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 Cribbage Version 2.0 Requires DirectX
Released September 2004
(1.3 MB)
Spoonbill Software's Cribbage game has
just received a complete new makeover thanks to Steve Watkins who
found several bugs with the previous version. He played it to death
long into the night and got it to crash in several situations
including when Large Fonts were set. Since this game has not been
revisited since it was written in 1997, rather than delve into the
code and try to patch the existing version, I decided to completely
rewrite the game to give a fresh new look and playability. Cribbage
2.0 now uses Direct-X for animation of the card movements, has
optional background music, an option to turn off the score breakdown
boxes which some of my users found annoying and several other
improvements. I also noticed in the process of rewriting that
although I touched on one or two of the rules of Cribbage in the
on-line help, I'd forgotten to include the full rules for those
people who have never played before. So this has been corrected in
the new help. If you enjoyed the original Cribbage, or even if
you've never played it, you'll love Cribbage 2.0.
 Apple Lode Runner - The Remake Version 1.0a
Requires DirectX
Released September 2004
(1.4 MB) - includes Bonus Pack 1
Apple Lode Runner - The Remake
was suggested by Fred Pence who in his younger days back in the
early 1980s was an avid fan of the original Apple II game by Doug
Smith. Here's the Spoonbill Software version. For those of you who
are not familiar with this game, it is an action / puzzle game
combining quick reactions with logical reasoning. You progress from
level to level by collecting the treasure chests and avoiding the
guards. Your only defence, apart from your quick wits, is a laser
pistol which you can use to dig holes to temporarily trap the
guards. When you have collected all the treasure chests on a level,
you must climb to the top of the level before proceeding to the next
level. Some levels are more action than puzzle, whilst others are
more puzzle than action. The 150 levels which came with the original
Apple game are here, plus the 50 levels from the later Championship
Lode Runner and a bonus set of 150 levels by the Lode Runner master,
Fred Pence himself.
This minor version 1.0a includes 4 new
level map sets, Quickies, Hyper LR, CWG Contest and LR Pics - 441
new levels to challenge you!
In addition, you can save a game and
resume the game later, record your achievements in the High Scores
table, design your own levels, and organize levels which you have
created by rearranging them or deleting unwanted ones. There are
lots more goodies.
Fruit Drops - Version
1.0 Requires DirectX
Released March 2004 (650
KB)
Fruit Drops was suggested by Eric
Mortimer. Here's the Spoonbill Software version. Position the
falling blocks of fruit so that they make a line, horizontally,
vertically or diagonally. A line must contain 3 or more of the same
fruit. When you make a line, these tiles are removed and you score
points. Your immediate aim is to keep the playing area as clear as
possible by making as many lines of fruit as possible. The more
lines you make at once, the more points you score. When tiles are
removed, tiles above them fall down to take their place. If another
line or lines is created in the process, this is called a cascade
and scores double points. A second cascade scores triple points etc.
The game is over as soon as one of the piles of tiles reaches the
top of the playing area.
This is a simple, addictive game.
Order your copy today!
 Apple
Serpentine - The Remake
Requires DirectX
Released
November 2003 (1.6 MB)
 
This is a major upgrade to
Serpentine 1.0. It introduces a new ORIGINAL game mode which plays
as closely as possible to the original Serpentine as implemented on
the Apple computer. The screenshot on the left is from Apple
Serpentine - The Remake and the screenshot on the right is from the
original Apple version of Serpentine.
The release of Apple Serpentine - The
Remake has provided the opportunity of fully integrating the rather
fragmented offering in Serpentine 1.0.
Apple Serpentine - The Remake now
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A
fully integrated Level Organizer. |
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A
fully integrated Full Screen / Windowed option. |
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MIDI
music files to provide background
music. |
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New
ORIGINAL mode of play which follows as closely as possible the
rules and scoring of the original 1982 Broderbund game. |
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All
the original Level maps by David
Snider. |
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The
algorithm which computes the snake return path at the end of
the level has been completely re-written and optimized. The
snake now always returns to its home by the SHORTEST path in
JUNIOR, EASY and HARD game modes only. The original non-direct
algorithm is retained for ORIGINAL mode in keeping with the
behaviour in original Apple game. |
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A
choice of several different wall designs for the mazes, one of
which, Magenta, is most like the original Apple ][
walls. |
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A
choice of several different colors for your Player snake and
the Enemy snakes including the original look snakes from the
Apple version of the game (see the screenshot above). |
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A
slider to set the Snake speed and PLUS and MINUS keystrokes to
change the snake speed during a
game. |
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Comprehensive, completely integrated on-line
Help. |
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Level
Map Sets. Now you can have more than one set of Level maps.
