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Alchemist Wizard
   Alchemist Wizard
Release: Thursday August 14, 2003
A new 3d arcade platform game in a fantasy world. You play as a wizard-alchemist and explore a large world. Catch various creatures to combine in cauldrons to create powerful spells to fight with your enemies. read more
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Aquaria
   Aquaria
Release: Friday July 06, 2007
Aquaria takes place in a wide-open underwater world where the main character swims about discovering the mystery of her fantastical surroundings. read more
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Archibald's Adventures
   Archibald's Adventures
Release: Sunday August 31, 2008
Archibald's Adventures is a puzzle-heavy platformer where you must help the skateboard-riding Archibald escape from the basement (more like a dungeon) of a mad scientist's lair. Of course, the basement of a mad scientist's lair is ... read more
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Armado
   Armado
Release: Monday December 04, 2006
All in all, Armado is a well-made game that just needs a little more tweaking to be done to its gameplay to make it as effortless and fun to play as the developer wants it to be. The production value is definitely there though, an ... read more
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Atomic Battle Dragons
   Atomic Battle Dragons
Release: Monday February 13, 2006
Mount your dragon and take to the skies in this action and adventure game and joust mythical enemies. The game is very easy to learn and convienent to play with the automatic save system. You play as a dragon knight and uncover ... read more
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Aztaka
   Aztaka
Release: Sunday July 05, 2009
Inspired by Aztec legend, Aztaka will casts you into the middle of a war between the Gods and Mankind. Who will prevail? As Huitzilo, heir of the Sun God, skilled in both the arts of combat and magic, only you can save your people ... read more



B.I.R.D.
   B.I.R.D.
Release: Sunday September 18, 2005
Help our little hero to retrieve his stolen eggs! In 30 beautiful levels, 3 completely different environments, fly your way through lots of obstacles thrown at you. Get score by evading those as close as possible, fight with the w ... read more
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Ben There, Dan That!
   Ben There, Dan That!
Release: Friday July 11, 2008
Written by and somewhat-narcissistically starring heroes Dan Marshall and Ben Ward, it's bursting with bold cartoon graphics, laugh-out-loud dialogue, colourful characters, some frames of animation and nearly 100 different sound e ... read more
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Between
   Between
Release: Monday March 30, 2009
A networked game for two players about consciousness and isolation. read more



Bionic Heart
   Bionic Heart
Release: Thursday July 02, 2009
You play the role of Luke Black, a 36-year-old bio-informatic engineer. He is one of the lead programmers at Nanotech, a big nanotechnology research company. But one night, his life is changed forever when he encounters Tanya. ... read more



Blueberry Garden
   Blueberry Garden
Release: Not yet announced
A unique experimental platformer with terrain changing physics. read more



Bonez Adventures - Tomb of Fulaos
   Bonez Adventures - Tomb of Fulaos
Release: Saturday August 06, 2005
Bonez Adventures is 3D Roleplaying / Adventure game from a 3rd preson's view. The game takes place in different locations, which offers classical adventure tasks as are: using some things on / in combination with the others, talki ... read more
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Brave Dwarves 2
   Brave Dwarves 2
Release: Monday October 14, 2002
Happy years are gone without notice.Grateful people of the Fairyland have composed many songs and tales about the dwarves' adventures. Many sumptuous feasts were made up. But the real hero cannot live without the deeds, he is al ... read more
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Bud Redhead - The Time Chase
   Bud Redhead - The Time Chase
Release: Monday November 17, 2003
Bud Redhead - The Time Chase" is a side scroll jump'n'run platform game for all ages. It has 20 big levels set in 4 different worlds: Forest, Ancient Egypt, Medieval Castles and Space Ship. At the end there is a fun big boss level ... read more
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Cave Story
   Cave Story
Release: Tuesday December 14, 2004
Platform games aren’t for everyone when it comes to skill, but the story in this game is something the entire family can enjoy. If you’re a parent looking for something fun for your kid to play, or you’re a pl ... read more
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Charlie II
   Charlie II
Release: Wednesday January 10, 2001
After the great success of Charlie the Duck, Wiering Software has now created a sequel: Charlie II! This game combines the beautiful animation and playability of the original version with a complete new set of huge levels to explo ... read more
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Cloning Clyde
   Cloning Clyde
Release: Saturday July 15, 2006
After a freak accident you are cloned and now have to escape a disturbing laboratory. With millions of, “you” out there, your clones will leave you notes, transform, and do just about anything else to help you escape. While st ... read more
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Coil
   Coil
Release: Monday March 30, 2009
Coil is an experimental "art" game that plays out more like a song or painting then an actual "game". I was basically trying to create an experience that put the player into an open minded space and let them question not only what ... read more



