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Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me Review

Action, Adventure, Hidden Object/I Spy, Puzzle, Seek and Find, Shooter | Posted by Meg
Jul 20 2010

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As in the first Miss Teri Tale mystery, Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me is deep in mystery and political rivalry. Miss Teri after a successful run, with her latest novel, thanks to the kidnapped dog, Jason, is now fully immersed in her new life in Peeking Town and its suburban idiosyncrasies. She is helping her neighbors take care of their dog, filling in for the dog groomer, breaking in and searching homes. This time around she is more familiar with her neighbors but as in any small town there are always new people moving in.

Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me is a hidden object Mac game with mini puzzles cleverly incorporated into the main play. You begin in Teri’s home searching for her notebook. The spiral notebook will list the hidden objects you must find in each scene. In every room there will be 3 clovers to find and use as hints. Next you will look for her cell phone. miss-teri-tales-4This will tell you how much time you have in your search. Then find the map and you can click on it to tell you where you are in the town. There is a set amount of time you have to search each scene, but this should not be a problem since you will have more than enough hints if you find the clovers.

A different seek and find play is not in a room, but on Teri’s computer desktop. You will need to find all the Jason files and put them away, and the emails will let you know what you need to do. The blue arrow in the lower right will take you to her diary. In addition, the ballot box will let you know who votes for whom.

There are a few action games in between the hidden object plays. When you get to Karma Pet Shop you are asked to take over the duties while the proprietor goes on an errand. You will need to bathe, dry, groom and feed the dogs. miss-teri-talesYou must do it before they get impatient or you will be starting over again. As in the first game, you will be asked to figure out combinations on locks to enter someone’s home or locked room. There’s also a shooting game with anti virus nurses shooting computer “bugs” entering your computer one by one.

Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me is a fun hidden object game with a lot of side puzzles very similar to the first version. The scenes are clear, almost like photographs, and the objects are not all easily visible, but always enjoyable to search for. This Mac game is lively and interesting to play. Take some time and get to know the wacky characters in Peeking Town, USA by searching their homes and getting their votes.

Features of Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me:
-55 Scenes
-Mini Games
-Who will become Mayor?

Rating: ★★★½☆

Zak and Jack: Showdown at Monster Town Review

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Shooter | Posted by Zeke
Jul 15 2010

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Monster Town is under attack by evil monsters in Mac game Zak and Jack: Showdown at Monster Town. It is a colorful, fun shooter game full of action and speed. There are good monsters and bad monster in this comical play, and you must help Zak Zak and Jack 2and Jack, two good monsters, defend their beloved Monster Town. The 2 of them are creative inventor types who can rig up shooting machines in order to beat down the massive invasion of the enemy.

The play is simple and straightforward with the crazy contraptions used to defend the town. Just click to shoot while you move Zak and Jack up and down on their invention. It’s not as easy as it sounds because the evil villains constantly at different positions keep coming at you until you shoot all the monsters. After each level the swarm of bad guys increases exponentially rising high and low.

In addition to this mega invasion there are the bosses who can cause much harm and havoc to the invention causing you to lose the level and restart. Don’t fret, keep at it and you’ll eventually beat the levels getting a high percentage of accuracy. This percentage is important to complete each level so don’t shoot willy-nilly at anything. You can always get good power-ups to assist your fight, but beware of the red ones. They are not helpful.

Zak and Jack 3Zak and Jack: Showdown at Monster Town is an arcade, shooter Mac game with so much action you’ll need to take breaks after so many levels or you’ll get completely exhausted with finger cramps. You need to be able to think fast and act even faster in order to outsmart the countless invasion of evil monsters. Take the challenge and help Zak and Jack defend their Monster Town.

Features of Zak and Jack: Showdown at Monster Town
-5 Episodes
-Lots of Monsters and Bosses
-Power-ups

Rating: ★★★★☆

The Amazing Brain Train Review

Puzzle | Posted by Meg
Jul 14 2010

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When you think you have figured out the target audience for a game, it changes and gives you a completely different perspective. The Amazing Brain Train is one those Mac games. The title itself is a clever play on words. What first comes to mind is the children’s locomotive, operated by Professor Fizzwizzle (the very one in the platform game by the same name and many others), which moves the play along, and then you find it’s also training the brain with diverse and changing mind exercises.

The Amazing Brain Train has 15 different games, 3 modes of play and 32 trophies to unlock. The Quest mode fuels the train along on the board with your “brain power”. Test has 5 mini games, and Practice has 15 timed or untimed mini games. Each mini game will test your logic, memory, dexterity and patience.

Instructions are simple and given by animated, colorful characters. The first few levels are easy enough for young children to figure out, however don’t let it fool you, it quickly becomes more challenging and difficult to keep in the timeframe. Some of the mini games were the memorizing what is behind the barn door, untangling dogs on leashes, connecting the stars to form a constellation, and bringing animals to food without sliding off the board. Once you get comfortable in the games it makes a complete 90 degree turn and your time runs out or you forget what really was behind that door, but don’t get frustrated just keep going you will conquer the toughest of tests. If the timed tests are too much, just switch to the untimed games until you get the hang of things, and you’ll do a lot better later on.

