The magical forest of Phantasia is under siege by the evil wizard who captured and encapsulated the peaceful nation of dwarves in bubbles in his ominous towers in his dark and dingy castle. Alas, one, lone dwarf managed to escape and find you to assist him in rescuing his fellow citizens. It is up to you to save the lives of these wonderful dwarves and bring them back to the land of Phantasia.

If you should accept the challenge, you will be shooting balls up to where the dwarves are encased. You shoot at 2 or more of the like color balls to pop the bubbles, release the dwarves and catch the gold and silver coins. The coins will boost your score. The dwarf who found and convinced you to help him will provide you with bubbles on the lower left of the screen. You will see the colors of the balls coming down the conveyor belt so you can strategize your next move. The castle is large and there are many levels to conquer in this game.

The power-ups are the bombs (will destroy the balls around the area you shoot), fireballs will shoot straight up and rid all the balls in its path, one color ball (changes color of one ball), change balls, one row destroyer. In addition to the bonuses, there are stone balls to block your successful rescue. Of course, the bubbles on the game board are continuously descending to prevent you from winning. This action is similar to the Mac game Abundante!

This arcade game is a fun way to spend a few hours in the afternoon with the kids or alone. Keep an eye out for the funny characters popping in and out of the top and bottom of the screen.  The play is easy enough for children and casual gamers, and the story line is amusing. I think the only thing that bothered me was the pleading of the dwarves in the bubble. You feel a little guilty when you do not save them fast enough because you are trying to figure out the best possible way to release the most balls. So shoot away and save the nation of dwarves in the land of Phantasia.

Features of Phantasia:
-Valuable Coins
-Bonuses
-30 Unique Levels
-Hall of Fame

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

What an appropriate name for a Mac sim, rpg, shooting game: Gunrox! This game is a free online turn based strategy game where you have a team of 3 soldiers against other opponents around the world. All you need to do is sign in as an user and you will be able to download easily onto your computer. Since the artwork is simple the loading is fast.

There are a lot of laws governing this play, but I’m sure most of the people did not read them. The laws are just your usual be a decent player or else get kicked off type of thing. The other long list of items is the weapons. This is where you might spend some money because they charge for the guns, bombs, rockets, traps, grenades and more. Each weapon or perk, as they refer to them, is rated as Action Points (AP) and will give data like damage, fire ranges in order for you to make up your mind to buy. There are over 30 different perks to use for different types of attacks. They get very creative with their guns: sawed off shotgun, sniper rifles, launchers. Some of the weapons will allow you to hit multiple units with an arc of fire. A tank would be helpful but I don’t think it’s available.

You take your troop of ragamuffins and make them into fierce fighting machines with an assortment of weapons to battle your enemies. There are many locales to explore from junkyards, city streets, snow covered places and tropical sites.

Your tactical skills will be challenged when you have to anticipate your enemies' every move and maneuver your troops to best beat the opposition. After each fight you get experience points that will move your soldiers to the next level. The more skills and perks you acquire will help you along in this game. The play is exciting because you do not know where your next attack will take place. The battles are fast and furious so you do not need a lot of time to block out. Whatever you do, do not quit out of the game when it is stressful or you will be branded as a quitter. Stick it out. All that can happen is you will be killed and float up to the heavens as an angel.

Well, that may not be all what happens because there are a lot of people on this game, and not all of them will be kind to you. They may be outright rude to newbies and the inexperienced if you try to join in on their game. If you fall in that category, try the game with a group of your friends to back you up. Create your own game with your buddies and have fun playing in this colorful environment. If you are good at this type of game, battle your way to the top and have an awesome time. Enkord has developed an all around action game with tournaments and artifact markets to enhance your play. Gunrox is a fun, fast and enjoyable play, and you will not need to have lots of time because the battles are full of action and are quick. Just choose your arms wisely, and you can keep the costs down, or if you have deep pockets, knock yourself out. Gunrox rocks! I give it a 3.5 for a good time.