Coin World
   Coin World
Release: Saturday October 04, 2003
Help Colin the Coin to defeat the evil bank note Flash and to retrieve the lost coins, in this exciting platform game. Travel to five different countries featuring 25 weird and wonderful enemies ranging from gangsters, ninjas and ... read more
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Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
   Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
Release: Thursday June 12, 2008
Crazy title. Crazy fun! Welcome to 1920s Brigiton, USA, home of wily young girls, steadfast boys, and small-minded adults. Here you will gather your gang in the days of Mae West, Clara Bow, and Marlene Dietrich. read more

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Dark Archon Invasion
   Dark Archon Invasion
Release: Thursday January 22, 2004
Dark Archon Invasion takes the Dark Archon universe one step further. Featuring beautiful 3D graphics and models, to go with stunning sound, huge end-bosses, and a fantastic galactic struggle, it is one of the greatest space shoot ... read more
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Dawnspire: Prelude
   Dawnspire: Prelude
Release: Thursday August 31, 2006
Dawnspire is a fast-paced tactical RPG set in the original fantasy world of Alendere. Choose between four different and original classes such as the agile deep elf Reaver who can mold her very skeleton into deadly weapons, the fea ... read more
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Deep Sea Adventures
   Deep Sea Adventures
Release: Sunday August 08, 2004
Deep Sea Adventures covers all genres of gameplay so your entire family will have something to enjoy. Run from a deadly shark, or race through the water on the back of a rayfish. Enter a dance competition against a goldfish and sw ... read more
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Dink Smallwood
   Dink Smallwood
Release: Sunday June 15, 1997
Dink Smallwood is an adventure game, similar to "The Legend of Zelda." The game starts out with your mother dying in a fire while Dink was away feeding the pigs in his hometown of Stonebrook. He ends up going to Terris to live wit ... read more
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Dinos and Bubbles
   Dinos and Bubbles
Release: Friday October 10, 2003
The nice-looking dinosaurs set out on a magical quest. And that's the quest for fire! The legend says that once they used to spit fire - like dragons, their relatives. But the treacherous evil sorcerer stole their skill away. Now ... read more
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Dirk Dashing
   Dirk Dashing
Release: Thursday June 29, 2006
Dirk Dashing is the number-one operative in the government's top secret organization whose goal is to protect the world from terrorists and power-mad megalomaniacs. His missions take him to many exotic locales where he must face ... read more



DROD Journey to Rooted Hold
   DROD Journey to Rooted Hold
Release: Friday April 15, 2005
Swordplay and puzzles combine in this thinking man's dungeon crawl. It's simple to learn, with just a handful of commands to master. But the unique gameplay provides an amazing depth. A detailed overhead view shows monsters, ob ... read more
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Emerald City Confidential
   Emerald City Confidential
Release: Friday March 06, 2009
Something has gone afoul in the Emerald City. Enter the world of Oz like you've never seen it before. read more
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Energetic
   Energetic
Release: Tuesday May 31, 2005
Energetic is a free jump & run game with an educational background, written by a trio of Swedish game developers. Players control a robot on a quest to aid colonists in their struggle against the aliens who are stealing their ener ... read more
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Facade
   Facade
Release: Thursday July 14, 2005
Façade is an artificial intelligence-based art/research experiment in electronic narrative – an attempt to move beyond traditional branching or hyper-linked narrative to create a fully-realized, one-act interactive drama ... read more
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Feist
   Feist
Release: Wednesday March 25, 2009
FEIST takes you onto a journey over high mountains and through deep forests. The journey isn't told to be an easy one and besides the dirt tracks you have to take wait mad foes and vicious vegetation. Only with cunningness and by ... read more