Any Level map set can be associated with each of the four game
modes. The release version associates the ORIGINAL Level Map
Set with the ORIGINAL game mode and the MAGNOLIA Level Map Set
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You'll also find many other things
have been tidied up.
I think you'll like the new look
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Boggle Deluxe 1.1
(2.3 MB) Requires DirectX
Boggle Deluxe is a complete
rewrite of Spoonbill Software's original Boggle game. It has all the
features of the original Boggle but with many new exciting features
including:
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Improved graphics |
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Continuous updating of the round
scores and the total scores for all
players. |
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Additional options and game
parameters which are remembered between sessions. |
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Solo play against the
computer. |
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Solve It! mode where you
try to find all possible words without a time limit. |
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Analysis of the Boggle grid
showing all the possible words including the ones you missed! |
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Separate main Boggle
dictionary and User supplemental dictionary so that you don't lose
all your additional words when you install a newer version. |
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Play Boggle with the
Challenge cube - introduced by Parker Brothers into their Boggle
game in
1983. |
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Completely solve any Boggle
grid, including the ones from the "manual" game. See how many words
you missed
finding! |
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Choose whether to run the
game in Full Screen or Windowed mode. |
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A choice of Keyboard or
Mouse input for your words. In the picture below, the mouse graphic
next to the Boggle title indicates that Mouse input is in
effect. |
If you like Boggle, you'll
love Boggle Deluxe!
Rockfall (881KB) Requires DirectX
Remove rocks by clicking on groups of 3 or
more of the same color. Rocks fall vertically and also roll sideways if
unsupported by other rocks. Clear the rocks to score points and prevent
the rock pile from reaching the top. More rocks are added from the bottom
at a quicker and quicker rate as you proceed through the levels. In later,
faster levels, you have the added advantage of a cluster bomb which
removes a group of rocks in its vicinity and colored bombs which remove
all rocks of the same color from the rock pile. Explode a bomb by clicking
on it. To maximize your score you should aim to make large groups of rocks
of one color before clearing them. The larger the group cleared, the
larger your score for the group. If you clear a group and score 200 points
or more you get a x10 bonus (the group score is multiplied by 10). You
also get a massive bonus score for entirely clearing the rock pile, but
this is much harder to do on later levels as the pace gets more
frantic!
Tyrron 2 (1.8MB) Requires DirectX
Spoonbill's latest release is a completely
revamped version of the original Tyrron game which has now been
withdrawn.
Tyrrons are fierce green creatures that will
eat you up at any opportunity. Avoid Tyrrons at all costs or you will be
killed. The object is to accumulate as many points as possible. The higher
the level the more points you are awarded. To complete a level, you must
collect all the Diamonds and drop all the Gold Coins in the Wishing Well.
Once you have collected all the treasures, you must find the Golden Key
and carry it to the Level Exit and open it to proceed to the next level.
In doing this you must avoid Black Holes and Electric Sparks (which can
kill you), and Water, Mud and Ice which can slow you down. To help you
there are various power-ups you can find such as a flask of Elixir (which
allows you to kill Tyrrons), a Magic Pill (which allows you to pass
through objects such as Rocks and Trees) and Winged Boots (which allow you
to jump over objects). Magic Mushrooms may have to be eaten to discover
something valuable underneath. But beware, these will befuddle you and all
movement keys will operate in reverse! On some levels Teleports stations
allow quick travel from one place to another. The game is played on a
Level Map 31 x 31 tiles in size. Less than a quarter of this is visible at
any one time. As you move your Player around, the map scrolls to reveal
previously hidden parts.
25 Level Maps are supplied with the original
game plus 4 Bonus levels. They are arranged to provide a challenging game.
Great sound and background music make Tyrron2 a game to be
experienced.
And that's not all! On top of all this,
there is a fully integrated Level Designer which allows you to invent your
own challenging levels! And the best thing is - it is all completely FREE
OF CHARGE!
