This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'puzzle, Mac, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/puzzle/Mac/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'puzzle, Mac, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'puzzle, Mac, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/puzzle/Mac/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack: the show where high culture and pop culture collide!


You Don't Know Jack is a series of quiz show-inspired computer games which combine trivia and comedy. The games are known for their humor and challenge, as well as simple presentation. The games rarely use graphics, relying heavily on voice acting and text.

The games have recently been revived at the YDKJ official website, where new episodes are released every weekday. These are developed in Flash and are available to play for free within your web browser.

Category: Quiz

Release Date: Varied

Developer: Jellyvision
]]> 26 Mar 2007 11:13:20 Avenue of Death
]]> 07 Sep 2007 01:28:36 Spy a Solution
]]> 31 Aug 2007 08:21:22 Puzzle Poker Twenty five cards in five rows are dealt to you. You quickly spot the cards for a Full House and arrange them onto one line to form a hand. That was easy! Ch-ching! Five hundred chips. Now you spot four Kings! That's worth 1,000 chips. You start moving them onto a single line, but it messes up your Full House. OK, a little bit of finesse, and you are able to save both the Full House and the Four of a Kind. Now you notice the clock running down. Do you cash in or take a chance to get more points, maybe losing what you already have? You wonder what kind of scores your friends in your Club have. Will this hand be good enough to compete?

Developed by Top Meadow
]]> 22 Sep 2006 01:14:52 Harmonic Convergence (working title) Enter a world of beautiful graphics, hypnotic music, and addictive gameplay.

Harmonic Convergence blends these elements together into an unforgettable
experience that will have you losing track of time trying to outdo your last
top score, and get one skin further.

Harmonic Convergence features sixteen skins from some of the most talented
artists and musicians in the industry. Each skin transports you to a new and
unique little world. Bear witness to an ancient rite in "Ritual". Get your
mouth watering for some delicious watermelon on a hot summer day in
"Fruit Salad". Fly through space and watch the wonders of the universe unfold
before your eyes in "Asteroid". These, and many more await!
]]> 19 Nov 2006 11:59:39 Mystery Case Files: series Somewhat of virtual rendition of the popular "I spy" books, the eqully renowned Mystery Case Files series makes up for a simplistic concept with great attention to detail and production values. Clicking your mouse button to find hidden objects in locations littered with useless junk comprising the backround may sound tedious-and in some cases it really is-but MCF draws the player in with purpose, placing you in the role of a British detective. Interestingly enough each picture is actually part of a crime scene and the objects littering it are bits of evidence: find them all and you'll nab your suspect.
]]> 20 Nov 2006 11:52:57 Professor Fizzwizzle Professor Fizzwizzle is a fun, mind-expanding puzzle game, where you take control of the diminutive genius, Professor Fizzwizzle. You must help the professor use his brains and his gadgets to solve each exciting level. Do you have what it takes to get past the Rage-Bots and bring the prof back to his lab?

The game includes:

- Over 230 exciting levels, with something for everyone! "Regular" levels to help beginners learn the ropes, "Advanced" levels for the brainy among us, and even "Kids" and "Alphabet" levels for the young in years, or the young at heart!

- A full featured level editor! If solving puzzles isn't enough for you, make your own masterpiece with the easy-to-use level editor!

- Exciting unlockables! As you solve puzzles you'll earn photos to add to the professor's gallery. You'll see the professor and his Friend-Bots in photos from all over the world!

Professor Fizzwizzle has something for everyone to enjoy; download it for FREE, today!
]]> 27 Nov 2006 03:48:47 Zep's Dreamland The game consists of navigating Zep throughout a level to reach a certain location which allows him to advance to the next level. This is not such an easy task, however. Many obstacles will be in your path, and it is up to you to determine the best (and sometimes only way) to get around them. Zep has the ability to create special "blocks" by using the life energy from the ground he is standing on. By building the blocks in specific patterns, Zep can alter the landscape to his ability thus allowing him to reach his goal! Again, not everything is as it seems. Zep cannot build blocks while standing on top of just anything. There are many types of ground that restrict Zep's building ability. In addition to being able to create these special blocks, Zep can also destroy them.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 07:39:38 Classic PuffBOMB The original impulse based cute character blowing up puzzle game.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 10:23:42 Planetfall After the fall of the Second Galactic Union in 1716 GY, a ten-thousand-year dark age settled upon the galaxy. Interstellar travel was non-existent, and many star systems descended into a near-barbaric state, buring coal and gas for energy, and growing food directly from exposed topsoil.

