Do you remember those good old Space Invaders games we all used to play in arcades not so long ago? Now you can relive those days with Reincarnation.

This frantic space shooter closely follows the "Kill 'em all" motto. There are no stages, just you and your spaceship in a vertically sliding setting, against endless waves of enemy ships which will constantly fall from the top part of the screen. This layout, the game's design, its pixelated graphics, its playability… it all reminds of those typical 80s titles.

That said, the truth is that Reincarnation is quite chaotic in every aspect: menus are hardly readable, the two available weapon types use the same key and what's more, the screen is so incredibly crammed with enemy spaceships and shots that it's virtually impossible to stay alive for more than five minutes. This unbelievable difficulty is what makes the game a bit disappointing, because you can't really enjoy for long.

Reincarnation is a nice try at getting old Space Invades style games, but the game is too chaotic and incredibly difficult.

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They say old classics never die, and I guess this sentence could be also applied to some videogames.

Tetro Challenge is a remake of the popular Russian puzzle that features the same playability and addiction level as the original game. In fact I've had to force myself into writing this review before spending too much time testing it!

This colorful Blocks clone features several different gaming modes (Challenge, Destroyer, Panic and Bricklayer), a decent soundtrack and sound effects and quite a few challenges to keep you hooked for a while during a pause from work. So, depending on the type of game you choose, you'll have to fight against extra blocks, weirdly shaped pieces and other obstacles.

On the downside, I missed having two ways to rotate bricks like in the original game (in Tetro Challenge you have to choose between clockwise or counter-clockwise). Also, I didn't like the fact that the game opens up its own website every time you play it.

Despite these minor flaws, Tetro Challenge is a very entertaining, decent puzzle game that will keep you amused for hours.

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Jardinains 2 is a fun and original twist on the block breaking genre that reminds me of something I might have played on my Atari 20 years ago.

It's slightly more advanced than Pong but not much! Basically, you have a paddle and a bouncing ball that require you to destroy a bunch of bricks. However, the twist is that inside the bricks are what are called "nairns". Nairns are basically little critters that are there to make your life hell. They throw things at your paddle and basically attempt to stop you from cracking open any of the remaining bricks. Your aim is to strike the nairns with your ball and knock them out of action. However, the fun doesn't stop there - you can bounce the little critters off your padel to destroy even more bricks so it's quite satisfying in a sadistic way. Using their bodies, you can clear a screen much faster although it's quite an ordeal trying to keep a ball and several critters flying up in the air for several minutes at a time. This demo version is only limited to a few levels and you are prompted to buy the game when you close it down. Whether you decide to buy or not depends on whether you can see much worth in bouncing critters against bricks for long. Personally, I got bored after a few minutes although if you've had a bad day at the office, it's a good way to get some agression out. Oh, and don't expect wonders in the graphics or sound deapartment - this is proudly an old skool style game.

An interesting take on the Pong genre although they needed to make it a bit more interesting to hold my attention.

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If you like games such as Tetris, then CornerChaos hardly measures up to that level but it certainly encompasses some of its addicitive elements.

The game consists of 4 corners joined by a deep groove into which the balls fall and slide towards the center. Once the balls have slid down the groove, they rest against each other in the centre. If four balls of the same color are touching, they're removed from the game. Once all four balls disappear, you have more space for more balls which sometimes allows other balls to fall into their place. As the levels progress, the number of different balls increases making it more and more difficult to create color groups. On the plus side, there's no rush because you have no time limit to adhere to and the controls are very easy to use. The game starts off quite gently so that only a small range of colors are used so not all of the 77 balls will be used in each pack. However, you will always notice more Red and Blue balls compared to the other colors so you can plan for this. Beware in later levels that Black and Brown balls are very rare so be careful with those.

A fun and easy to play strategy game that combines some of the fun of Tetris although the action is pretty slow paced.

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If you know Arkanoid, you already know what this game is about (and by the way, if you don't know what Arkanoid is, you've got a problem!).

Joking aside, Nannoid is a decent Arkanoid clone with more than twenty different levels that challenges you to break all the bricks in the wall without letting the ball fall off the paddle. Luckily you're not alone in this mission: you can count on several extras and bonuses that help you successfully complete your tasks. You'll get also extra points for exploding all those "weird floaty things" (as defined by the author) on each level.