BALListic (1.4 MB) Requires DirectX
Shoot balls to form groups and clear the
layout to advance to the next level. Sometimes the cannon is stationary
and sometimes it moves from side to side really testing your aiming
skills. As you advance through the levels Skulls appear. These are more
difficult to get rid of because the cannon can only shoot balls, not
Skulls! Drop revolving skulls for big bonuses. On higher levels you get
balls of additional colors making the layout harder to clear. Games can be
saved and loaded at a later time to continue. Includes a background music
feature which allows you to replace the supplied background music with
your own background music.
Anita's Word Challenge (1.7 MB)
Requires DirectX
Anita's Word Challenge is an exciting
word game where you make words to increase your score whilst trying to
make Target words before your letter allocation runs out! You make words
by swapping two letter tiles with each other, and any words either across
or down which contain either of the swapped letters are scored. The more
words you make in one move the more you score. The letters used in scoring
words are then removed from the grid, the tiles fall down and the empty
spaces left at the top are filled with new random letter tiles. But to
advance to the next level and get a new letter allowance, you must make
all of the Target words before your letter allowance runs out or the game
is over! While all this is going on, lock Super Bonus letters into
the Super Bonus word and when you complete the Super Bonus word, you will
be awarded a Super bonus. If you get stuck, you can always blow up tiles
with your stick of dynamite! But beware - you will be penalized for doing
this!
Quad (620K)
Quad is a topological game of skill.
In a way it is like Tetris but without the pressure of a time
limit.
The object of the game is to get as many points as
possible. To do this you must keep the board as clear as possible. When
there is no more room to play a piece, the game is over.
The only way to clear the board of played
pieces is by making a rectangle of the specified size made up of cells of a single color. We'll
refer to this as a Quad.
When you make a Quad, all the cells of the Quad
will be removed, together with all the cells of the same color which form
a contiguous area with the Quad.
Each play consists of playing the piece in the top
preview panel onto the board. You can rotate the piece in any one of four
ways. You try to play each piece so that you build up areas of the same
color. A glance at the next four pieces will help you decide where to play
the current piece. Beware of the "rogue" multi-color
pieces!
SCAN Solitaire (810K)
Requires DirectX
SCAN Solitaire is a derivative of the
original SCAN (Shape, Color And Number) game for two players.
Position the triangular tiles on the board
matching as many attributes along an edge as possible. Match attributes
along two or all three edges in one play to boost your score even further.
The tile in the middle is the starter tile, you play the other 72 tiles
which are all different. When you have completely filled the board with
tiles, if your score is good enough, it will be added to the Top
Ten.
CLAIM! Solitaire (800K)
Requires DirectX
CLAIM Solitaire is played on a special board
with a random selection of playing pieces or tiles, chosen from a pool of
76 different ones. The tile pool is the same as for the normal game of
CLAIM (75 tiles) plus an extra blank tile. Each tile contains 9 square
units of area (3 by 3), divided in various ways by heavy lines which
represent boundary fences.
As each random tile is displayed in the preview area, you play it onto
the board, placing the tiles such that you can enclose as much territory
as possible. The larger the territory you claim, the more points you
score. For example, for a territory with an area of 2 square units, you
score 3 points, whilst for a territory with an area of 15 square units,
you score 120 points and for a territory with an area of 30 square units,
you score 465 points.
Fences at the edges of the board and fences around islands within the
playing area count as boundaries for the purposes of enclosing a
territory, but you cannot claim the green islands as territory.
Balls (675K)
Balls is a game of logic. At the start of
the game you are presented with a random layout of colored balls which
react to gravity when balls beneath them are removed. In other words, a
ball can fall vertically if the ball beneath it is removed, or it can roll
sideways if supporting balls at either side of it are removed. Balls
cannot roll horizontally, only downhill.
The object of the game is to score as many
points as possible by removing balls from the layout. The larger the number of contiguous balls in a group,
the more points you score for removing that group. When you have removed
as many groups of balls as possible, and the number of moves left becomes
zero, this is the end of the game, and your score, if it is good enough,
will be added to the Top Ten Scores.
If you can remove all but the last few
balls, instead of being the end of the game, you will get a bonus game to
allow you to further increase your score.
Brick Out (883K) Requires DirectX
Brick Out is a game which requires skill and
dexterity. Using the bat, you direct the ball to hit colored bricks and
destroy them. For each brick you destroy, you get points. The object of
the game is to get as many points as possible.