In 11,203 GY, a treaty between the Empires of Tremain and Galium formed the Third Galactic Union. Ships of the Stellar Patrol (a pseudo-military wing of the Union government on Tremain) began exploring the galaxy, searching for the human civilizations that are the remnants of the Second Galactic Union.

You are a native of the planet Gallium. Although it is one of the most politically powerful worlds in the Union, Gallium is no garden spot. In fact, the Gallium Chamber of Commerce brochure entitled "Ten Great Reasons to Visit Gallium" ends on page 3. The author ran out of reasons after listing just two.

For five generations, your family has served in the Stellar Patrol. Your great-great-grandfather was a High Admiral and one of the founding officers of the Patrol. It was taken for granted that when you came of age you would join up.

Now, more than a year after signing up, and two months after being transferred to the S.P.S. Feinstein, you are still only ranked Ensign Seventh Class. You superior officer, Ensign First Class Blather, has been making your life miserable. You're begining to wonder if you're really cut out for the Stellar Patrol...
]]> 28 Nov 2006 02:39:20 Zen Puzzle Garden
If you thought that you could never reach enlightenment by playing a computer game.. well... you're probably right. You can, however, fry your brain by trying to solve seemingly impossible puzzles that take place in a relaxing zen garden.
]]> 02 Dec 2006 08:26:33 Kachinko In the style of traditional Pachinko machines, Kachinko features an onslaught of colored balls and only a few places to catch them. The name of the game is strategy and quick wits. Kachinko starts simply enough, requiring you to eliminate sets of three like-colored balls at a time. The challenge is significantly increased when you're forced to put together longer chains and set up massive combos in order to get a score worthy of completing a level.
]]> 05 Dec 2006 10:53:16 Mango Boom Need more fruit flavor in your life? Then Mango Boom is your game. Within a totally unique puzzle design, it's your job to eliminate balls from the playing board so you can fill the center box with same-colored spheres and turn them into delicious fruit!
]]> 06 Dec 2006 01:17:32 Tork Your spacecraft crash lands on an alien planet. To escape, you must observe the culture and learn a new language to communicate with the inhabitants.

Jay Is Games said "Tork is remarkable in its originality and design, as well as well as its gameplay." http://jayisgames.com/archives/2004/12/tork.php

Backwards City calls it Best Flash Game Ever!
http://backwardscity.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_backwardscity_archive.html

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]]> 08 Dec 2006 05:56:23 Enigma Enigma is a puzzle game inspired by Oxyd on the Atari ST and Rock'n'Roll on the Amiga. The object of the game is to find uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. Simple? Yes. Easy? Certainly not! Hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams, and, most of all, countless hairy puzzles usually block your direct way to the Oxyd stones...
]]> 10 Dec 2006 06:24:18 Another World Another World, known as Out of this World in the US and Outer World in Japan, is a 1991 cinematic platformer designed and developed by Eric Chahi. The graphics and box art were designed by Chahi, while the music was composed by Jean-François Freitas.

While not a great commercial success, Another World was innovative in its use of cinematic effects in the graphics, sound and cut scenes, with characters communicating through their facial features, gestures, and actions only. This cinematic style granted Another World cult status amongst critics and fans.

The protagonist of the game is Lester Knight Chaykin; a young, athletic, red haired physicist. Lester arrives at his high-tech underground laboratory during a thunderstorm, and continues to work on his experiment using a particle accelerator. Right before the particles reach their intended destination, lightning strikes the lab and interferes with the accelerator causing the unforeseen teleportation of Lester to a barren alien planet.