Summing up, Nannoid is a simple, fun game that's perfect for a short, relaxing break from home. The only drawback is sound effects, which could be greatly improved.

Have some quick fun games with this colorful Arkanoid clone.

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Downfall is a fun arcade puzzle game, that uses the latest technology to produce stunning 3D graphics. The logic and rules are similar to other "falling blocks" games like Tetris (from The Tetris Company) and Columns (from Sega).

Even if you've never played any of those games, Downfall is very easy to learn. Simply drop stacks of colored blocks to form lines that will react and disappear. Downfall consists of over 30 different boards to play, with smooth 3D animations and endless replayability.

All the boards have special blocks like indestructibles, dynamite sticks, snow shovels, wrecking balls etc. Keep in mind that each board requires its own tactics and skills to master. Another handy feature is the import-export highscores function, which lets you swap high scores with your friends and family. When importing, Downfall merges the highscores together, keeping the best ones.

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The objective of Breakout in Space is it to keep a ball in the game (with the help of your game board) until all breakable game blocks are destroyed. The ball can be launched from the center of the board to the northeast or northwest direction by pressing the space bar or control key. With the arrow keys, the game board can be moved left and right. Some game blocks must be hit several times with the ball. When all blocks are destroyed you pass on to the next level. If the ball gets into an endless loop, the problem can be solved by one or repeated pressing of the key X.

In some game blocks, some special objects are hidden. If they hit the board, special actions will be executed (the ball becomes slower, the board becomes larger, rockets are fired, ...). But not all objects are advantageous. With the in­troduction of a new object the previous action expires. The game begins with two spare lives. After a ball loss or with the beginning of a new level the original ball, the original game board and the original number of lives will be restored.

So that you constantly do not have to begin again at the first level, after you have lost the game balls, you receive a password after the fourth, eighth, twelfth and sixteenth level. This password appears in the blue menu bar (at the up­per edge of the screen). The passwords can be entered in the menu "Game - Password". After the twentieth level the game is over. The player who finishes all twenty levels, gets as a reward a password for all levels. With these pass­words you can play your favorite levels at any time. There are two parts of this game with different levels. The pass­words are the same in both versions. So, you have another chance to finish the game to get all twenty passwords.

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Sonic Games is a set of arcade games with the famous blue hedgehog as protagonist. From the main program's page you can select among 7 games listed in the game menu. The titles sound exciting: Sonic 3D Snowboarding, Sonic Character Designer, Sonic Lost in Mario World, Sonic Pacman, Sonic Tetris, Sonica and Ultimate Sonic.

The application lacks of basic functions, like pause, but at least the game's frame is resizable. The idea of a collection of Sonic games is really nice, but it's a pity that the playability is as good in the original MegaDrive version and that the graphics are so scarce. They would probably be still enjoyable on mobile devices, but on Windows, the experience ends up being pretty boring.

If you are a fan of Sonic, you might want to have this set of games for Windows, but mainly for collection purposes rather than to play with them as both graphics and playability are pretty poor.

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Let's face here, if you're not fascinated by Space then there's something seriously wrong with your brain. In fact, I'm sure the vast majority of Earthlings would jump at the chance to zoom off into the outer reaches of the Universe. Now, thanks to the wonders of modern gaming technology you can now do just this on your home computer.

Of course, you won't really be in Space, but install Realms and you'll definitely feel like you are thanks to its rich, colourful graphics, slick animation and pumping musical soundtrack. The game can take a little while to load up if you have a slower processor, and you'll be presented with a series of retro tech-style load screens that seem to take forever to get through.

Once you're into the actual game though it seems like the whole of the Universe is there to be explored, and you can whizz off for miles in any direction of the screen. Steering your craft can take a little getting used to, especially if you try to turn and fire at the same time, as the movements of the ship are quite fluid and perhaps not as precise as they should be.

Nevertheless, Realms is a monster of a game, with scores of baddies to blast, missions to conquer and power-ups to collect. There are loads of options for changing the difficulty of the game by tweaking about with the number of asteroids, hardness of baddies, speed of the game, overall difficulty, etc.

