Marooned Review
Marooned, a hidden object Mac game, is the first chapter of a Trilogy. You wake to find yourself with amnesia marooned on an deserted 
island. You must search for clues and items to find your identity and why you are on this island in the first place.
This game is your typical hidden object game with searching items in several different locations. Some of the objects will be needed to 
perform tasks in areas of the scene. You hover over a location and it will tell you if you need to do anything further with it. These “hotspots” will need an item from your inventory to accomplish the task and it may not be in the present scene. If it is not in your inventory or even in the present screen, you may need to search in another location for your tool.
There are many side puzzles integrated into the game to break up the hidden object play. The story is one of the main objectives you must 
unravel in your misty, amnesiac state, get the boat working, find 15 solar panel pieces, and find the tropical birds.
The narration carries Marooned’s story in a logical order, and the idea of an alternative source of energy is an enticing subject. The scenes 
are clear with great artwork, and the sound effects appropriate for the play. I found Marooned enjoyable and a pleasure to play. I am looking forward to the other chapters to see how everything unravels.
Features of Marooned:
-1st Chapter of Trilogy
-Search in 15 Landscapes
-Immersive Story
Rating: 
Hidden Relics Review
Adrianna, Dr. Peatrie’s best student, flying to Europe is hijacked mid-flight, and the valuable antiques she is carry for the Professor is stolen by a madman who jumps from the plane. She is commissioned to retrieve the cargo by flying to all parts of the world. Her first stop is Morocco.
This is mainly a hidden object game with side puzzles and tasks related to recovering the goods. The globe will guide Adrianna to the necessary locations, and at each scene there is a list of items to discover. There are 5 hints if you need it, and if you need more, then you must find the magnifying glass to increase your numbers.
A different help comes from the gadget man who can provide you with sophisticated equipment to assist you in your search. However, he does not easily part with his things. You must solve mini puzzles in order to win stars and depending on how many stars you get will determine the number of gadgets he will be willing to give up. One of the mini puzzle is the memory game when you turn over 2 cards at a time, and if they match, will increase the number of your turns. Also you must discover 10 of a kind in a scene. One of his many gadgets is the magnifying goggles you can use to better view an area you may have missed an important relic.
I found this lighthearted game entertaining as well as a good story and great graphics. I enjoyed the hidden object play, the mini puzzles and even the music and sound effects. I can hardly wait for the next destination assigned to Adrianne and her search for the Hidden Relics.
Features of Hidden Relics:
-Hidden Object Fun
-40 Special Item
-9 Mini games
-Great Characters and Story
Rating:
Zulu’s Zoo Review
News flash: Best operated zoo will win $1,000,000! 4 are in contention and it’s up to you to assist the zoos. Can you make the difference?
Zulu’s Zoo is another hidden object game. This one integrates the zoo atmosphere with educational data in their many puzzles. Of course since you do not have any experience, you start out as an apprentice doing menial jobs such as cleaning the trash from the penguins’ 
habitat or counting the fish in the aquariums. Click on the hidden pictures to complete each level. The camera viewfinder will focus on a subject and you click to take its picture.
The mini games are not only enjoyable but educational as well. You are to put the animals on day or night circles depending on how active they are during each period. Another puzzle is to place the animal on the correct continent, and one is to place the animals in order of the 
food chain. Upon completing the puzzles or tests, you are raised to a specialist. It will behoove you to learn the animal facts given at the end of each level. There will be challenges to test your knowledge.
Zulu’s Zoo is a pleasant game. The many zoo scenes are cluttered and beautiful, but a few objects are difficult to make out. Luckily there are many hints to use. Click on stars to receive a hint. In addition you can go to the memory game to click on pairs of zoo animals. Another duty of yours is to take photographs of different animals. There are some puzzles when you search for 1 type of animal (11 monkeys or 22 fish). They may look different but there are many species of each animal. I like this Mac game for its ease of play and the animal data that 
are given to you. I think this game is great for kids and casual gamers. So learn all you can about wildlife in order to rise in the hierarchy of the zoo and win the million dollars. I give it a 3.5 out of 5 for an educational and enjoyable game.
Features of Zulu’s Zoo:
-Animal Facts
-Zoological Tests
-More than 60 Rounds
Rating:
Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride Review
I was ready to be scared or at least a little spooked in Mac Hidden Object Adventure Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride. However this game is more campy than bone chilling. There are a few creepy scenes but mostly it is a straightforward hidden object game with mini puzzles to solve.