The game consists of
a number of levels which get progressively more difficult, but to
compensate for greater difficulty you also get more points for each brick.
You complete a level when you have destroyed all its bricks. Bricks with
the same color as the ball, score more points than bricks with a different
color.
You can also score a bonus if you complete a level within an
allotted time. The faster you complete the level, the higher the number of
bonus points you are awarded. Of course, if you take too long, you get no
bonus at all.
From time to time, a piece of fruit will appear for a
short time. If you can hit the fruit with your ball before it disappears,
you get a valuable addition to your score.
The game comes with 7
pre-defined levels but you can design as many more of your own as you wish
using the built-in Level Editor.
Deflector (1193K) Requires DirectX
Deflector is a game of skill. You must guide
a ball around the playing surface and collect treasures. Points are scored
for each treasure you collect and when you have collected all the
treasures on a level, you proceed to the next level. At the end of a
level, a bonus is added to your score depending on how quickly you cleared
the level. If you do not clear the level within the maximum allotted time
for the level, the game is over.
You guide the ball around the
playing surface by placing deflectors in its way. Once a deflector
has been placed, it cannot subsequently be removed. Level 1 contains
treasures but no obstacles. Subsequent levels contain randomly scattered
obstacles to make your task of collecting the treasures more difficult.
The higher the level the more obstacles there are to impede your progress!
The game ends when your ball is trapped. You try to beat your previous
highest score.
Card Games
Cribbage (1,710K)
Superseded by Cribbage 2.0 (1.3 MB)
released August 2004
Cribbage is one of the oldest of card
games and is primarily a game for two players, although it can also be
played by three or four. This computer game implements the two-player
game, you versus the computer.
There are three distinct forms of
the game, known respectively as Five-card, Six-card and Seven-card
Cribbage. They differ in the number of cards dealt to each player.
Again, this computer game implements only the more popular Six-card
game.
Freecell Solitaire
(667K) Requires DirectX
Freecell is a solitaire card game with a
larger proportion of skill than most solitaire card games. All 52 cards
of the deck are dealt face-up so you know where all of the cards are at
all times. The only luck is in the random distribution of the cards at
the start of the game. Some layouts are simple to solve whilst others
are diabolical. It has not been proven that any layout is impossible so
assume that each layout can be solved.
Build cards in suits from Ace to King on
the Home cells. Build cards in descending sequences of alternate black
and red cards on the columns of the layout. Use the four Free cells as
temporary parking areas for cards which are not immediately useful.
Shortcuts for moving cards and automatic playing of cards onto Home
cells when they are no longer required in the layout make this version
of Freecell Solitaire a pleasure to play.
Hi-Lo Solitaire (305K)
The object of this card game is to remove
all the cards from the layout. An exposed card can be removed to the top
of the starter pile if its rank is one more or one less than the rank of
the starter card. This removed card becomes the new starter card. When
no more cards can be removed by following this rule, another card is
dealt from the stock to the starter pile. This then becomes the new
starter card. If all the cards are cleared from the layout, the pack is
reshuffled and re-dealt and the game continues with another round. If
all the stock has been dealt and you cannot remove all the cards from
the layout, the game ends. You try to beat your previous highest
score.
Nomination Whist
(322K - Version 2.0 released February 2003)
In Version 2.0, the following new features have been added.
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You can
play a Short game (13 deals) or a Long game (25 deals). |
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You can
elect to have NT (No Trumps) as a fifth trump suit. |
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You can
select either Random or Cyclic generation of trumps. |
As its name implies, this game is a member
of the Whist family of card games. It is similar to straight Whist in as
much as each of the four players plays individually and not as partners
as in the various Bridge varieties of the game. It is similar to Bridge,
and Solo Whist in as much as there is a round of bidding beforehand,
where each player estimates how many tricks he or she will take having
regard for the current trumps and the number of cards
dealt.
Its own uniqueness comes from the fact
that each subsequent deal has fewer and fewer cards. All 52 cards are
dealt at the first deal, 13 to each player. On the second deal each
player receives 12 cards and so on until the 13th and final deal finds
each player with a single card. After thirteen deals, the game is over
and the player with the highest score is the winner of that game. You
may elect to play more than one round, in which case the player with the
most number of game wins is the overall winner.
