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A Frog Game is a mini game where you control a frog that must jump from lily pad to lily pad and catch the flies. Score is given when you catch a fly but if you miss you will lose score. Graphics are very nice but there is not much to the game, jump and catch flies and that is it. At 240 :MSPoints: I think it is a bit too expensive for what it is, you can download the trial here.
Bed Time Nursery Rhymes is an interesting application that displays and speaks short rhymes. It does exactly what it says it does but the trial was very limited so I do not know how well it all works. At 80 :MSPoints: it seems a fair price if you have young kids and are too lazy to read them a story 🙂 You can download the trial here.
Crescendo Symphony is a Japanese strategic battle game in which you take turns attacking and defending by swapping your characters tiles between swords for attack and shields for defense. Unfortunately the game text is in Japanese so it is not immediately clear how to play the game but you should be able to work it out with some experimenting. The game costs 240 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
Deadline A Go! is a tower defense style game where you appear to be in a office defending against the enemy. The game text is in Japanese so again it is a little tricky to work out what everything does. The game does look good but the lack of English text for a game like this may cause problems. The game costs 400 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
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Dodge Those Balls is a game where you must dodge an increasing number of balls that bounce around the screen. It is a very basic game with basic graphics and you will have enough of it after playing the trial. It costs 80 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
Matrix is a Tetris style puzzle game which has since been deleted from the Marketplace. I will do the mini review when it is back online.
Pastels Square is also a Tetris style puzzle game that is similar to Matrix. You must place the falling coloured lines to make squares of the same colour to remove them from the game. If you like puzzle games you should like this. The game costs 400 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
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Penguin Slip-Slide Lite is a puzzle game in which you control a pengiun and must collect the food and return to the Iglo. The game is not that simple as you can only move in one direction until you hit a block of ice where you can then change direction. This is a really enjoyable puzzle game with good graphics and presentation. With over 100 levels and 20 in game awards to earn there is enough to keep you going for some time. The game costs 80 :MSPoints: and the trial can be found here.
Puzzle? is a collection of word based puzzle games. The presentation is a bit basic but if you put that aside there are some quite fun puzzles where for example you must try and make as many words out of several letters within a time limit. With a bit of improvement on the presentation this would be a very good game. Puzzle? costs 80 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
Zombies 2.0 is a top down arcade style shooter in which you must defend your base from the oncoming swarms of enemies such as rats and zombies. I used to play a flash version of this game which was great fun but this game as the addition of a flash light which hides most of the game screen and in my opinion makes the game much trickier to play. Not quite sure if this is a good or bad thing. The game costs 240 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
Shellblast HD doesn’t have boxart or screen shots on the Marketplace. The game is a puzzle game where you must defuse a bomb by correctly guessing where the nodes are on the grid. Think of it like a much more advanced version of Minesweeper. Graphics and presentation are very good and the ten second wait while you defuse the bomb is a great addition to the suspense and tension 🙂 The game costs 400 :MSPoints: and the trial can be downloaded here.
My suggestions for games to download and play are Penguin Slip-Slide Lite, Puzzle?, Zombies 2.0 and Shellblast HD.
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