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Qwak Review

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Platform, Puzzle, Shooter | Posted by musicaltrack
Apr 30 2010

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Qwak is an awesome platform/puzzle action Mac game for all those old time arcade players and anyone who wants to have a good time. With myriad of upgrades, extras and baddies to beat, you can’t go wrong with playing 70 levels in 6 different worlds.

The object of Qwak is to collect gold keys to exit to the next level. Easy, huh? No way. Before you leave one level, you must collect fruits (either stationary or raining down from the top of the screen), gems, flowers (10 will get you an extra life), and more. At the end of the level the fruits convert to eggs, and you use them to shoot baddies. There are grey and purple potions and keys. The black keys open treasure chests and the gold keys open the exit gate.

There are a lot of baddies who can topple your duck over and send him to his demise. Qwak! Not only do you need to avoid the enemies, you need to make sure the duck does not get hit by a spike ball; both small and humongous. You have to time the bubbles to elevate you to higher platforms and at the same time avoiding all the bad things dropping down on your duck.

In addition to all that there are secret sections where you have to figure out how to enter this site. You may need to pull levers, collect the right keys to go through gates and in the right order. Good luck.

If all that is not enough, you can play as one player or 2. In the 2 player mode, this is the one I like, you play along side your buddy or against him and throw the eggs at him and let the baddies deal with him. Bye, bye friend.

Qwak, with its bright and cheery graphics and fun sounds, is a challenging, entertaining platform/puzzle play. You have to have quick reaction and nimble fingers in order to get through the many levels in this fast-paced Mac game, but it’s all worth it when you save the duck! Qwak!

Features of Qwak:
-70 Action-packed Levels
-6 Different Worlds
-Single Player or 2 Player Modes

Rating: ★★★★☆

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PocMon Review

Action, Arcade | Posted by musicaltrack
Apr 10 2010

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Pocmon is a suped up version of Pacman gone wild in Mac game format. A mega fast game with a bounty of bonuses and enemies to increase your power and to thwart your every move that can blast your fun level to the cosmos. How can you beat that?

Move your Pocmon through the crazy maze eating as many dots as fast as possible and search for the larger power pills, blue ghosts, fruits, and bonuses to get extra life, speed up, glue down ghosts and for multiple scores. Wait, there’s more. Pocmon drunk and moving funny is LOL hilarious, and dynamite will blast the ghosts to the outer most galaxies of your own fantasies. Heck, go further than that by grabbing one of the Bonus Rounds to enter the bonus level.

What more do you need, you ask? What about the Duel Mode for more fun and excitement against your best buds? If your buddy loses all his lives, he comes back as a ghost. Can you ever get rid of this guy? Use bombs, guns and lasers against your friend and beat him in the game by grabbing more pills.

The games are fast, furious and fun. If retro arcade games are your thing, Pocmon is for you. Try your hand at eating as much as you can, power-up, blast your way through the maze, and beat your pal at this awesome Mac game. I did!

Features of Pocmon:
-Fast-Paced Arcade Game
-Lots of Bonuses and Power-Ups
-Duel Mode

Rating: ★★★★☆

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Aqua Park Review

Action, Adventure, Aquarium, Arcade | Posted by Meg
Apr 02 2010

Arcade games are usually not my favorite type of Mac game, but Aqua Park changed my mind with its colorful cartoons, 3 game modes, merits, screensavers and fun action. What more do you need?

The story is simple. You have invented a helium tank that can encapsulate fish in order to catch them for your new aquarium park. Your cursor is the tank and you click and point on a fish to send it up to the boat. You need enough points to earn a bronze star for you to continue on to the next level. The bar at the bottom of the screen will let you know how much more time you have until your next star and the end of the level. It’s fairly easy to reach the bronze star, but the silver and gold take a little doing.

As the levels increase, so does your challenges. Sometimes you will have 2 different types and colors of fish and 2 boats. You must match the color of the fish to the color of the boat. Other times you will have obstacles like the puffer fish or sunfish that will pop your captured fish. Another block in your game will be the helium tank. It will run out quickly. You can wait until it replenishes or you can click on the tanks floating down from the ships. Other things that float down from the top are the clocks (gives you extra time), the bubble nets (float it down to where there are a lot of fish and it will trap all of them and float them to the boat), cutie pie (will stop all the fish to look at her), disco ball (the fish will start dancing), cameras (the fish will stop to smile and have their picture taken) and speed boosters (will send the fish quickly to the top). There’s so many bonuses at the beginning that you wonder what will be next.

After a few levels you earn things for your aquariums. These aquarium scenes can be used as fun screensavers for your computer. Also you will unlock other modes and challenges.

