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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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Aargon Deluxe
   Aargon Deluxe
Release: Friday May 04, 2001
This ultra-addictive laser and light puzzle game will test your skills on over 180 mind bending levels. Tutorials get you started, but expert levels will test any genius! Aargon is better than ever! Now features a fully integrated ... 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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Alphaqueue
   Alphaqueue
Release: Sunday August 03, 2003
AlphaQUEUE is the space-themed sequel to QUEUE, Large Animal's original geometric puzzle game. Your goal on each level is to cover up each blue tile on the board with a matching shape. Special pieces like the Chomper, the Pusher, ... 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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Beesly's Buzzwords
   Beesly's Buzzwords
Release: Friday October 24, 2003
Link up honeycomb letters to help Beesly spell words and make honey. Longer words make more honey and score more points. Advance through the four seasons of each increasingly challenging year to help Beesly earn prestige and promo ... read more
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Big Box of Blox
   Big Box of Blox
Release: Tuesday September 23, 2003
Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox is a column stacking game taken to outrageous extremes! The rules are simple. With easy keystrokes carefully arrange the three-blox-high columns as they fall. Match blox in each column to eliminate ro ... read more
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Big Brain Wolf
   Big Brain Wolf
Release: Sunday July 26, 2009
Once upon a time, in a kingdom ruled by a gentle red hooded princess, lived a peculiar wolf. Unlike his father and his grandfather and his father’s grandfather, he was neither particularly big nor bad. read more
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Big Kahuna Reef
   Big Kahuna Reef
Release: Thursday December 23, 2004
Go Hawaiian in this gorgeous underwater adventure! Discover Sea Turtles and other aquatic life as you break open boxes in this classic style matching game, questing for the Mask of the Tiki. Using the revolutionary Mouse Party, yo ... 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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Bookworm Adventures
   Bookworm Adventures
Release: Tuesday November 28, 2006
Watch out, because here comes Bookworm Adventures Deluxe, a spelling sensation of epical proportions! Help Lex the Bookworm confront the most terrible threat the Great Library has ever known by spelling words to vanquish villains, ... 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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Carl the Caveman
   Carl the Caveman
Release: Wednesday March 30, 2005
Carl the Caveman, developed by the Russian developer Ferocious Hamsters Team and published by Alawar Entertainment is a puzzle game, despite its jump'n'run appearance. Carl's goal is to collect enough treasures and mushrooms on ea ... read more
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Chain Reaction
   Chain Reaction
Release: Friday December 13, 2002
The concept of Chain Reaction is simple. Line up things and let them domino until you have accomplished your goal. This game is definitely for those who enjoy enjoyed playing "Mousetrap" as a child. The idea is quite similar. You ... read more
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Chocolate Castle
   Chocolate Castle
Release: Sunday April 01, 2007
It's hard not to like this little game. The simple yet thought-provoking puzzles will keep your attention captured for hours. It's really, really difficult trying to break away from this game because it gets so addictive. While th ... 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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Chromentum
   Chromentum
Release: Saturday April 17, 2004
The registered version of Chromentum gives you access to 324 diverse levels, thats less than 5 cents a level! and hours of gameplay, full usage of the user friendly level editor, (full instructions are provided in the manual), to ... read more
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Chuzzle
   Chuzzle
Release: Monday May 16, 2005
Meet the Chuzzles - the adorable stars of this slide and match puzzle experience! They are googly-eyed balls of fur that giggle, squeak, and sneeze as you slide columns and rows to set off combos and chain reactions of ridiculous ... read more