Flatspace
   Flatspace
Release: Tuesday December 23, 2003
Flatspace is a space trading and flight simulation. The ultimate objective in the game is to locate and assemble parts of a galactic hyperdrive, however there is a lot of freedom for the player and as a space captain, you can expl ... read more
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Flatspace II
   Flatspace II
Release: Monday December 05, 2005
Flatspace II is a space exploration game. You are given command of a space ship and must gain money and equipment by bounty hunting, trading, mining or other ways. read more
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Gish
   Gish
Release: Tuesday May 04, 2004
Gish isn't your average hero, in fact he's not your average anything... see Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend Brea goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open man hole and pulls Brea into the gro ... read more
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Glace
   Glace
Release: Saturday October 16, 2004
Glace is an odd but cute and fun platformer. It's something like Sonic the Hedgehog meets Yoshi's Island – you (Glace) are the evil scientists' discarded experiment (They threw you out in the trash! Awww...), and you must stop t ... read more
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Global Conflicts: Palestine
   Global Conflicts: Palestine
Release: Saturday July 14, 2007
Global Conflicts: Palestine targets critical and reflective people who are looking for a (game) experience that challenges their outlook on the world. read more
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Gold Miner Joe
   Gold Miner Joe
Release: Friday January 16, 2004
Go on an adventure with Joe through the treasure-filled gold mines in this new generation jump-n-run game. read more
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Grinbo
   Grinbo
Release: Sunday September 09, 2001
Things are not going well for Grinbo. He has defied the King's orders and traveled through a magical portal and trapped on the other side. In order to return to his Guffyland, Grinbo must make it through 25 levels in this strange ... read more
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Grr! Bearly Sane
   Grr! Bearly Sane
Release: Saturday December 27, 2003
Daniel is having a bad day. Forced to wear a rancid bear suit and endure endless torment from his boss, and an endless multitude of horrid children, just so he can afford to keep his small crummy suburban flat, Dan finally SNAPS! ... read more
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Gumboy Crazy Adventures
   Gumboy Crazy Adventures
Release: Thursday July 20, 2006
Gumboy Crazy Adventures is, as the name would seem to imply, very quirky. It’s the latest in the recent trend of what I’ll call alternatively controlled side-scrollers. The recent smash hit Gish has set a trend for b ... read more
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Gumboy Tournament
   Gumboy Tournament
Release: Wednesday February 13, 2008
Team and multiplayer play for up to 9 people over Internet or Lan, with a 4 player same computer split screen mode and single player campaign as well. Gumboy Tournament is the sequel to the acclaimed Gumboy and aims to take the b ... read more

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Kenny's Adventure: in search of family treasures
   Kenny's Adventure: in search of family treasures
Release: Sunday May 14, 2006
Kenny's Adventure takes you deep into the ocean and lets you enjoy the most exciting treasure-hunting journey you have ever had in your life! Your mission is to help Kenny boy overcome a multitude of challenges and find an old ... read more
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Kid Mystic
   Kid Mystic
Release: Friday October 15, 2004
When the evil Bobby Khan descended on the peaceful kingdom of Tulipton and stole all the Mystical Orbs, the king was overwhelmed. The orbs were needed to protect the kingdom from the marauding monsters (an unfortunate side effect ... read more
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Knytt Stories
   Knytt Stories
Release: Monday August 27, 2007
Knytt Stories is the recent extension of the wonderful platformer Knytt produced by an artist known as Nifflas. I say artist because that's what I mean. The Knytt games are so lovingly crafted by Nifflas that I hesitate to call th ... read more
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Laser Dolphin
   Laser Dolphin
Release: Wednesday February 16, 2005
You will need to use all of your cunning to evade and destroy a myriad of vicious and bizarre sea creatures. Travel through 4 worlds and conquer 50 levels on your quest to save the Prime Minister. read more
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Lode Runner Episode 3: Die Hard Levels
   Lode Runner Episode 3: Die Hard Levels
Release: Sunday July 05, 2009
The Die Hard Levels came to fruition as a result of months and tons of man hours invested in researching and constructing the set that only a true Lode Runner master would be able to beat. read more



Lylian
   Lylian
Release: Tuesday December 30, 2008
Lylian is a 2D side scroller action game initially for the PC. The player controls Lylian's imagination which can change the world and its inhabitants in real-time. With unique attack abilities, humorous enemies and original bosse ... read more

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Machinarium
   Machinarium
Release: Tuesday March 24, 2009
Machinarium is full-scale point and click adventure game developed by the makers of web-games Samorost and Samorost2. read more