The player can control Lester using the keyboard or gamepad using four directions buttons and two action buttons: one for main actions, and one for jumping. Depending on the player's current position, movement, and status, the main action key performs a variety of actions including attacking and interacting with Lester's environment. At the start of the game Lester can only kick to attack, but later he can acquire a gun. While the movement keys normally make Lester run, the game also features sections where the player must swim, roll, or drive a vehicle. The player only has one life, but there are multiple checkpoints he can return to by entering the relevant pass code given at each one.
]]> 10 Dec 2006 09:53:52 IQ Marathon Help the cow reach the goal. The cow will only move in the direction it is facing, so you are given arrows to change where it goes.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 04:25:54 Blitz Blox A furious block-dropping game that pits you against your opponent on the same playing field. Defend your blocks, attack your enemy's blocks. Make use of special blocks to turn the tables. Play against calculating AI or against another player

Developer: Blade Edge Software
]]> 15 Dec 2006 02:02:43 Gridlock Move the gray blocks left, right, up or down in order to free the blue block through the opening on the right.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:38:44 Hapland Hapland is a point and click puzzle game. You must find a way to light the two torches and activate the big portal.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:49:37 Hapland 2
Robin Allen said,
Restore power to the portal in order to...save a princess or something. Just light the damn torches
]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:03:15 Comboling You have to link all of the bright squares by moving horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 02:01:35 Animal Puzzle Help the mole make it to his home by creating a tunnel system from the falling pieces.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:09:20 The House You wake up next to a pool after being at a house party. You have lost your memory and have to find out why you are here.
]]> 18 Dec 2006 02:35:40 Zoo Keeper Swap adjacent animals to line up 3 or more of the same kind to eliminate them. Get the required amount of animals in the times given. There is also a random animal square that, when clicked, will eliminate all of the animals on screen that it stops on.
]]> 20 Dec 2006 04:54:46 Click Drag Type Click, drag, and type your way through 10 mind bending puzzles. Use trial and error to see if you can figure out what is going on, and eventually solve the puzzle. You can play the puzzles in any order, and you are timed to see how long it takes you to finish them all.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 01:22:02 Cityscape Choose what to add to your city in order to create the best one you can. The order in which you add parts to your city will determine the size it becomes in the end.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 01:45:00 Palantir There are multicolored balls coming out from the center, and you have to get rid of them. Match three of the same color to eliminate them. If you eliminate a ball the has others attached to it, they all disappear. Don't let the cluster expand to the edge or you lose.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 03:05:32 Panda Adventure You are a panda and you must get to the bamboo forest of the coast of the island you are on. Point and click your way through the areas of the island.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 03:15:50 The Dark Room You are trapped in a room and have to solve the puzzles to get out. You can change the room into seven different colors, and you have to solve a puzzle in each color. Solve all of the puzzles to escape into the hall of fame.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 05:07:15 Triptych Triptych is a fast-paced physics based block dropping game that will keep you coming back for more. Maneuver and rotate blocks as they fall so that 3 or more of a color are adjacent to each other. By achieving this, the blocks will be destroyed and the player will collect points. As blocks are destroyed, connected blocks are freed to move independently and blocks above will fall to fill the empty spaces. Unlike other puzzle games, the game board is a living entity where the blocks obey the laws of physics. Every game is a unique experience!
]]> 29 Dec 2006 08:14:29 Blue Rabbit's Climate Chaos You are Blue Rabbit, and you are traveling to a small island chain to help the native chief find out what happened to his son. Walk around and explore to solve the puzzles.
]]> 29 Dec 2006 03:32:37 Mutant Storm Inspired by RoboTron, Smash TV and Llamatron. Mutant Storm is a classic arcade game with a new age twist. One hand controls the firing the other controls the movement. Simple controls and addictive gameplay with decent graphics set Mutant Storm apart.
]]> 17 Jan 2007 01:27:17 Candy Catastrophe! Oh no! Leftover Halloween candy has gone bad, and it's up to you to clean up the mess.

History

This game was put on Newgrounds way back on 11/29/2005, and has broken the 75,000 view mark. This game is also open source; scroll down to see the notice, and scroll further to download the .fla file!