Features of Gunrox:
-Over 30 Different Weapons
-Play Against People Around the World
-Free Game Download

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Take a blast from the past with Titan Attack, as Space Invaders returns revamped and more intense than ever. Instead of popping in quarters to a machine, now gamers can easily start up a crusade against the alien onslaught in the comfort of their own computers. The classic scrolling across the bottom of the screen shooter has the same feel as the classic Space Invaders but with an arsenal of new twists that has gamers gunning for more.

In Titan Attacks the fate of the world lies in the hands of a lonely tank left running back and forth trying hard to repel an alien barrage. That tank has slow left to right movement, a single laser beam, and 2 bars of health. Doesn't seem like a lot as the alien enemy seems to evolve and expand at every chance it gets. The solution to the dilemma: Upgradeable tank with the money from killing aliens. Simple yet an effective way to get me to play the game more and more. Each level I finish I see how much money I need for more shields, bombs, cannons, or lasers, or a faster moving tank. It's addicting. On top of the weapons shop a high score bulletin to top off a meticulously played game seals the deal for gamers to fight for the human race.

Titan Attack has a look that is new and sleek but a feel that is comfortable and recognizable. Game play-wise a score multiplier adds to the need to continue playing the game because it only increases if the tank does not take damage and kills aliens. As more aliens drop, reverse movement, and get a little faster someone is going to have to take the call for humanity. Titan Attack gets a 4.5 out of 5 because it makes me answer that call whenever I don't want to do anything else in the world but recall Space Invaders and destroy that last quickly flying alien.

Features of Titan Attack:
-100 levels of Frantic Shooter Action
-Upgrade with Cannons, Rockets and Lasers
-5 Giant Boss Motherships
-Prizes

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The eighties are back again and better than ever with retro type arcade puzzle ThrowUp. Indie developer, Patrice Krysztofiak, at Mac Games and More is bringing this old school style game for both Mac and PC computers. In addition, it’s free! This original and clever puzzle will bring back memories of both Galaga and Tetris everyone played and enjoyed back then. In fact, keeping with the retro feel you only use the keyboard to maneuver your spaceship. Don’t use your mouse or trackpad.

Irregular shaped puzzles will float downward towards your fantastic looking spaceship. You shoot up or throw up burning blocks to fill in the spaces of the puzzles to make a rectangular shape. Do this quickly before the puzzles reach the bottom of the screen and ending the game. Once you lose the game, you must start all over again. Remember this is a tribute to the retro games; you only have 1 life. Use the right and left arrow keys to move the ship back and forth at the bottom of the screen. Sometimes the cursor will jump around a little but keeping your eye on this and moving it to the right place will keep you in this fast paced game. It starts out slowly but will quickly pick up in pace and number of odd shaped puzzles to figure out. The up arrow will speed the game up but be careful some of the pieces will come down 2 or more at a time. The letter P will pause the game so you can catch your breath.

Since the high score is what’s important make the rectangles bigger by placing extra blocks for more points while keeping your distance from the bottom. Also post your scores for ThrowUp on Facebook or Twitter. Challenge your friends, neighbors, family and co-workers. See how high you can go.

ThrowUp is a simple, colorful retro game for all ages with good music and sound effects. You will need to use 2 hands to play on the keyboard, but for all those who are not accustomed to this format, you’ll need to practice a little before becoming an expert. It’s not an easy game. You must work at it. However, with practice you will get better each time you play. The blocks are colorful and the background reminiscent of outer space with many stars. If you have played any of the developer’s other games like Doulber or Abracadabra!, you know the game will get harder and harder, but with due diligence you’ll manage to get good scores. Have fun out scoring your pals and enjoy this look back to the past.

Features of ThrowUp:
-Original Fun Arcade Puzzle
-Good Music and Sound Effects
-It’s Free
-Post your High Scores on Facebook and Twitter
-Source Code Available to Developers

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

How can you go wrong with a name like Pirate Poppers? Aaargh! With its pirate theme and music what else is left but a treasure map and riches? You need to piece together a map for the location of the legendary treasure of Isla Calabera.

There are 3 modes to play in this pirate game: Adventure, Puzzle, and Arcade. The Adventure mode has 77 levels of play. In the Puzzle mode you must clear the row of balls with only a limited number of cannons, so you must figure out exactly how and where you will place these balls on the rail. In the Arcade mode you get a number of lives before losing a level.

