Dillon Cower’s String Theory was created for the second Experimental Gameplay Project competition. It’s a computer game intended to be played with a DDR-style dance pad, although it has keyboard controls as well. It’s fairly short, but has an excellent, innovative implementation of a swinging-style play mechanic that’s fun to play around with.

The controls in String Theory are pretty simple. Your little alien dude has four tentacles, and you can fire them in any of the 8 cardinal/ordinal directions. The tentacles latch on to the environment, but lose their grip after a few seconds. At first I wasn’t firing more than one string in any given direction. This is a mistake - when the game speeds up you really need to fire multiple times in the same direction to move around quickly.

The camera in String Theory follows a pre-defined path at a pre-defined speed. You lose if your character moves outside of the screen. Although this makes the game a little hard to learn, at first, it also provides an excellent structure to what would otherwise be a simple physics test. It’s a really simple - if punishing - way to structure the game.

The single level in String Theory isn’t very long (I think 110 seconds or so unless you modify the camera speed settings). Still, it’ll take you a few tries to make it all the way to the end. You’ll spend more time playing than downloading, which is always a good ratio. The game forces you to restart from the beginning when you lose, which can get a little tedious, but it also gives you a chance to experiment a bit and hone your skills.

String Theory has been released as freeware. It’s a great game on its own right, and its short play time - under a minute - makes it the perfect distraction from work. Just click on your shortcut, play for 30 seconds, and then get back to doing whatever it was you were supposed to be doing. It’ll be our little secret.

While on a well deserved vacation, Super Granny's kitties are abducted. Run, dig, climb, swing, float and tumble through 5 worlds and over 150 levels, as you rescue Granny's missing cats and outwit the minions of the nefarious Dr. Meow.

Features :

- 5 challenging new worlds

- Over 170 levels of Granny adventures

- Create your own levels using the new level editor

- New items such as teleporters and moving platforms

The pinball machine is the indispensable requisite of all arcade shebangs. Dream Pinball 3D is bringing you nothing less than the experience of practicing the ball juggling virtually yet in a more real way than ever. Even bringing you more than you could expect in real life.

Why is it worth changing your old slot machine to Dream Pinball you ask?

Simply because Dream Pinball

- offers a challange featuring 4 levels of difficulty enjoyable for all ages. Young, old, amateur and proffessionals can also find delight in this title. The game will have probably the easiest as well as the most difficult gameplay levels ever introduced to a pinball game.

- features multi-layer 3D sound effects maybe never ever heard in a pinball game.

- provides 6 different themes and multi-level tables, which means that a table is devided into separate sections giving the player the feeling as if s/he was playing on multiple tables at the same time.

- comes with a real-time physics engine as would be awaited from ASK Homework, except ever overtuned and advanced from previous titles.

- thanks to its fabulous physics engine, can surprise the player with 5 different material balls such as steel, ivory, oak, walnut, marble and gold

- can be played from 6 different pre-set camera views that include 5 dynamic and 1 fixed view.

- gives multiplayer mode including fun for up to four players supporting on-line ladders.

- makes all this in the new DirectX9 environment calling to power such effects as HDRI, Motion Blur, Bloom or Particle Simulation with the aid of which we can draw sparkling metal balls or blinding shine of steel surfaces. But ofcourse not to exclude anyone from the fun the graphics engine can be keyed low to run on lower configurations.

With one word because we supply pinball head over heals, turned inside out showing you one of the most ancient representative of all times' amusementarcade.

Yo ho ho an' a fancy match-3 fer ye scurvy dogs! Discover booty buried by pirates long ago and watch their jolly dance as ye sail through each bountiful level! Follow the path marked on ye old map by matching treasure horizontally, vertically and even diagonally!

Play Classic Mode to complete each level before the powder keg explodes, or Timeless Mode if ye be a wee more lily livered about loud noises! Dasn't ye be the landlubber whut deserves the black spot! Try it today!

OS: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 9x

DirectX: 3.0

CPU: 200Mhz

Help King Midas rescue his daughter and break his golden curse! Twist and connect talismans to collect coins and defeat mythical monsters... and restore ancient Greece along the way. Think you can win this magical puzzler?

Our deluxe games are ad-free and packed with lots of special effects and updated features.

Talismania Deluxe offers you all this:

- 2 great game modes with 8 chapters and 40 levels each!

- Earn extra cash with tons of power-ups and bonus rounds.

- Battle new monsters, including Kraken and Medusa.

- Rebuild all the wonders of Greek mythology!

New adventures of your loved hero! And again he comes down the dangerous mazes. Conditions are the same: to go to the next level you should eat all dots. But it won’t be easy to do: throngs of spiteful monsters, the underground-keepers, are chaseing you. Only bonuses, scattered throughout the maze nooks, permit you to avoid a danger and can help you to win. Graphics and sound are improved in this new game version. You can also choose the game theme according to your taste. Classic game version is for retro-lovers, while if you want a different feeling you may wander along the deserted graveyards. Also, there is a special version for motor-car enthusiasts where it is possible to drive a bulldozer and eat cars…Adventures goes on!

Full version features

- 120 levels

- Classic/Advanced/Carmania/Aquamania game mode

- Level passwords

- Online Highscore

Tank-o-Box is a new action-packed remake of a classic arcade battle tank game. Modern 3D graphics, 3D sound (*) and fancy game engine guarantee the ultimate battle-tanking experience.

The game action takes place on the battlefield, where your tank and your enemies appear. Your mission is to destroy all enemy tanks and defend your headquarters.

Full version features

- Outstanding 3D graphics and digital sound effects

- awe-inspiring game levels with addictive gameplay

- types of terrain, four seasons; daylight, night and twilight effects

- New tanks, rocket launchers and pillboxes

- Single-player and two-player cooperative modes

- Extra mode featuring a non-stop enemy tank onslaught

- Access 55 breath-taking levels!

- Fight new enemies - ultra-heavy tanks, rocket launchers, pillboxes, and more

- See lots of new game objects

- Have a chance to get into the Online Hall of Fame

Tired of getting sand in your eyes while playing soccer on the beach? Well, publishers Wanadoo (in Europe) and Dreamcatcher (in North America) have the solution for your problem, and its called Pro Beach Soccer. Developed by newcomers PAM, Pro Beach Soccer promises lush outdoor beach environments, slamming soundtrack, hot babes and a fresh and amazing soccer experience. Sounds good so far doesn’t it? So let’s see if the game delivers what it promises, shall we?