In this
simulation, you play South and the computer plays West, North and
East.
Knock! (885K)
Knock! is based on a game called Elevens
which can be played by any number of players between 3 and 5. This
computer version allows only four players, you, the human player, and
three computer players. The game is played in rounds. Each round
consists of dealing a number of cards, playing the cards to the table,
followed, at the end of the round by the scoring of that round. Each
round is complete as soon as one player has played all the cards in his
hand. The scores for each round are totalled and the player with the
highest score at the end of a designated number of rounds or after one
or more players reach a predetermined number of points, is declared the
winner.
This game does not use an ordinary deck of
cards, but has its own unique deck.
Other Games
Adventure (425K)
A revamp of the original Adventure game on
DEC mainframes which was command line driven and text only. Rather than
complex graphics it relied on your imagination to create your
environment from on-screen location descriptions. Most of the locations
and puzzles are still here but it has been brought a little more
up-to-date for the PC Windows operating system. The location
descriptions remain text only to allow your imagination to run riot, but
the objects you come across and pick up are portrayed in graphics. There
are several other modernizations to make the game more enjoyable. If you
really get stuck, a map of the cave system can be supplied.
Jigsaw Version 4.1 (830 KB) Released
February 2004
Jigsaw 4.1 is a major new version of our
popular electronic jigsaw puzzle software.
Now you can create jigsaw puzzles directly
from Windows Bitmap files or from compressed JPEG files.
The JPEG option means that you can now store your Jigsaw images in
compressed format on disk, thus saving oodles of disk space. Two JPEG
images are included with the new version to start you off. Other new
features include Auto Fit option to automatically scale your picture to
fit comfortably on your screen, a status bar which continuously displays
the settings of the most common options. These options can also be set
by clicking on the status bar. Show/Hide the box top window. Progress
bar for Remove Transparency tool. Optional manual positioning of the
picture before shuffling the pieces.
Red Square (260K)
This is a block-sliding puzzle game. The
object is to slide the colored blocks within the puzzle frame and to
maneuver the Red Square from its starting position to the opposite
corner marked in red. The minimum number of moves to achieve this is 38
and this is your goal. Once you can do the puzzle easily in the minimum
number of moves, you can then time yourself against the clock to see how
fast you can do it!
Simon Says (375K)
Simon Says is a game of skill which can be
played by from 1 to 5 players. It is especially suitable for children.
It is basically a memory game using a combination of both sight and
sound. The player with the best memory will generally win the
game. It also tests your powers of concentration!
The computer generates a sequence of
musical notes which the player has to copy. Each time the player copies
the sequence correctly, it is played again but extended by one note. The
sequence becomes longer and longer until an incorrect note is clicked
and the player's turn ends. Each game consists of a series of rounds, to
make the game as fair as possible, each player is given the same series
of notes as the other players for a particular round. A new sequence of
notes is generated for each new round. The player with the highest score
at the end of the game is the winner.
Other Programs which are not
games
Crossword Compiler (1414K) Updated
September 2002 to Version 3.4
Version 3.4 includes a new, improved
Anagram feature and a larger alternative English dictionary including
some foreign words and phrases useful in crosswords.
Crossword Compiler is designed to produce
professional crossword puzzles whose format is square or rectangular. If
you want to produce non-standard crossword puzzles with fancy shapes,
this is not the application for you. Crossword Compiler allows you, the crossword compiler, to follow
the logical steps in creating a quality crossword puzzle.
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You start
out by designing a skeleton (or you can used a previously-created
skeleton). |
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The next
process involves populating the skeleton with words. Here
Crossword Compiler can assist you by providing a suggestion list
of words which fit the missing letters of the word you are
entering. |
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When you
have fully populated the crossword grid with words, the next step
is to compile the clues. |
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The final
step is to print the crossword and clues onto paper. |
Crossword compiler comes complete with an
80,000 word dictionary and functions such as suggestions for words with
missing letters. The Find Word function is handy for solving crossword
puzzles. For instance, if the answer to one of the clues is a word
.T...GE (where . denotes
a missing letter), the Find Word function will give you a list of three
words which fit this pattern, STORAGE, STOWAGE and STRANGE. The Edit
Dictionary function allows you to add, modify and delete words in the
dictionary. |