The play is to simply shoot cannon balls at groups of colorful balls rolling on a track towards a barrel. You must aim for like color balls and shoot while the chain of cannons continues to move forward. When the balls are blasted and disappear, the cannons on either side will come together and if they are the same color and are 3 or more, they may also explode and clear the game board.

There are a lot of power-ups in this game. Some of the extras will change the color of the balls to blasting a whole slew of cannons with an explosive one. With some of the other features, the balls will move backwards giving you extra time to figure out your strategy. There is a spyglass when you are able to shoot faster and more accurately. On top of all that there are many extras you can catch with your cannon. The many jewels and treasures will give you extra points and the skull medallions will increase the number of lives.

Pirate Poppers is very similar to Zuma, Sweetopia and Luxor where you shoot at orbs coming down a tube-like conveyor belt. This is an action packed arcade Mac game with pirate cannons, treasures (gold, silver and jewels) and much more. You’ll have fun just sitting back and shooting cannonballs out into the chains of multicolored spheres. This game takes some strategy and thinking, but on the most part it is just an enjoyable game to kick back and shoot.

Features of Pirate Poppers:
-Pirate Theme
-6 Power-ups
-Treasure
-77 Levels

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Keep the zombies out of your house no matter what or they’ll eat your brain! Plant vs Zombies, an unique play, is not only fun, but it will get very challenging as the levels go higher. The cartoon artwork will alleviate any blood and gore worries you may associate with walking zombies. The only concern for young kids may be when the zombies are beaten will lose their heads and body parts.

The play is to click on the available seed packet, drag it to the green sod, plant it to stop the zombies. Clicking on the suns will gain you more seed packets. When you plant sunflowers, it will produce more suns to click on. After a certain number of points, you will get different packets to stave off the monsters. The pea shooters can down the zombies, the sunflowers produce only suns (but are needed to increase your score to access more seed packets), cherry bombs will blow up your enemies, potato seeds only block and slow down the zombies, freeze shooters are similar to pea shooters but more effective, purple devourers will eat the zombies and more seed packets will become available as you pass each level. Some plants shoot, destroy zombies and others slow them down. You decide where to plant each type of seed depending on what they do.

The higher the level, more zombies will be lumbering towards your home. Some zombies with poles can vault over your barriers. If they should get passed all your blockades, the last form of defense is the lawnmower. It will mow down the zombies in that path.

One of the mini games is the bowling for zombies with potatoes. The potatoes will roll across the top of the screen. When you click on a potato, drag it to the sod path where a zombie is walking towards the house. It will roll down the grass and knock over the zombie. This is a fast action game and you must quickly grab a potato and use it appropriately. The red, hot potato will explode the zombies but they are few and far apart.

Plants vs Zombies is just a fun action packed game and nothing more. Well, maybe you would like to protect your brain from being eaten so it’s prudent of you to keep pace with destroying the dreaded zombies.

Features of Plants vs Zombies:
-5 Game Modes
-Crazy Dave’s Shop with Special Plants and Tools
-26 Types of Zombies

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Even in ancient times playing marbles was not considered a profession one enters to support yourself. In Mythic Marbles Mac game you are sent out to find for yourself and prove to your father what an accomplished and talented marble player you are. You go from location to location in the city competing with the best of the best by eliminating their orbs before you lose all your marbles.

The goal of this game is easy. Knock your opponent’s marbles off the board before you lose all of yours. Your marbles are lined up at the bottom of the screen while the objects of your goal are rotating in various patterns and behind obstacles. You click on one of your marbles at the bottom to activate, and after clicking and dragging the meter to determine the speed and strength of your ball, you can click where you would like to shoot the orb. There are many blocks to hinder your success such as the walls where the marble can bounce off to another location so you must take care to angle your piece correctly. The black hole will take any marble down its mysterious and dark demise. The teleport will take your marble to a new location. That may not always be good.

Fortunately there are many bonuses to help your play. The glowing marbles have hidden bonuses in them and you must hit it to reveal its secrets. There are fireballs, electrified, extra marble and extra life. There’s one that will show you the trajectory of your marble. This bonus reminds me of the many match 3 orbs to destroy games like Luxor or Sparkle with their many power-ups. After each level achievement medals are awarded for completing a level with high accuracy. In addition, when you win master challenge marbles, they will appear in your marble section.