Mage Bros.
   Mage Bros.
Release: Saturday February 01, 2003
Mage Bros. is a 3D side-scrolling platform game. You play as a mage and use your magic wand to defeat your enemies. To progress through the game, you need to light all the torches in each level to open the warp gate to the next le ... read more
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Mexican Motor Mafia
   Mexican Motor Mafia
Release: Tuesday June 14, 2005
Mexican Motor Mafia is a fun spirited western where you get to blow the ever lovin' crap out of just about everything. read more
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Moonfall: Land of Dreams
   Moonfall: Land of Dreams
Release: Sunday July 05, 2009
Moonfall: Land of Dreams is a scrolling based action game for the PC. The game provides hours of adventure through a majestic dream world inside the minds of medieval villagers. You take the role of a young farmer from the town ... read more



Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso
   Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso
Release: Monday September 04, 2006
Point-and-click adventure games aren't seen as often in this generation of gaming. Ten years ago the adventure genre was a popular genre for PC gaming. Now, it's all about multiplayer and action. 720 Games, however, has a unique l ... read more
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Night Game
   Night Game
Release: Wednesday March 25, 2009
Night Game is an action-puzzle game that focuses on providing players with an ambient gameplay experience, challenging the mind with increasingly challenging picturesque worlds. read more



Notrium
   Notrium
Release: Tuesday September 09, 2003
You have crash-landed on planet Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, a pack of predatory aliens have got your scent. There are no more bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. The night is coming, and ... read more
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Penumbra
   Penumbra
Release: Thursday April 27, 2006
Penumbra is a 3D horror title created by Frictional Games to showcase their remarkable Newton Game Dynamics physics engine. Penumbra allows you to manipulate in-game objects to solve puzzles and explore a mysterious envir ... read more
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Pixeljunk Eden
   Pixeljunk Eden
Release: Wednesday March 25, 2009
A game where you leap and swing among organic physically simulated "alien" plantlife, smashing things and growing more plants as you go. read more



Pow Pow's Great Adventure
   Pow Pow's Great Adventure
Release: Thursday November 18, 2004
Pow Pow's Great Adventure is a 2D/3D platformer. I have yet to see 3D elements incorporated successfully into a platformer, and Pow Pow didn't manage it either. But let's start from the beginning. The game looked nice on the outsi ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues
   Sam & Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues
Release: Thursday January 10, 2008
A surprise trip to the tropics turns into a working vacation when Sam & Max sign up to stop a massive volcano eruption. Will their special blend of bewildering wit and renegade justice be enough to win over the gods? (Not to menti ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead
   Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Release: Monday February 11, 2008
In this third installment of Sam and Max Season 2, our favorite crime-busting duo trades in the sun and sand of Easter Island for the rain and gloom of a zombie factory in Stuttgart. I mentioned in the review of the previous episo ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs
   Sam & Max Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Release: Wednesday March 12, 2008
Bosco's vanished from the face of the Earth—literally! When Sam & Max manage to track him down, what they find is so mind boggling, you'll have to see it to believe it. Can the Freelance Police set things right, or will life as ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 205: What’s New, Beelzebub?
   Sam & Max Episode 205: What’s New, Beelzebub?
Release: Wednesday April 09, 2008
Judgment day is at hand, and it's time for a showdown with the guy downstairs to bargain for Bosco's soul. But in the corporate wasteland known as Hell, not even the Freelance Police are safe from eternal damnation. Can Sam & Max ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die
   Sam & Max Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Release: Wednesday February 21, 2007
Episodic games provide new challenges to reviewers. How do you review just one episode? Unlike the Bone series (which I tend to prefer to some degree due to the increased adventure feel), Sam & Max's episodes are self-contained. T ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 5: Reality 2.0
   Sam & Max Episode 5: Reality 2.0
Release: Wednesday March 28, 2007
I'm tempted to believe that Max and I are long lost brothers, except for the fact that he's a video game rabbit and I'm not (so far as anyone knows). Reality 2.0 continues the season 1 episodic journey of the game's two detective ... read more
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Sam & Max Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon
   Sam & Max Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon
Release: Wednesday March 28, 2007
Bright Side of the Moon: Out of all the Episodes, I actually think this is my favorite. The pacing for this game was a lot more uniformed and substantially more fun. Also, the puzzles (for a Sam & Max game) seemed to make sense an ... read more
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Sanctuary
   Sanctuary
Release: Sunday October 22, 2006
Sanctuary is a generic, all-round, good action game. It has a compelling story (something mainstream titles scarcely deliver) and tons of different weapons and items: From grenades, dual-wielding pistols, cloaking devices, hover b ... read more
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Sky Puppy
   Sky Puppy
Release: Tuesday March 14, 2006
Take to the skies with Wilford the SkyPuppy in his quest to fill his belly with the doggie treats inexplicably tantalizing him from above. His journey will take him from his home in the suburbs to volcanic island paradises, icy mo ... read more
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Snapshot
   Snapshot
Release: Wednesday March 25, 2009
Snapshot is a 2d sidescrolling game in which the player takes on the role of "Pic" The player controls Pic as well as a camera that can take photos of the environment. Photos can capture objects such as boxes, enemies, and other t ... read more