If you want to create the impression of hurtling through the galaxy while you're sat on the sofa, then Realms makes for a great adventure.

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If you're a massive fan of the arcade classics than you will love or hate this game which combines the best of all them in one hell of a heady mix.

The game has been developed by the same team that brought the world Fishie Fishie and Polychromatic Funk Monkey - that gives you an idea of the eccentric minds we are dealing with here. The simple aim is to clear the screen of all enemies to complete each level, but the task is made difficult by the sudden switching of gameplay rules. When this happens, you suddenly find that ideas and concepts from old arcade classics such as Zelda and Super Mario Bros are suddenly thrown into the fray. The controls are fairly simple at least - just use the arrow keys to move and the space key acts as the "action" button. You can use the Left Alt and Enter keys combined to switch between full screen and windowed mode. Although there are about 20 levels, you'll probably get through the first 10 very quickly as the levels seem ridiculously short.

Nevertheless, this is a very original game although perhaps a bit too clever for its own good as it does get rather confusing at times.

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Originally written to test some routine functions, this program evolved to become Mono, a shooter that mixes the classic Asteroids game with Robotron with Paint Shop Pro. Picking up power ups as you go, you must shoot the large balls of color which then break in to several parts which you must also destroy. As you hit the balls, they leave what looks like a stain on the screen and soon you have a really cool multicolored background that then changes when your pod gets hit.

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If you're a classic Minesweeper fan, then you'll probably love this as it gives you the chance to take on friends head-to-head and over the net.

MineSweeper features four levels ranging from beginner to expert and features all the classic graphics and gameplay of the original. Probably the most fun is the 4 player mode which challenges you to find all the flags, avoiding the bombs with the one who gets blown up the least the obvious winner. This mode is called "Hotseat" mode and is just as much fun with 2 players as 4. The best thing of all however is that you don't have to have any friends around to enjoy it - simply go to the master server list and with the IP address of your opponent, you can play directly against them. In the multiplayer versions, there are special features too such as bombs, random bombs, time limits and power-ups. There isn't much option skin wise although you can choose from Land based or Sea based skins. There's also an optional game log feature which saves records of each game. Plus, if you've never played Minesweeper before, there are comprehensive instructions at the beginning.

A superb version of Minesweeper which best of all, doesn't require anyone physically next to you to enjoy - just play against someone online anytime!

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BoXiKoN is fast becoming a ‘must have’ classic action puzzler game! The game is very easy to learn; it will be love at first play! Simply rotate and place shapes into the grid to form solid connecting lines across or down. The solid lines are cleared from the board allowing you to continue placing more shapes! Use your skills of organization and planning to ensure you never run out of space! Sounds too easy? Well, give it a go!

BoXiKoN is an extremely addictive arcade puzzle game; a fresh addition to the classic puzzle game family which includes games like Tetris, Bejeweled, Puyo Puyo, Zoop, Rumble Cube and also Columns!

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No matter how much you like long, complicated videogames that suck up all your spare time, sometimes what you're looking for is a simple entertaining game just to have some fun.
Astro Avenger II is one of those easy, amusing videogames you can play for a while without the risk of getting hooked on them for days. Like those good old arcades you used to play a few years ago, this game puts you in control of a spaceship in a vertically scrolling area where the aim is basically to kill anything that dares move in front of you.

While Astro Avenger includes many traditional elements of classical space games (the aforementioned vertical scrolling, enemy waves, lots of power-ups) it also takes advantage of current technology, mainly regarding graphics and special effects such as lasers, explosions and the likes.

What I specially liked about Astro Avenger II was the possibility to buy new weapons, shields and bots – or upgrade the ones you already have – after completing each level. On the downside, some stages are so enemy-packed you can hardly tell enemies from the background scenario.

Astro Avenger II is the kind of game when you just need some simple, easy fun: an amusing space invaders clone with loads of explosions and power-ups.

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If you loved Arkanoid then you'll enjoy Star Ball. The scene is the edge of the galaxy where deep within an ancient culture you'll find an ancient artifact known as Star Ball.