Mythic Marbles is an entertaining and different type of Mac game. It is enjoyable and easy to play. The levels do get harder the higher it goes up, but you get better at the play the same time. Anyone looking for a change of pace from the usual sim, match, rpg, card Mac games might try Mythic Marbles for a fun play.

Features of Mythic Marbles
-100 Games of Marbles
-3 Modes
-3 Game Balls
-12 Unique Marbles

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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. This 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. You 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: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Would you like to own a battle droid? How about two or three? How about an armada of laser firing pillboxes of doom? In Droid Assault, the choice is yours, take a lone warrior bot into battle or bring the whole gang. Droid assault is an arcade-formatted shooter that allows players fight off numerous amounts of droids in a cybernetic world. Run around firing laser at the waves of enemies or better yet make some of those enemies your allies. The story line to Droid Assault is simple: make it through enemy droid levels of doom without losing all your droids and you succeed. The only other thing left to do is continue to survive the onslaught of more opposing droids and more obstacles in the way that just seem to never get any easier. Along with that the controls are not for the laidback type of gamer. In fact the multitude of shooting, aiming, and running around is tough to follow with keys and a mouse pad at first. However many experienced gamers will just relate the controls to a PS3 or Xbox controller and adapt to the funky feel over a few practice rounds.

Fear not readers, the game is not a fight to always progress past one difficult level with handicapped controls. Instead the farther one goes in Droid Assault is usually determined by their tactics at the start of the game. By utilizing your transfer power and taking a few hits to defeat everyone, the end result is the vaporization of anyone that stands in your way.

A key factor in succeeding in Droid Assault is the hacking power. By transferring a robot’s power into another robot, the hacking process allows control over any enemy as long as the player has more transfer abilities to spare. This lets players to rear an army of buddies that waddle around the screen getting into trouble or fighting the enemy. This seems infinite at first, but little did I realize that the power should be used sparingly. The essence of success comes with not only with the mass destruction of all the other bots, but with patience and wits on the machine battlefield the loss of your guys compared to the level makes the chances of winning that much more.

Overall Droid Assault has the feel of an arcade game that has me putting in more and more quarters to be able to grab a high score that I can brag about. The thrill of dodging lasers while hijacking foes is quite addictive and has me wanting more. Droid Assault gets 4 out of 5 stars for its break fast pace and boxy little death-bots.

 Features in Droid Assault include:

-50 Levels of mayhem
-48 Types of droids
-20 Different weapons of destruction
-17 Kinds of powerups
-4 Boss levels
-High Scores that are worth fighting for!

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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 and 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: 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: 4 out of 5 stars

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: 4 out of 5 stars

Air Assault is a game that is really retro and really cool. This action-arcade helicopter shooter reminds me of the classic arcade shooters where you basically shoot at will to destroy everything in your path. Air Assault is very simple and easy to play, the only directions that are needed are given at the beginning of every game. You use the mouse to control the airplane, left click shoots bullets, and right click shoots missiles. I would recommend turning down the sensitivity of your mouse (if it is up too high) because the helicopter does fly around wherever you drag the mouse.

What makes the game interesting is the ten different types of power-ups that are provided. These include blue wrenches that fix your helicopter, blue shields that add strength to your hull, a yellow lightning that makes your guns more powerful, a yellow double gun that adds a second gun, orange rockets that add more rockets, purple squares that auto aim the guns, purple stealth bomber that gives you invisibility and a secret purple marker that you will have to play the game to find out what it does.

Gameplay is simple. Try to make it through the level as you destroy as many enemies and scenery (barracks, bridges, antennas, etc.) to gain as many points as possible. Like all arcade games, you have a certain amount of lives to make it through the level. You can see the damage to your helicopter in the lower left corner, as green means your ok and red means you are in bad shape. I thought this was a cool feature as most games like this would generally only have a gauge that calculates the amount of life. Air Assault tells you where and how bad certain parts of your aircraft are damaged. Just a neat little feature that enhances the game. Although I only played the demo, I thought it seemed a little easy, but I think it gets progressively harder as the game continues. Other than that, I had no other problems and give Air Assault four and a half stars out of five.