Starscape
   Starscape
Release: Tuesday March 25, 2003
The story puts you as a pilot working for a new scientific research vessel. Since the what you're testing (an artificial black hole) is too dangerous for a standard warp, you and the vessel travel conventionally, cryogenically fro ... read more
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Stong Bad's CGfAP - Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner
   Stong Bad's CGfAP - Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner
Release: Saturday June 14, 2008
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is a story-driven series with a comic spin that's undeniably Strong Bad. The player uncovers each episode's comedic plot through character interaction, dialogue-based puzzles, and the u ... read more
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Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
   Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
Release: Thursday April 26, 2001
Strange Adventures In Infinite Space is a hybrid space adventure game in which players explore exotic star systems, seek out new technologies, artifacts and lifeforms, and boldly blow up stuff where no one has blown up stuff befor ... read more
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Superstar Chefs
   Superstar Chefs
Release: Tuesday March 25, 2003
Superstar Chefs is a modern platform game suited for all ages. Grab all the fruit and avoid the comical baddies in this colorful jump n' stomp game! Features include hand-drawn graphics, 2 player simultaneous action, and an origin ... read more
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Tales of Monkey Island: Part 1
   Tales of Monkey Island: Part 1
Release: Sunday July 26, 2009
Return to one of the most famous franchises of all time! read more
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The Adventures of Fatman
   The Adventures of Fatman
Release: Friday May 09, 2003
Ever dreamed of being a terribly overweight super-hero who has virtually no money and no clout? Socko! Entertainment has made a game just for you! In the Adventures of Fatman, you are Fatman. Looking a lot like a very overweigh ... read more
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The Graveyard
   The Graveyard
Release: Monday March 30, 2009
The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting tha ... read more



The Great Tree
   The Great Tree
Release: Tuesday December 18, 2007
The Great Tree is a grown-up story of good and evil that puts the survival of an enchanted world into your hands. As a chosen fairy you will travel to many spellbinding locations, avoiding dangerous creatures and using wondrous ma ... read more
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The Last Sorceror
   The Last Sorceror
Release: Thursday January 29, 2004
You are the leader of a powerful Order of Sorcerors. Having defeated mankind's greatest enemy, the Demon Hordes, you retreat to Haven for a life of peaceful seclusion. read more
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The Shivah
   The Shivah
Release: Sunday August 13, 2006
In this graphical adventure game, Russell Stone works as a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are ... read more
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Time Gentlemen, Please
   Time Gentlemen, Please
Release: Thursday July 02, 2009
Dan and Ben return on another time-related escapade. Having accidentally killed the entire planet after their adventure in Ben There, Dan That they attempt another time trip to stop their future selves from stopping their future ... read more
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Tradewinds Odyssey
   Tradewinds Odyssey
Release: Wednesday June 24, 2009
Tradewinds Odyssey is a game that takes a little bit from a bunch of genres: resource management, strategy, adventure, and even some RPG elements are thrown into the mix. read more
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Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventure Ep 1
   Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventure Ep 1
Release: Monday April 27, 2009
Wallace and Gromit, TVs great comic duo, are ready for a brand new adventure in this soon to be classic adventure series from the creators of Sam & Max and Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People. read more
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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
   Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Release: Saturday October 15, 2005
Weird Worlds is a huge improvement upon SAIS, which was starting to show its age. The gameplay, graphics, sound, humor, and interface have all been improved, along with the various elements of Infinite Space, making for a really g ... read more
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Wik & the Fable of Souls
   Wik & the Fable of Souls
Release: Wednesday May 26, 2004
Wik is one of the cooler characters to come around in awhile and definitely fits in with Gish as one of the best games that has come out this year. The only negative here is that some people may miss out on all the greatness due t ... read more
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Zeno Clash
   Zeno Clash
Release: Thursday May 14, 2009
Zeno Clash is an action'fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game blends the first person genre with the fighting game genre and the combat is generally up close and brutal. The original visuals, which make full use of ... read more

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