Your quest is to find this artifact but it's protected by a rock solid wall of bricks. However, the Star Ball contains ancient knowledge that mankind has forgotten and needs to remember if it is to save itself. During your mission, you pilot a spaceship equipped with gravity shields and weaponry on your way to rescuing the Star Ball. Along the way, you'll find many many power-ups, such as laser guns, missiles, plasma balls, fire balls and much more. The powerups are probably the most entertaining past or the game in fact - there's so many to choose from and watching them go off is a real buzz. The music is also pretty cool although it gets a bit repetitive after a while. The other problem is that the numerous powerups end up making the game too easy - if you collect enough, you can complete the game pretty quickly by steaming through the bricks.

Nice gameplay and soundtrack but this game could do with less powerups and more challenges than just a few bricks.

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Plobb is a colorful, nice game with an original style in the design of characters. You're represented by a simple head, and your enemies are... bubbles.

The aim of the game is to escape from a castle where you've been kept prisoner by those evil bubbles (how can you take a bubble-shaped enemy seriously?), though you won't see any castle at all, as the game's background is just a squared color pattern. While running away from the castle, you'll need to get rid of enemies by spitting at them (yes, you didn't misread it, I said spitting).

As simple as it seems, Plobb will certainly challenge your agility and speed in controlling the mouse. Every time you spit, I mean, shoot an enemy it'll become smaller and eventually split into several creatures, until you can finally wipe it out. Some bubbles will give you power ups when disappearing from the screen, which is good because sometimes it takes ages to finish them.

In all, Plobb! is a casual fun game, perfect for a short break. It features an original design and lots of extras, but enemies are sometimes too hard to get rid of.

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If you miss the taste of good ol' arcade classics, this is the perfect opportunity to go back in time and enjoy a true space battle.

Kobo is a Windows remake of Xkobo, a popular space shooter for X11 systems. This modern version achieves to maintain the look and feel of old arcade space games, including waves of colorful enemies to defeat, loads of explosions and a fast-paced soundtrack. Plus, it features joystick support so if you have one, plug it to your PC and you'll really feel back in the eighties!

Kobo's aim is simple: kill whatever moves on your screen and don't let your spaceship get in touch with anything. Your mission consists on destroying enemy space bases by firing their weak points: some of them are really easy but some others require more shooting. In fact, the only difficulty I found was the spaceship's movement itself: instead of drifting along, your ship moves following a grid pattern (such as, for example, the snake game in mobile phones) which takes a while to get used to.

Kobo is an old-style arcade game that provides nostalgic fun, but requires some ability to control the spaceship's movement.

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The aim of Blow Up! is to clear the board from the colorful balls. You can shoot with the ball that appears at the bottom of the board. Collect three or more balls of the same color and they will burst up. Play online or use this downloaded game version.

Features include:

• Three skill levels
• Four game modes
• Full-screen mode
• AutoSave
• Endless addictive gameplay

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Arkanoid: Space Ball is a remake of the classic Arkanoid game, the one with the top wall that you have to break into pieces with a bouncing ball. This remake, however, does include some new features that make it slightly different.

The first thing you'll notice is that the wall is no longer on top of the screen, but on the left side. This change makes the game a bit more challenging. Arkanoid: Space Ball also stands out for the huge amount of bonuses that drop off the bricks you break. Sometimes there are so many falling down on you that you can hardly see the ball. Also, not all of them are really that "positive", like the one that slows the ball down or another one that freezes the pad, so you better be careful!

The game's graphics and music are standard, and the overall impression is that Arkanoid: Space Ball is a perfect casual time waster, but nothing else.

An original Arkanoid remake with many bonuses and power-ups

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The pad, the ball, the blocks, the monsters, the prizes - all of the game components are superb. While most games in this genre are vertically oriented, Krakout makes you break block formations horizontally. Other than that, gameplay is pretty much standard, with the usual assortment of power-ups such as magnetized paddles and rocket launchers. The gameplay and design are top notch.

And best of all KRAKOUT adds a bit of new flavour to Arkanoid game. You've got new weapons at your disposal. You've got monsters to shoot at to receive bonus points. There are also new types of bricks and prizes. In short, whether you are a teenager, student, parent or grandparent, you will instantly fall in love with this exciting game.

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