Features of Air Assault:
- Classic Arcade style Helicopter shooter
- 32 different enemy types
- 10 different upgrades

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

You are a rookie pilot sent to the outermost section of the galaxy known as Kenuriam. Everyone knows nothing good comes from that system. You are wary but take on this assignment for the good of planet Earth and mankind. You fight hard and furious against the invading alien Insectus race with your lone ship. They come at you in different waves of every formation known in outer space. Some move horizontally and vertically, while others will loop, stall, swoop and circle around the dark, starry sky in ominous patterns. They’ve also sent their biggest and baddest bosses to wipe you and earth out of the universe and beyond. Luckily there are power-ups galore and the weapons of mass destruction are available to you if you can catch them. They are missiles, mines, nuc bombs, 500 points, time and more to help aid you in your quest.

The game board is an overhead view of your space ship at the bottom of the screen. The never ending, spiraling enemy attackers will try to overcome your single ship and gain access to Earth. Be sure to post your highest score on the worldwide Hall of Fame.

Star Defender 3 may be similar to the old time arcade shooting games but with its fantastic graphics and more power-ups than you can imagine, the play is still intense, frantic, frenetic and just plain addictive. The only thing that will slow down your play is the hand cramps you get from shooting an infinite amount of alien devils.

Features of Star Defender 3:
-8 Huge Missions
-Progressive System of Bonuses
-Aliens to Blast

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Swarm Gold is an outerspace action shooter that puts you in the pilots seat! Take your little space ship and try to collect all the EZT coins in your sector of the galaxy. When you have collected all the blue EZTs you can go to the exit portal, which allows you to continue on to the next level. Along the way, you encounter all types of obstacles which try and stop you from completing your mission. These include asteroids (large and small) and many different alien creatures. The creates you encounter range from the small and manageable Clag Scouts to the dangerous Clag Bots. It would be wise to avoid these aliens and especially look out for the Death Worms which is the most vicious, intelligent and deadly creature in the game.

There are four different levels of difficulty in the game (Kids Mode, Normal, Hard, and Insane). After you choose your difficulty, you can proceed on your campaign and begin playing the more than 100 different levels that Swarm Gold has to offer. In addition to the multitude of levels, there are all kinds of power-ups scattered throughout the game. These include shields, free lives and of course, weapons upgrades. The initial gun that comes on your ship is useful, but is also slow and needs time to hit the targets. You can find all kinds of other guns, like assault rifles, shotguns, autoguns, flamethrowers and mines that will aid you in defending your ship. Additionally the game has a multiplayer mode that allows for up to eight players. I am not sure exactly how this works but it seems like a cool idea and definitely is something that enhances the replayability of Swarm Gold.

Personally, I really liked this game. It was a simple point and click shooter, where shift propelled you into space. This was a cool idea but one should definitely use a mouse because the pad on a keyboard is a little cumbersome. I also had some difficultly avoiding asteroids, which pop up in inconvenient places. It is nice to have some obstacles, but when I am taking more damage from inanimate objects instead of the enemies, I think something needs to be changed. Maybe it was just because I wasn't using a mouse, but that was a big problem for me. What I did like was the blue and red cursors that pointed your ship in the correct direction. The blue cursor led my ship to the nearest EZT and eventually the exit portal. The red cursor was equally as helpful, as it pointed out an enemy that was near. Overall, this was a solid game and I would give it four out of five stars.

Features of Swarm Gold:
-Over 100 Levels
-Enemy Aliens
-Lots of Weapons

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

With Easter and spring on the way it’s time to play Mac arcade shooter game Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk Easter Edition. Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk and Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk Christmas Edition are exactly the same play as the Easter edition but with different seasonal graphics. I’ve played all 3 and they are all fun to do. You can’t go wrong with any or all of the games. Shooting at chickens never gets old.

The story for those of you who have never played Chicken Invaders is about alien chickens who are sick and tired of their earth bound kin being taken for granted and eaten as chicken burgers. They are, to say the least, furious with you especially since you have defeated them in the past when they tried to attack earth and the planetary system. Now they are going for the entire enchilada and attacking the whole universe. They also have their secret weapon the Yolk Star.