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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Cramgene
   Cramgene
Release: Thursday August 15, 2002
While I had scoffed at first, I quickly came to realize that Cramgene is one of the best independently created titles that I have ever played. It is somewhat unfortunate that I did not receive it earlier, as I believe it would ha ... read more
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Crayon Physics Deluxe
   Crayon Physics Deluxe
Release: Not yet announced
Problem solving through physics that you draw with your crayon! Create squares, circles, and badly drawn squiggles that interact with the environment to move your round ball to the goal point. Simply stunning IGF grand prize win ... 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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Dungeon Scroll
   Dungeon Scroll
Release: Tuesday June 24, 2003
Fight your way through dungeons of evil creatures by arranging letters to create magic words. 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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Egyptian Addiction
   Egyptian Addiction
Release: Sunday November 20, 2005
Sit down and clank your way through a round of intense puzzle action in a cleverly addictive game. Clear your balls off the game board quickly and you’ll unlock lush Egyptian chambers to keep you playing for hours. read more
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Faerie Solitaire
   Faerie Solitaire
Release: Tuesday June 30, 2009
In Faerie Solitaire, the card game is relatively simple. I won't get into the details here, because it's explained much better in the game and I'll just end up being confusing. What I will say is this: the levels are divided into ... read more



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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Fishdom H20
   Fishdom H20
Release: Thursday April 30, 2009
The sequel to the famous Fishdom series. read more



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



Glow Worm
   Glow Worm
Release: Wednesday April 20, 2005
Grab your wand and get ready for a magical new action puzzler! Link up colorful glow worms to create magic bursts and change the glow worms into fireflies. With amazing special effects, dazzling powerups, and over 150 levels to en ... 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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Haiku Journey
   Haiku Journey
Release: Tuesday March 06, 2007
Create words by linking letters that fill in a poet's ancient haiku word puzzle for you to solve. Along the way, earn special bonuses that will help you in linking letters and creating words. Solve the haiku and progress on your j ... read more
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Harvest Lines
   Harvest Lines
Release: Thursday April 15, 2004
New twist of a great classic idea. Lineup 5 or more similar pieces on the hexagonal playfield. Challenging game play, original clay styled graphics, fun music and sound effects. Take your coffee break with this perfection of the p ... read more
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Hexagon Wild
   Hexagon Wild
Release: Monday October 18, 2004
Hexagon Wild is a fun and exciting game designed to challenge and sharpen your mind. Kid-safe, addictive to adults, easy to play, with an integrated auto-help system to get you going immediately! See yourself improve quickly, oft ... 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



Jam
   Jam
Release: Thursday January 01, 2004
At first glance, each of the playing modes in Jam look and play the same. What is different is how the rules change slightly. You can play a regular game where you simply try to create rows of bubbles, or you can play a version wh ... read more
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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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Lighthouse Lunacy
   Lighthouse Lunacy
Release: Thursday April 12, 2007
There's a lot of charisma present in this game...it helps add personality and direction to what would otherwise be a straight-through platforming title. That's definitely not to say that Lighthouse Lunacy isn't fun on the platform ... 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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Mightier
   Mightier
Release: Monday March 30, 2009
Step away from the computer! Welcome to Mightier, the action puzzler that pulls you away from the screen to solve puzzles by hand with pencil and paper. Using a color printer and web camera, the game prints puzzle pages for you ... read more



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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Musaic Box
   Musaic Box
Release: Wednesday March 25, 2009
Musaic Box is a prototype of the unique music genre where you have to solve the puzzles using your ears. Your task is to collect music puzzle from original melody. If you got stuck you can try to solve it geometrically. read more



Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
   Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
Release: Saturday January 14, 2006
Crime spree baffles Huntsville police! Do you have a keen eye for details? See if you can locate enough hidden clues to solve the crimes and become a Master Detective! Mystery Case Files: Huntsville provides gamers with a collecti ... read more



Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects
   Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects
Release: Wednesday April 05, 2006
Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects is a worthy addition anyone’s video game archive. This mystery title follows in the likes of its predecessor, allowing players to test their wit in uncovering the Prime Suspect. Much like ... read more
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Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst
   Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst
Release: Tuesday December 12, 2006
Rumors surrounding the history of stately Ravenhearst Manor have circulated for decades. The recently acquired diary of Emma Ravenhearst may hold the key to unraveling the history of this unsettling place, yet the pages are missin ... read more



