Mac Games – reviews and game downloads

With a name like Fairy Treasure you would expect a light, slow moving magical game with lots of sparkly pixie dust. This Mac game is nothing like that. It’s fast, explosive and extra awesome. An arcade play with a story about good and evil, royal gems and fighting witches.

A breakout play with the bat shooter at the bottom of the screen. You move the bat right and left, click to shoot up at the bricks and walls surrounding gems, power-ups, good and bad bonuses. You cannot lose your ball into the river below or you lose a life. When you lose all your balls, you lose and the game is over. However when all the bricks are destroyed, you complete the level. Customize the difficulty for your own skill level and figure out how to shoot around the many obstacles.

The play is a fun arcade action with 120 levels plus bonus levels, lots of power-ups and bonuses both good and bad. The graphics are dark and gloomy looking—just right for this story of wicked, ugly hags, trolls and goblins. Even though I didn’t get into the tale much, I liked the game. This fast-paced, action packed shooting play is good fun for both casual and hardcore gamers.

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In Ricochet Lost Worlds, the classic brick-breaking game is taken to interesting and exciting new levels. Most people typically enjoy these type of games on their handheld cellular devices (like a Blackberry) but why does the fun have to stop there? Why not expand the game and make it applicable for use on a computer. I think Ricochet Lost Worlds has done this.

I am not a huge fan of playing breakout games (usually) but I was pleasantly surprised by this game. Like all brick games, the object of Ricochet Lost Worlds is to destroy all the bricks on the level by bouncing the ball off your paddle and into the bricks. Although tedious at times, there are power-ups available that make the game easier and go much quicker. For example, there are five rings (which resemble the rings from the Sonic the Hedgehog series) and if you collect 35 of these, there is a secret, special bonus. Also, some bricks hold other power-ups, like a time stop, a “sticky” bumper and a security net. All of these plus many more allow you to try and get a high score!

What really drew me to this game was the replayability (not sure if that’s a real word but you know what I mean). There are over 20,000 different levels that the game allows you to download, something that is incredible and definitely not a typo. In addition, the graphics are so awesome, you can’t help but continue playing to see what the new stages look like. In addition, I liked how the bricks moved, something that I have never seen before in this type of game. I would definitely recommend this game and give it four and a half stars out of five.

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Fizzball

Professor Fizzwizzle is back! And this time, his crazy robots are working for him. He has decided to use his new invention, the Fizzball, to help animals in trouble. This ball starts out small, but slowly grows in size, as more and more animals are collected. The game has more than 60 animals to save and 180 levels to maneuver through.

One of the first things the game asks is whether you want to set the game to regular or kids mode. I find this very considerate of the creators because they realize that their demographic reaches further than just the teen/adult bracket. Kids can pick up the game and play without becoming too frustrated with some of the harder levels. I thought this was a nice touch.

Additionally, the game provides more than the usual breakout game. There are special power-ups that create new situations for Professor Fizzwizzle. For example, there are floating power-up balloons that you collect during the game that change either the Fizzball or the bumper. These include faster and slower balls, sticky bumpers, and wider bumpers to name just a few.

Although completely different from the original Professor Fizzwizzle game, Fizzball has the same familiar family feel as its predecessor. The graphics and main character are exactly the same and fans of the first game should feel at home with Fizzball. This game reminded me of a classic breakout game, brought to the barnyard. It was surprisingly fun even though I usually shy away from breakout games. The fact that I was drawn in by this so much is a testament to the quality and hard work the creators of this game have done. Although not quite deserving of the elusive “Macgames.info 5 star” (patent pending), this is a wonderful game and I would give Fizzball a four out of five.

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