The play is to take your tiny and lone spaceship using the arrow keys, mouse or pad to maneuver up and down and side to side to shoot at chickens and avoid deadly objects like the eggs, meteors and Easter baskets. In addition to the shooting you have to catch all the goodies that float down to the bottom of the screen. Catch if you can the drumsticks, chicken burgers, coins, roasts, power-ups and bonuses. If you catch enough chicken parts you will get a missile. You can use your missile by right clicking or using the spacebar.

The giant bunny takes a few rounds of ammunition to conquer but keep at it and you will defeat the rascally rabbit. There are other large enemies to defeat like the robotic space pods and bosses.

I never tire playing these type of shooter games with its big bosses, 13 medals, 12 star systems, great effects, funny cartoons and intergalactic story. The only negative I have with the Easter version is the green eggs the chickens drop with the green laser you are shooting got a little confusing and I lost a life because of that. Minor, but irritating. You have limited lives to play the game and you don’t want to lose them because the egg and laser look alike when you are in a fast pace frenzy. So shoot down your Easter chickens in their orderly formations and laugh your way through the Milky Way in Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk Easter Edition.

Features of Chicken Invaders3: Revenge of the Yolk Easter Edition:
-The Giant Bunny
-Bonus Rounds and Power-ups
-Funny Story

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Fly away in the fast paced life of space and aliens in the intense shooter Warblades. Closely related to old arcade scrolling shooters, waves of enemies flow down the screen firing at your ship as you duck and fire while moving left and right. As levels progress, more enemies with more firearms along with more power-ups appear. Warblade takes Space Invaders also a little farther by giving the spaceship the ability to upgrade with money earned from certain dead enemies.

Warblade is a quality game with a lot of replay value. The high score system and fact that players can set high scores with only three lives makes the craving of the game all the better. Two-player mode also makes the player feel they are back in the arcade mashing buttons with their buddy all those years ago. Warblade takes a traditional style of games and does not go off so far as to ruining it.

Personally I would give Warblade a 4.5 out of 5 stars due to appreciation of similar games and the fact that it was down right fun. Warblade is a pure arcade game that deserves praise and status as a competitor for all the past scrolling shooters that have come and gone in the video game world.

Features of Warblade:
-100 Levels
-Uncover Secrets and Bonus Games
-Use Strategy
-Beat the Bosses

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

“Episode IV, greatest adventure yet to come” is the claim in this 4th edition of the fantastic series of Chicken Invaders. Chicken Invaders 4: Ultimate Omelette continues the fight against the alien chickens in outer space with addition enemies and bosses threatening everyone in the galaxy and beyond. This time you will have help from Hen Solo.

Hen Solo comes to you and warns of a grave danger coming from a distant galaxy far, far away. After traveling warp speed through a black hole you view the deadly Egg Cannon. It’s in the testing stages now, but will soon be ready to engulf earth and every planet that gets in its way. Before you can escape unnoticed some of the new up and coming recruits spot you and attack. You must fight these chicks the same way you took out their older relatives one chick at a time.

Move your ship all around the screen unless specifically given a safety zone, and if so, stay in that zone to avoid any mishaps like losing your life. Move away from the bosses to evade their powerful weapons. The play is the same as all the other Invader games that came before this one but with added bonuses and more fun. Is that possible? Yes, it is still challenging and more fun with more weapons, chickens and bosses. In addition, Hen Solo will shadow you and help you fight the chickens. You will get parts for your tiny ship to enhance its power, but don’t be fooled because the more power-ups you get the stronger the chickens become especially the boss levels. The robotic crab ship shoots out chicks and chickens alike and is difficult to beat. Keep at it and defeat the manic looking crustacean airship with its many arms.

Chicken Invaders 4 is just as humorous as the other games with more gift wrapped weapons and waves of chickens to fight. Laugh your way through the many levels picking off the enemy. Win your many medals, points and unlock secret weapons for more entertainment in this fast and furious shooting Mac game. The chicken series is one great play. Any one of the games is a good thing so try them all for an exciting arcade shooting game with great graphics and sounds.

