Mac Games – reviews and game downloads

Jets ‘n’ Guns Gold. The name grabs you immediately and is basically exactly what you would expect: Jets and Guns. You are a fighter pilot in space who has to take down an entire army of attackers by yourself. Like any good shooter game, the opening screen starts by telling you how graphic and bloody the game will be.  Get ready to shoot-up some spaceships.

To start, there are three levels of difficulty: way too easy, regular and hard.  After you choose this, you get to upgrade your spaceship with different types of guns and bombs.  To add more upgrades, you earn money for completing the stage and destroying everything in your path.  The game is fairly simple, as you shoot and bomb while avoiding bullets and large objects that cause you harm.  The cool part about that is that most of the level can be destroyed, creating a clear path by enemies.

The objective is fairly self explanitory, as the title of the game suggested and Jets ‘n’ Guns Gold is pretty fun.  It was very difficult on the upper levels, but if you enjoy a challenge this is the Mac game for you.  If I could change something, it would be the amount of enemies because there are parts of the game where it is too overwhelming.  Other than that, the graphics were amazing, the story was subpar but not essential to gameplay, and the controls worked excellently.  I would give this game three and a half stars out of five.

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Strap on your golf shoes and grab your five iron, because it’s time to hit the (virtual) links! GL Golf is a basic, yet addicting golf game that gives you that nostalgic feeling for video games of a bygone era. Long ago arcades ruled the video game world and games like GL Golf are reminders of that golden age. With graphics that mimic the real courses that can be played, GL Golf is a fun way to spend your time without the complected new controls of recent golf games.

What makes GL Golf an intriguing game is how easy it is to play. It’s as easy as aiming where you want to hit the ball and pressing the space bar at the right power. If you want more of a challenge, you can get the classic three-click golf system that also controls the accuracy of the drive. You can also control the draw and the fade and the backspin on the ball in order to avoid hazards and control the landing spot of the ball.

In the full version of the game, there is a huge number of courses to choose from, including some of the most famous courses in the world. Another cool feature is an application for the iPhone that the creators of the game are working on (and I think have completed) that let you play GL Golf on the go. For a quick and easy round, nothing beats GL Golf and it gets three and a half stars out of five.

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With 60 levels, 3 game modes 15 power-ups and bonuses, and 41 challenges, Mac puzzle game Boonka will keep you busy for many hours. It’s a challenging play with fun, cute graphics, and a plea to restore the beautiful, green landscape of the Boonkas.

The evil Skours (dark clouds) have destroyed the countryside where the Boonkas reside and it is up to you to bring back the trees and flora. The play is to move similar Boonkas side by side to match and create a block then you need to put together the pixie jars in order to lift the boonkas up and away. You click and drag a boonka to group them. You can move them up down and side ways. Just make sure the boonkas do not reach the top of the screen or the game is over.

Boonka is not a match game. It is a lot more. You need to think and plan ahead so you do not get to the top of the screen. It can get challenging at times so I suggest you start off in the easy mode until you get your sea legs. Once you master the play, it becomes even more difficult, but addictive at the same time. Initially, I thought this was a children’s game with its cute cartoon boonkas, but quickly learned it is a game for everyone.

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