The pros of this Mac game is that the Amazing Brain Train will test and push your limits of thinking. It has different kinds of mini games so you are not always doing the same kind of play each time. The cons may be you will feel silly playing a game with the beautifully done graphics of very cute, pre-school-like animals and characters. If you can get past the children’s artwork, Professor Fizzwizzle’s Amazing Brain Train is for those practicing and maintaining their mental wellness. It is great for all those brain fitness people who are looking for difficult mind games, other than crosswords or sudokus. Also it is for those who just like to play fun and educational games, but be ready to put your brain to work while traveling down the railroad of thinking.

Features of The Amazing Brain Train:
-15 different games
-3 modes of play
-32 trophies
-easy instructions
-fun and challenge for both children and adults
-educational
-amazing graphics

Rating: ★★★½☆ Puzzle

Sudoku Latin Squares Review

Puzzle | Posted by Meg
Jul 12 2010

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At first glance, I thought the Mac game, Sudoku Latin Squares, had a Latin American flair to it. I don’t think this is far-fetched since there are so many Asian, Mayan, Hawaiian themed games out there. So naturally I waited for the fiesta-like screen or music to show up. It didn’t appear. Upon further investigation, I learned that the term Latin squares referred to a mathematical grid which one developer used Latin characters as symbols for experiments. Sudoku is a form of Latin squares. Who knew? Ok, ok, all you math geeks out there knew.

In any event, Sudoku Latin Squares is a very fun play. It consists of 2 games in one. One is the Latin Squares with various game fields and 4 difficulty levels, and the other is the familiar Sudoku 9 x 9 grid.  Latin Squares’ columns and rows contain numbers with 1 through how many squares in the columns and rows. Also each colored section picture-21must have numbers 1 through how many squares with the same color with no number repeating in each section, just like Sudoku. Latin Squares’ easy level starts with 3 columns and 3 rows with 3 colored areas. The columns and rows and colors increase as the difficulty level increases. By starting out at the easy level you quickly learn the game, and for beginners this is an ideal way to learn. Of course, once you get the hang of this game the easy levels are not challenging, and you must go on to the more difficult levels for enjoyment and excitement.

You play Sudoku exactly the way you would play the newspaper or book games. It has just one game field with 4 difficulty levels. Click on numbers to fill in the squares , and complete the grid by placing in each row, column, and 3 by 3 box numbers from 1 through 9 without using a number more than once.

Both of these games, Latin Squares and Sudoku, will offer hours of entertainment in addition to working your mental picture-3fitness. I liked the grid size, clarity, and layout of these games. Some extra features also helped make my play a little more pleasant and easier. The Auto hints button puts in each blank square all the possible numbers. I used this feature since my right click button was not working properly and didn’t want to use the control-click button to access the numbers. The numbers were all in the same location in each box. This is really helpful so you can quickly scan the columns and rows. Another neat feature was the print button for all those who like to write out your Sudokus (I’m one of them). I’ve never found Mac games to have interesting music, but I didn’t mind the music for once. If you do not like it, you can always turn it off or use itunes.

I imagine in future generations of the game, the screens will be more advanced with larger grids and more variety of patterns and colors, but in the meantime, this Sudoku Latin Squares is a clever twist to the standard Sudoku game. Do your brain a favor and try this mentally challenging game while having fun at the same time.

Features of Sudoku Latin Squares:
-2 great games – Sudoku and Latin Squares
-hints, undos and saves
-print feature
-mark squares with notes
-auto notes

Rating: ★★★★☆

Atomic Cannon Review

Action, Shooter | Posted by trackbum
Jul 11 2010

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We, at Macgames.org, decided to change it up a bit, and videotape a blogger playing Mac game Atomic Cannon instead of writing about it. The variety and originality of the weapons are a strong draw in this army game, but the ultimate goal is to win your wars. In order to win, you take your knowledge of physics and aim your tank at the correct trajectory and power to hit your opponent. You take turns shooting at each other, but if you miss, you don’t need to worry since it takes multiple times before you or your opponent can be destroyed.

The graphics although simple are impressive when large chunks of earth are destroyed by a bomb.  The landscapes are changed with the multiple bombings between you and the enemy.  Other weapons will build up land creating a high mountain. Some weapons will affect your enemy over time like the radioactive bomb.

The sound effects are terrific and authentic to the play. Atomic Cannon is an awesome play without the usual blood and gore. It’s different but still loads of fun. Hope you enjoy the show.

Features of Atomic Cannon:
-85 Weapons
-26 Landscapes
-Multiplayer Mode

Rating: ★★★★☆