The story is about Brad who is looking for Janet, his fiancée, who disappeared suddenly on one of his work related trips to Europe several months ago. He waits this long to go searching for her? His car breaks down in Bavaria in front of a manor. Lucky for him this is the very castle he was looking for even though he doesn’t know it. Here begins your adventure trying to enter this estate. Screams from within the establishment prompt Brad to enter quickly and find out the source of the terrifying noise. I don’t know if Brad is brave or not but he manages to find his beloved, but unfortunately, she is in many pieces and only her brain can communicate with Brad. Are you frightened yet? When Brad is feeling something like love, irritation and other emotions, you see it above his head as hearts (when he sees his favorite wine) or lightning when he is frustrated. I guess this is suppose to be 
funny, but I’m shooting lightning rods out of my head playing this game. Let’s get past this and go on to the games.
The hidden object play is the one similar to one I recently played Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer and Bonnie and Clyde. The objects scroll across the bottom of the screen. You may have to find multiples of the objects. In other HOGs you may just get pictures of what you need to find like in the topiary garden. Some of the scenes will need to be expanded by clicking near the edge to see a little more and find objects out of your initial view. There are other times when you need to clear an area to see things. Brambles are plentiful in and around this manor. You may also have to click on spider webs to clear a room. If you are having a problem finding an object, use the hint button to help you. When solving mini games, the skip button becomes available after 3 long minutes. There are 2 modes of play in this game. The Standard mode is not timed and the Timed mode is. Since the scenes tend to be dark and the game does tell you to brighten your screen as much as possible, you will not be able to see all the objects you are looking for. I click in dark areas knowing I’ll come across something hidden in the recesses. However, this is not fun. You get only a set amount of hints but you can look for the stars in the scenes and get more clues or if you are playing the timed, you will get extra time.
The rest of the game is looking for Janet’s body parts throughout the castle and garden and solving mini games like finding keys to use to get into locked areas or 
looking for gold teeth (really?) that Dr. Frankenstein lost when he slipped on Janet’s brain and died. What?
This story is like pulling teeth (groan). It did not hold my interest, it was very hokey, standard and familiar mini games, dark areas to search, and no voice acting (thank goodness). Like their other games the artwork is good, music minimal with lots of sound effects. For all of the above, I give it a 2.5 out of 5. Try it for yourself and see if you like it.
Features of Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride:
-Crazy Story
-Lots of Hidden Objects and Mini Games
-Good Artwork, Music, Sound Effects
Rating:
Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera Collector’s Edition Review
I remember years ago I saw the musical version of The Phantom of the Opera with my beautiful sister. It began with a huge chandelier swooping over the audience’s heads and crashing loudly onto the stage. It was some opening. Mac hidden object/seek and find game
Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera Collector’s Edition is not as head spinning but it gradually sets the stage for a dramatic and sometimes shocking story.
Evelina the daughter of a retired stage actress is trapped in the once grand but disheveled abandoned opera house and held against her will by a mad man who thinks she destroyed his love for her by running away with another man. In reality she is the image of her mother and 
her father is the other man. You find yourself in the lobby of this once majestic and magnificent theater. You have objectives and tasks to complete while playing hidden object games. You search for areas to zoom in on and for HOGs. You’ll see sparkling stars where you need to investigate further. The HOGs will have the list of items at the bottom of the screen. You search mostly dreary, dark spaces for 12 
objects. Once you click on a found item, it will be crossed out. If you need help, you can click on the mirror on the lower left. It will crack and slowly restores itself. The journal and the map can also be helpful. You will also hear the voices of the phantom and Evelina assisting you and written messages across the top. If you click too many times on wrong objects, the screen will crack abruptly. If you get stuck or do not know what to do, you may need to go back and search areas you have been before. In some instances there will be more interactive puzzles or HOGs to discover. Sometimes you will be back at a scene you already have completed but must look for more items. The Phantom wants you to find the black rose. Keep looking.
Even though you are stuck in the theater, there are many locations to search from the ballroom to the caretaker’s cottage outside in the 
snow. The objects you search for can be ordinary to something you may need later. The mini puzzles can be skipped after a while 
but stick with it and you’ll be able to figure it out.
I think Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera is well done with exquisite artwork. The colors help create the mood and the era of this 
story. The music also helped create the eerie atmosphere of the opera house, but I kept waiting for the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s soundtrack from the musical that is so ingrained in everyone’s heads. The game is not that difficult, but may not be appropriate for young children. It is not shockingly scary, but puppets hanging in the ballroom are a bit creepy. So try it out and listen to the music of the night.
Features of Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera Collector’s Edition:
-Dramatic Story
-Many Scenes In and Around the Opera House
-Many Objectives and Tasks to Fulfill
Rating:
Pages
Categories
- Action
- Adventure
- Aquarium
- Arcade
- Breakout
- Cards
- Children
- Hidden Object/I Spy
- Line Drawing
- Mah Jong
- Marbles
- Match
- Pachinko
- Pinball
- Platform
- Puzzle
- RPG
- RTS
- Sci Fi
- Seek and Find
- Shooter
- Sim
- Slash and Bash
- slots
- Sports
- Time Management
- Uncategorized
- Visual Novel
- Word