years ago, when computers were large working machines and the phrase «computer game» sounded absurdly, a famous British mathematician invented the so-called «Game of Life», which by no means was a game, it was rather an example of a cellular automata clear for even a child. You certainly have seen those black-and-white cells (and possibly even have written you own example in the middle school). Many…
- Double Solitaire, Another Dimension of the Old Game — The computerization of good old board games (like cards) sometimes brings awesome results. I am talking about cases where the author of a «virtual equivalent of a real game» can find and embody some new features, because of which the game remains almost the same, but its playability receives a completely new dimension. The good example is Double Solitaire, which harmonically combines the logical challenge of the classic…
- War Games Construction Kit — Do you sometimes think it’s high time you took a break and put your work off for a minute? You definitely do. Wouldn’t it be nice to release the tension and wreak some havoc on the battlefield? But what would be a good time killer in a situation when you don’t have any games at hand? There is an answer for all action-lovers out there — War Games Construction Kit! This game is ideal…
- Lines Push 3.45, The New Old Game — You definitely know the old classic Lines game, which was like «move the colorful balls through the field to make the combinations (lines) of a color». And if you know the game (you do!), there were times when you fell in love with it and spent days to solve that puzzle seemed to be so easy. If the above is the story of you, (it is!) you probably remember the sad day when you noticed you were bored. Even…
- My SUDOKU 1.62, The Game From Endless Time — In 1849, prominent mathematician Leonard Euler published his work «De quadratis magicis» («On magic squares»), describing properties and construction of «squares of digits» with special constraints for sum by rows and columns. In 1979, American architect Howard Garns published in Dell Magazines a puzzle called «Number Place». In 1986, Japanese puzzle publisher Nikoli republished Garns’ puzzle…
- Lode Runner, Back to ZX Games — If your teen age happened to fall in the era of ZX Spectrum, you’ll recall it with nostalgic tears. (That time is finally back!) If during your school age you spent time at a PC-compatible box, you’ll love it the moment you give it a try. Violence-free, suitable for all ages, action games that suck you in the play atmosphere. The idea is plain enough, and that makes the game really playful. With…
- Race Lap Timer Professional TE 5.4 — Specific professional software typically requires from its author much higher attention to detail and knowledgebase workthrough than to «general-purpose utilities». But there are even more special cases, like software for lap timing — this kind of program has to be very precise in all its features. Race Lap Timer Professional TE is a serious, well thought-out lap timing solution and therefore it is easy and pleasant…
- Total Game Control, The Helping Edge — Is it even appropriate to compare the feeling of playing a dynamic action game with the keyboard and the feeling of playing the same game with an intuitive control device — like a steering wheel for racing or a joystick for an action game? When you have no time to think of your next move and have to take an action now, often by the intuition, do you have time for looking for the right shortcut…
- The RSS feed Scroller Converter - a new way of putting your RSS feeds into action — For most Internet users, RSS is a technology which allows them to quickly download news from various sites into a single news aggregator without having to visit each and every of them on a daily basis. This approach saves a significant amount of time and allows you to focus on specific areas you are interested in as opposed to regular rather chaotic and time-consuming web browsing. However, it is also…
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