Features of Chicken Invaders 4: Ultimate Omelette:
-Go Beyond the Milky Way
-Egg Cannon
-Unlockables

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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: 4 out of 5 stars

When you think it can’t get any better, they come out with Luxor 3 a match 3 or more orbs to destroy action Mac game for arcade trained gamers or anyone who wants to have fun. If you know the first two Luxors (Luxor and Luxor 2) or if you don’t, you’re going to be equally convinced that Luxor 3 is an awesome shooter game.

The play is to slide the winged shooter at the bottom of the screen from side to side shooting spheres up to the snaking rows of orbs inching its way towards the pyramid and to your demise. Every third match you’ll earn a power-up from the god of the same color. Osiris is white, Anubis black, teal Thoth, orange is Sekhmet, green Geb, Ra is red, yellow is Isis, Nut is the blue power and Horus is purple. Now we are all up on our ancient Egyptian gods. Most of the power-ups are the same as the previous games, but a purple one called Scorpion is especially impressive. It emerges from the Pyramid to destroy the nearest orb.

There are reflectors you can bounce the orbs off of to get around blocks or corners. Throughout the game you’ll see scarabs and jars you need to shoot at and catch ankh coins or when you get 4 canopic jars in a round, you get to play the bonus level. In addition to all the action you need to be quick and catch all the goodies falling down the screen. This will get you mega points and that’s what we are after.

I like Luxor 3 a lot and would recommend this fast-paced arcade play with astonishingly beautiful graphics and powerful sounds to everyone. You have to be nimble and quick with the shooter especially when playing the more difficult levels, but practice will make anyone good at this game plus you can play the easy level at first until you build up your skill. So if you are a hardcore arcade gamer, match player or beginner, try the variety of plays in this fantastic Mac game.  Who would believe #3 is this good?  I gave it a 4.5 because I know there's room for improvement and perhaps #4?  Have a blast playing Luxor 3 for now and wait for the next generation.

Features of Luxor 3:
-7 Game Modes
-More Than 140 Levels
-Power-ups

Also try:  Luxor Amun Rising

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

What makes arcade shooting games so much fun? They all seem to be about the same with you shooting at evil alien attackers whether insects, little green men or chickens. These games evolve very slowly but now you are seeing the little lone spaceship at the bottom of the screen move up and down and side to side in Mac game Chicken Invaders 3. The power-ups are basically the same with better and better weapons, but how neat is it when it comes wrapped in a gift box with a bow?

In Chicken Invader 2 you defeated the alien chickens from destroying earth and doing away with chicken burgers and drumsticks. Well, now these attackers are really mad and on their way to taking over the universe in the Yolk Star. While they are working on that ultimate weapon, they are sending their best chickens to destroy your simple but effective spaceship. They will circle your ship and fly to the top of the screen and orderly line up in a row. Thank goodness because this will make you taking them down much easier, just avoid the deadly eggs. Once you destroy the enemy, it will turn into drumsticks, roasts and chicken burgers for you to devour. Also you’ll be awarded with gifts and other power-ups to improve your guns so be sure to catch them all. In turn, the chickens have many tricks up their feathered sleeves like giant bosses with robotic ships and ballooning hens. They will also change their formations to confuse you.

In between attacking you, you will get bonus rounds and meteors to contend with in outer space. Chests of coins or space rocks will float past you and if you get caught by one of them, you will lose a life. You need to take steady and fast aim to blow up these treasures and catch the gold and silver while avoiding the big meteors.

There are 10 levels per each round with a boss level at the end. These boss levels are not easy and will take some doing before you can put them away, but keep at it and you’ll succeed. You can play in 3 different difficulty levels, and if you are really good try the superstar hero mode. The artwork may be simple and funny but it is well thought out with a lot color for being in outer space. The music is great and it enhances your play. This game has come a long ways since Galaga, and I’m sure there will be more humorous chickens returning to attack us once again so be ready to shoot them down and have fun doing it.

Features of Chicken Invaders 3:
-Play 12 Star Systems
-Win 13 Different Medals
-120 Attacks with Boss Levels

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars