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A Snake's Life
   A Snake's Life
Release: Thursday January 31, 2002
Pit yourself against many animals and dangers in spooky forests, bright fields, mysterious stone artifacts, deserts & other lands in this modern arcade game. The classic snake / worm concept updated with stunning graphics, smooth ... read more
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Airport Mania: First Flight
   Airport Mania: First Flight
Release: Wednesday April 09, 2008
Take to the skies in a fun adventure as you land airplanes and help manage both their customers and the airport. Travel through 8 different airports, upgrading each with VIP Parking Spaces and Painting Spaces to give each flight ... read more

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Atlantis Sky Patrol
   Atlantis Sky Patrol
Release: Thursday August 24, 2006
Set back in what may be an alternative take on the 1930's, Atlantis Sky Patrol is an interesting puzzle title. The game mirrors the greatness of Zuma, but casts a light of originality all of its own. Atlantis Sky Patrol uses the s ... read more
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Blast Miner
   Blast Miner
Release: Tuesday September 05, 2006
There's few games out there that'll make a gamer scratch their head and lower their eye-brows, but Blast Miner is definitely one of those games. Blast Miner looks like everything you'd get from a standard Tetris clone, but it's no ... read more
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BoXiKoN
   BoXiKoN
Release: Friday November 14, 2003
BoXiKoN is a fun and addictive puzzle game of strategy and logic. The game belongs to the Action Puzzle genre but BoXiKoN really is quite different. There is a large emphasis on planning, organization and selection and less on arc ... read more
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Buboids
   Buboids
Release: Saturday November 30, 2002
What's Buboids? It's not a clone of Tetris, Bust-A-Move, Arkanoid, or Minesweeper. It's a new game that has to be played in order to be understood. Download the demo today and try the 3D puzzles yourself! Do you have what it takes ... read more
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Chomp! Chomp! Safari
   Chomp! Chomp! Safari
Release: Tuesday October 14, 2003
Get down to some serious monkey business with Chomp! Chomp! Safari. Your mission: Feed the hungry animals before running out of time or food. You'll need a sharp strategy to make it in this puzzling jungle. read more
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Cosmic Bugs
   Cosmic Bugs
Release: Monday November 15, 2004
Cosmo Bots takes its cue from the addictive classics Jezzball and Qix. But that's where the similarity ends, because Cosmo Bots has different shapes for each level, 3D rendered graphics, digital sound, new enemies, and tons of po ... read more
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Crazy Lunch
   Crazy Lunch
Release: Saturday May 01, 2004
Taking a completely different approach to games, Crazy Lunch has to be one of the most original and different games that I've played this year. The game seems oddly title when you look at the screenshot as the game seems to cente ... read more
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Creatrix
   Creatrix
Release: Thursday July 15, 2004
A game unlike any other, with fast paced arcade action combined with a deep gameplay strategy. Construct your Contraptions out of a wide variety of Devices, then send them onto the Battleground to face your opponent's creation ... read more
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Darwin the Monkey
   Darwin the Monkey
Release: Tuesday April 17, 2007
Platform hopping in classic Donkey Kong fashion (i.e., from the old arcade) wouldn't seem like a great way to sell a technically sound game, yet Rock Solid Games did just that. The single-screen action that has players collecting ... read more
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Digby's Donuts
   Digby's Donuts
Release: Saturday October 01, 2005
Join Digby as he opens a chain of donut shops in major cities across the country! Catch, stack and drop colorful donuts to form matches and combos while avoiding blunders. Unique bonus levels, original music and delicious donuts a ... read more
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Diner Dash
   Diner Dash
Release: Tuesday December 02, 2003
Ditch your desk job, roll up your sleeves, and serve up some grub! Diner Dash blends the best in fast paced action puzzles with a build-your-own-restaurant-empire theme that encourages players to serve their way to the top. Whethe ... read more
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Downfall 2
   Downfall 2
Release: Monday May 26, 2003
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade you are probably familiar with Downfall’s gameplay. Line up 3 or more blocks of the same color in a row - horizontally, vertically or diagonally - to make th ... read more
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Eets: Hunger. It's emotional.
   Eets: Hunger. It's emotional.
Release: Sunday March 26, 2006
Eets is an emotional creature. Strolling around on a Sunday afternoon, Eets gobbles up unsuspecting marshmallow buds, chocolate chips, and other poor saps. All the while Eets' emotion swings by the whim of its taste buds. Eets is ... read more
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Fashion Cents
   Fashion Cents
Release: Saturday October 25, 2003
Fashion Cents is one of the more different puzzle games that I have yet played. The game seems to be squarely aimed for young girls as well as women who are into the fashion scene. As you might have guessed by the title, Fashion ... read more
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Fuzzee Fever
   Fuzzee Fever
Release: Wednesday December 01, 2004
Fuzzee Fever is a party in a box! Gather your friends around the TV to match wits and blocks in this innovative blend of puzzle and action. With 5 fun ways to play, Fuzzee Fever will challenge and thrill everyone from beginner to ... read more



Grimm's Hatchery
   Grimm's Hatchery
Release: Monday February 12, 2007
Not an original concept in casual games (see Insaniquarium), Grimm's Hatchery nevertheless scores points for a lush, fantasy-style setting that draws you into the game. The goal is to raise money by hatching and selling magical pe ... read more
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Incredibots
   Incredibots
Release: Monday March 30, 2009
Build custom robots in your browser with IncrediBots! Design your robot by drawing shapes, joints, motors, and more! Then, pilot your machine using your own custom key bindings. How will your robot fare in the hurdles challenge? O ... read more



Jig Jag
   Jig Jag
Release: Wednesday October 15, 2003
JigJag is a game that reaches a level that all puzzle games try to reach. From the nearly perfect interface to the bright colorful and friendly graphics, to the wonderfully joyful music and addicting game play, this game provides ... read more
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Jiglit
   Jiglit
Release: Monday December 15, 2003
Jiglit is certainly a party game though it can be played as a single-player. The concept of the game is quite original, combining games you may have played growing up, such as Truth or Dare, with its own piece of game play. For ... read more
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Meeklits
   Meeklits
Release: Friday January 24, 2003
Meeklits is an “odd� puzzle game. Odd item #1 - The resemblance of the Meeklits to the furry kitten from the “Hello Kitty� product line strikes me as strange. Odd item #2 – It seems the object of the g ... read more
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MinuteMatch
   MinuteMatch
Release: Friday June 10, 2005
In MinuteMatchâ„¢ you will compete to score as fast as possible by catching the good items and avoiding bad ones. But remember to keep one step ahead of the competition! Shellfish, sheep, tadpole, bird, spider, Whoever yo ... read more
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Overflow
   Overflow
Release: Saturday November 17, 2001
Overflow is a puzzle game like no other. The planet Tizzma is in grave danger. Their precious supply of water is running out, the reservoirs have burst and only you can help. Armed with only the experimental SuperGOO device you ca ... read more
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Paint Defense
   Paint Defense
Release: Wednesday March 10, 2004
Paint Defense is an action-packed painting game for both the artist and gamer in you! Put your speed and creativity to the test in this wacky, addictive, and wildly colorful painting game! read more
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Puzzle Express
   Puzzle Express
Release: Tuesday June 15, 2004
Travel across the country loading up the Puzzle Express with beautiful pictures! You'll need to grab the colorful puzzle pieces and place them together to fill up the train cars. The more you fill up the car, the more of the pictu ... read more
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Ragdoll Cannon
   Ragdoll Cannon
Release: Sunday March 08, 2009
Blast your poor ragdoll out of a cannon to complete puzzles. read more



Revolved
   Revolved
Release: Tuesday December 14, 2004
Step into the next revolution of video games! As an employee of Rotating Industries, your job is to maintain electrical equilibrium on the Power Grid. Harvest energy as you rotate vividly colored fuses that make up the grid to com ... read more
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Rocknor's Bad Day
   Rocknor's Bad Day
Release: Friday September 20, 2002
With today's games focusing on the aerodynamics of blood flow from a sword wound, it's nice to see a "clean" game every once in a while. ROCKNOR’S BAD DAY—according to Monolux–"isn't about violence", but after ... read more
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Rocknor's Donut Factory
   Rocknor's Donut Factory
Release: Wednesday November 05, 2003
Rocknor’s Donut Factory is a great game with loads of play value no matter what your "puzzle" skill level. I found the gameplay to be easily accessible and seems to appeal across the board to everyone from long time gamers ... read more
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Scrubbles
   Scrubbles
Release: Monday June 19, 2006
It seems that you rarely run into a casual game that doesn't feel like a variation on a game that you have played before. Scrubbles is no exception, but while I’ve played several variations of this gameplay in the past (Bu ... read more
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TROPiX: Your Island Getaway
   TROPiX: Your Island Getaway
Release: Friday April 14, 2006
The mini-game affair was competently crowned to Nintendo after they released yearly renditions of Mario Party. If it wasn't by Nintendo, a quality variety game was tough to find. That is, until Robot Super Brain managed to create ... read more
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Twilight Mahjongg
   Twilight Mahjongg
Release: Friday July 11, 2003
If you are at all a Majhongg fan, I'm sure you will be happy with this game. Though there are hundreds of versions of Majhongg out there, few have been so innovative in presenting this type of concept as Twilight Majhongg. read more
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Water Bugs
   Water Bugs
Release: Monday August 22, 2005
It’s been about a year since a bunch of pesky bugs (or bots depending where you bought the game) invaded space. After 577 levels of bug destroying action, you may have thought you’d seen the last of them…but su ... read more
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Wonderland Secret Worlds
   Wonderland Secret Worlds
Release: Wednesday March 02, 2005
The unique mix of puzzle solving and arcade/action is back in Wonderland Secret Worlds. A magical storm has blown into Wonderland and swept away the little Stinkers. It is up to you to rescue them. Control Wonderland's four heroes ... read more
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Ying Yang
   Ying Yang
Release: Not yet announced
Yinyang is a unique puzzle game. Now revised, the game is a new easier to control version. Guide the rolling ball over the flipping tiles to the exit, but most tiles vanish when flipped. The idea is simple. Flip all of the tiles ... read more
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Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
   Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
Release: Wednesday January 01, 2003
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You Have to Burn the Rope
   You Have to Burn the Rope
Release: Monday March 30, 2009
You Have To Burn The Rope is a game about interactivity and false choices. It is a completely predetermined experience, you might call it an anti-game. Most importantly it is a joke, a parody! read more



Zzed
   Zzed
Release: Friday January 28, 2005
Zzed is a game based on an alien trying to win the approval of his girlfriend’s father. In order to do so, the not-so-little green alien has to work hard cleaning up space for a not-so-legitimate space corporation. Players ... read more
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