Fun & Games Software Descriptions
MacAddictJanuary2007

Arcadrome 1.0 demo
PolyEx, http://www.polyex.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.4 or later
In this arcade action game you must collect energy crystals with your spaceship while fighting off aliens.

Downfall 2.6.2 trial
Norbyte, info@norbyte.com, http://www.norbyte.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.2 or later
Downfall is a fun arcade puzzle game that uses the latest technology to produce stunning 3D graphics. 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 such as indestructibles, dynamite sticks, snow shovels, wrecking balls, and more. Another handy feature is the import/export high-scores function, which lets you swap high scores with your friends. When importing, Downfall merges the high scores together, keeping the best ones.

Five Addictive Casual Games trials
Green Apple Games, info@downloadmacgames.com, http://www.downloadmacgames.com
Requirements: Mac OS X
1. Atlantis Sky Patrol trial
This frenetic marble-popping adventure puts you in charge of how fast each level will end. Knock out doomsday devices on each of the 100 levels in the game by matching marble colors in sets of three. To finish off the device and move on to the next round, simply destroy the cleverly-placed static orbs that continually allow additional chains to fill the track.
2. Fish Tycoon trial
Fish Tycoon is a fish breeding sim game where you breed and care for exotic fish in a true real-time virtual aquarium. The object of this tycoon game is to discover the seen Magic Fish. You start with a small selection of fish, some money and a tank. You must breed your fish, care for them, help them grow, and cure them if they get sick. You can buy supplies, medicine and special chemicals; you can research technologies or invest in advertisement. All of this will be financed by selling exotic hybrids in your shop.
3. Mystery Case Files: Huntsville trial
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 collection of intriguing mysteries and brain-teasers to solve. There are picture puzzles to ponder, strange crime scenes to explore, and much more.
4. Mystic Inn trial
Playing as Daphne, the unfortunate hostess ensnared by the enchanted Mystic Inn, you serve all of the patrons in order to get magic to upgrade the inn. Once you have fully upgraded the establishment, the spell that locks Daphne within her confines can be broken. Five chapters with 50 levels take the user through the game with beautiful art and addictive play, making Mystic Inn immersive and exciting. Play the potion building mini-game to create power-ups. Unlocking juggling frogs, a charming harp, your own take-out owl and other items make the game experience enriching.
5. Virtual Villagers trial
These poor villagers washed up on shore after surviving a horrific volcanic eruption. You have to guide them in learning how to survive in this real-time simulation game. They learn by doing, but you might have to keep an eye on them to make sure they don't give up too easily. They need to become farmers, builders, scientists, parents and more in order to thrive on this new island. How will you lead your tribe?

Petal Palace 1.0.8 shareware
Norbyte, http://www.norbyte.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.2 or later
This arcade/puzzle game takes you to an enchanted palace, surrounded by beautiful scenery where flowers grow in great abundance. Unfortunately, there isn't nearly enough space in the garden, so there's only one thing to do: You  have to pick the flowers by arranging them in lines, to keep the palace from being overgrown. Use any tools you may find to overcome obstacles.

Pile & Pop 1.0 demo
Bitbliss Studios, http://www.bitbliss.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.2 or later
Pile & Pop is a game of quick and clever thinking for all ages and involves a unique design of picking up and dropping colored bricks around a gameboard.

shivering kittens 1.0 demo
Mark Bishop, http://www.sealfin.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.3 or later
Shivering kittens is a panic-inducing puzzle game for Mac OS X, in which you must rescue kittens from their icy imprisonment. A block-matching puzzle game, shivering kittens tasks you with forming lines of frozen kittens to release them and then forming groups of those thawed kittens to rescue them.

Smooth Operators 1.0 trial
Curry K Software, http://curryk.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.1 or later
The order of operations is the first step toward algebra and the higher maths. Smooth Operators provides the perfect way to take that step. Students can learn, practice, and test their skills, all with one software package. Smooth Operators helps make learning easy, it provides a convenient and effective method for practice, and testing is challenging.

Table Tennis Pro V2 demo
Grassgames, http://www.grassgames.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.2.8 or later
Experience gameplay like no other with Table Tennis Pro -- GrassGames' multi-award-winning table tennis (ping pong) simulator. Lob, slam or smash with side, top, and back spins all at your disposal.

The Time Portal 1.0 demo
Zhang Games, http://www.zhanggames.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later
In the darkest corner of your attic you find a letter from your long lost uncle. He explains to you that he has been kidnapped by a jealous scientist because he succeeded in inventing a time-machine. Your uncle has left you photos with hidden clues that show you the way to the time-machine. It is your task to reveal the clues, find the machine and rescue your uncle.