This arcade game is fun because you can get past a few levels easily without getting discouraged. Of course, the levels will increase in difficulty, but you will be able to see different backgrounds, fish and complete your aquarium park. Even though the play is repetitive, you find yourself interested in the different types of fish and objects, they can conjure up for this Mac game. It is also challenging enough for gamers who wish to be tested. You can do this by reaching the gold star every time. Finally, this Aqua Park is just plain fun and different from the many sim and hidden object games that are out there. Give it a go and see if you agree with me that it is time for a change of pace.

Features of Aqua Park:
-3 Game Modes
-Fun and Challenging Levels
-Many Fish to Collect

Rating: ★★★½☆

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Galcon Review

Action, Arcade, Shooter | Posted by Meg
Feb 19 2010

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Galcon is a Mac game based loosely on Galactic Conquest, and is an exciting and challenging a play as any. Send your swarm of spaceships to other planets and conquer them. A risk game without countries but entire planets instead. How much fun is that to control many other orbs in the universe? The king of the galaxy!

The play is to send spaceships from your green (looks a lot like earth) planet to the other orbs (red, your enemies and gray, neutral planets) to conquer and take over outer space. To send your ships out left click on your planet and then right click on the planet you want to attack or drag and drop the cursor. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. You must also deal with the attacks from your enemy planets. They can take over your planets as well.

A possible help could be from changing the percentage of your fleet you are sending out to attack. This can be done by the number keys or the mouse wheel. The % can be viewed on the lower right side of the screen. The % and which planet you attack is very important strategy to acquire in order to win this game. Another good help to use is re-directing your swarm of ships when you need to have them go to another location. It may be going the wrong way for the most effective attack, and to re-route, you click on the fleet and then click where you want to change their course.

Another interesting move is the multi attacks. To activate an attack from multiple planets you drag a box around the orbs to select, then right click on the planet you want to send the fleet. Also you can reinforce your own planets by sending a fleet there. Since you cannot see how large a fleet your enemy (red) has, you need to try to take over the larger planets first, because they have a higher production level than the little planets.

The game allows for single player and multi player modes. The Classic play is you against the computer. The Beast is with you controlling only 2 planets, and in the Vacuum your goal is to get all the neutral planets before your time runs out. A different play is the 3-Way where it is a 3 player game, and one player will pick sides for a while, usually against the strongest planets. The difficulty comes in when this player attacks you when he gets a chance. The Stealth play is when you cannot see each other’s ships until it is too late and you are captured. If all these plays are not exciting enough for you, try the Net which will bring a whole new level of action from the players online.

Galcon is such an exciting and action-packed, fast-paced play, not just from the actual game but also you get the same level of feeling with the great graphics (although simple orbs and triangular spaceships) deep, astro colors and the appropriate sound effects. What more can you ask for in a game? The smart play and intense strategy combined with your quick and nimble moves, that’s what! It’s easy to learn through the step-by-step tutorial and each game is so fast you automatically must play more so you can conquer the galaxy and rule the universe in this ultimate arcade, space strategy game.

Features of Galcon:
-Single or Multi Players
-Different Types of Play
-Action and Excitement
-Attack Online Players

Rating: ★★★★☆

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Bud Redhead Review

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Platform | Posted by Meg
Feb 04 2010

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Bud Redhead is an action-packed, side scrolling fun platform Mac game for all ages. Its story begins with Bud and Rachel strolling through a park, and a green creature appears through a light and kidnaps poor Rachel. Bud could only grab part of the creature’s arm before the two disappear through another light. Bud is then approached by 2 grey aliens who explain to him that the green monster is Feyatta, and they, from the Cosmic Federation, are chasing him for galactic evil deeds. The electronic piece Bud grabbed from Feyatta will prevent the creature from escaping to his space ship and leaving for the unknown. They could track Feyatta, but the 2 grey men cannot chase the criminal on earth due to galaxy restrictions in interfering with earthlings. It is up to Bud to help Rachel get back and put away this desperate galactic criminal.

Bud’s adventure will take him to 4 different locations and 4 different time periods. Music also changes in each location. The places vary from a forest over 8000 years ago to a spaceship orbiting Saturn way into the future with Medieval Castles and Ancient Egypt in between.

The play is easy to pick up using the arrow keys and jumping with the control button. There are helps in forms of monitors along the way. You can stop and view them or you can ignore them. There are thousands of coins (which you need to exit the portals), jewels and fruit to get for your score. This is your basic run and jump game where you will find secret areas in each land, moving platforms, many tiered trees, levers, ropes and the dreaded but fun slippery floors.

Bud Redhead is an awesome play in the style of the Mario games. The artwork and graphics were great, and some of it reminded me of Japanese anime. The backgrounds were drawn in detail and rich colors. The ending is a big surprise. So if you are looking for an excellent family fun, try Bud Redhead and venture out into the timeless unknown.

Features of Bud Redhead:
-20 Levels of Adventure and Fun
-5 Levels per Different Worlds
-Thousands of Coins, Jewels, and Fruit
-Secret Areas
-Big Boss Levels

Rating: ★★★★½

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