Node Warriors
   Node Warriors
Release: Tuesday December 31, 2002
Node Warriors is a single-player puzzle game for the PC. Your goal is navigate your cyber bug (CB) through the intercyberweb (ICW). To win you must direct your CB to all the checkpoints - known as nodes - on the board. Every turn ... 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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Plummit
   Plummit
Release: Friday April 30, 2004
Plummit. Don’t spill. Don’t drop things in the wrong places. And most of all, don’t pull all of your hair out trying to solve “just this one puzzle." Pipe Mania meets Tetris meets The Incredible Machine. ... read more
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Professor Fizzwizzle
   Professor Fizzwizzle
Release: Friday July 01, 2005
In a nutshell, Professor Fizzwizzle is a charming puzzle game with sensibilities that hearken back to the good old fashioned days of 8-bit gaming and graphics gamers that want the latest and greatest. A kid's game at heart, Profes ... read more
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Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery
   Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery
Release: Thursday May 31, 2007
Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery (sequel to Professor Fizzwizzle and in the same family as Fizzball) is superb. It's about as good a game as you will ever play on any system and at any time. The first was good, and this ... 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



Ratmaster
   Ratmaster
Release: Tuesday September 23, 2003
The game offers nothing new, rather it combines a couple of ideas that players may already be familiar with. In this game you move pieces around on a board much like you would with those small slider puzzles that parents often gi ... read more
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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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Seth's Puzzle Boxes
   Seth's Puzzle Boxes
Release: Wednesday March 03, 2004
SETH's Puzzle Boxes is a great puzzle game that is very well put together from start to finish. Honestly the only thing that kept me from giving it a 9 is that the game is a bit short. Most players will be able to finish it off ... read more
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Solid Spheres
   Solid Spheres
Release: Thursday April 03, 2003
Work your way through 85 levels of pure puzzling fun as you try and clear the board of all the spheres. An award winning puzzle game with a twist! read more
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The Magic Toy Chest
   The Magic Toy Chest
Release: Thursday April 30, 2009
Use physics based toys to solve challenging puzzles. read more



The Maw
   The Maw
Release: Not yet announced
he Maw is a full featured 3D action/adventure game for Xbox LIVE Arcade! Returning from a routine mission, a Galactic Bounty Hunter ship crash lands on a strange planet, leaving the captured Frank (our hero) and a tiny glowing blo ... read more



Thomas and the Magical Words
   Thomas and the Magical Words
Release: Thursday September 22, 2005
Thomas, the young apprentice Wizard, is an unfortunate boy who can't seem to do things right at all. He's about to flunk magical school, and whenever he helps out his uncle in the magical pet store, he causes more trouble than goo ... read more
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Treasure Fall
   Treasure Fall
Release: Monday December 22, 2003
The demo for Treasure Fall is wonderful and will give you a good look into the game. It is hindered by having only a couple of the great soundtracks that this game has to offer and a few of the special power-ups. For those who h ... read more
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Triptych
   Triptych
Release: Wednesday May 28, 2003
There is something so simple and yet so much fun about slamming those squishy blocks together, using momentum and rotation to try and wedge them into combos that I can’t believe no one thought of it sooner. Something tells ... 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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Tube Twist
   Tube Twist
Release: Tuesday January 10, 2006
Tube Twist is a game you've played before, to be perfectly honest with you. Remember Pipe Dream? It's pretty much the same gaming paradigm. However, it is very unlikely that you've played a game as good as Tube Twist before. From ... 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 Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island
   Wonderland Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island
Release: Monday March 16, 2009
Once again, the magical world of Wonderland is in danger. Travel to the mysterious Fire Island and unravel an ancient mystery in order to save the day. 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



Zen Puzzle Garden
   Zen Puzzle Garden
Release: Friday October 17, 2003
Ever wonder what a three foot monk in orange pajamas does with his free time? Well wonder no longer. Zen Puzzle Master from Lexaloffle puts you in control of a Zen Monk who must master the art of the garden rake as you traverse yo ... read more
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Zero Count
   Zero Count
Release: Sunday March 30, 2003
Now you can box yourself in a whole new way. Zero Count pits you against yourself or a friend as you reach for your point goals without exceeding them. Combining color matching with combos, players must place pieces with care so ... read more
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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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