Gameplay

To play, click once on any colored candy with at least one of the same color adjacent. All similarly-colored candies will be highlighted, and text will tell you how many points it'd be worth to collect them. Keep above the minimum score to continue; how long can YOU last?

Cheats

Type c-h-e-a-t while playing and you'll hear "watch this!". Once cheats are enabled, press 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to destroy all of the corresponding color (while racking up bunches of points!), or type "s-c-o-r-e" to get the equivalent of 10 candies at once (point value varies by level).

Hints


  • If you just randomly collect candy, you'll probably make it to level 5 or 6, but if you want any hope of passing further, you need to bunch multiple candies together - you'll get double the points for 4 at once than for 2 twice.
  • It's also important to get those bonuses! In Candy Catastrophe, you'll get a bonus for each candy that has over 90% collected. Here too, it's better to get one 96% than a few 91%s.
  • Save vertical candies for later unless taking them helps make a better match - sometimes you'll be able to get rid of a column on either side and can use them then.

Note: Open Source Game

This game is open source: if you want to change or edit this game in any way, or even keep it the same, then reuse it anywhere, go right ahead! Acknowledgement would be wonderful, but is not necessary; at the very least, I'd be honored if you just let me know it helps in some way!
]]> 23 Jan 2007 09:13:44 Wetdike A version of klondike / patience / solitaire . Sort the cards into piles in the top right hand corner of the screen. Try and get the highest score whilst doing so.

Music player is hidden in the top right hand of the screen, move the mouse over it to bring it up. It is an XSPF based player that streams from www.projectopus.com
]]> 26 Jan 2007 05:08:37 Ball 4 Revamped Guide your ball through 100 small levels, attempting to make it through in the best time.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:51:59 Myst IV: Revelation
Within the visually awe-inspiring world of Myst, a gripping family drama will slowly unfold. In Myst IV Revelation, players finally learn the fate of Sirrus and Achenar, two villains first introduced in the original Myst. The brothers have remained trapped in separate prison worlds, abandoned by their father for crimes they had committed. Players are engaged in uncovering the mystery surrounding a little girl's disappearance, daring to venture deep inside the intense worlds of the villainous brothers. Understanding their motives is key to the success of the investigation and will be a true "revelation."

Myst IV: Revelation uses the same 360 degree panorama view as Myst III: Exile, but with even more impressively rendered environments.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 08:42:19 Tilt! A simple puzzle game that lets you tilt the board to the left or the right in order to group the critters in the play area.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 02:57:15 Bubble Fun In Bubble Fun you have to try to sweep the board by converting all of the bubbles to your color. To do this you click on one bubble on your turn. Bubbles will flash when they are close to popping, and when a bubble pops it infects the bubbles that surround it, changing them to its color.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 03:26:25 The Secret of Monkey Island
I cursed my luck again as I slid down the monkey's throat. Have my dreams of guzzling grog and plundering galleons been reduced to this. "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us." Fair enough. If only I could stomach the foul brew these scurvy seadogs swilled, the rest would be easy. How could I have known I'd meet a powerful and beautiful woman with a jealous suitor too stupid to realize he'd been dead for years? And how can I crawl through this great stone monkey to find a man who walks three inches above the ground and sets fire to his beard every morning?

-The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The Monkey Island Years
]]> 06 Feb 2007 04:24:31 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
I thought I'd killed the Ghost Pirate LeChuck for good. Wrong. How many times can that bloated old fool die? Other pirates tell me there's no escape. "When LeChuck wants you dead, you're dead", they say. Legend has it that the treasure of Big Whoop holds the key to great power... I must find it before LeChuck finds me.

-The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The Monkey Island Years
]]> 06 Feb 2007 04:45:44 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure roughly follows the same plot as the movie it is based upon. Certain scenes are omitted, but it sticks close to the original plot for the most part. The game uses the SCUMM system that was used in Maniac Mansion before it. This system involves choosing certain verbs to interact with objects and people in the game. However, this game features something that no other adventure games of the time had. The "Indy Quotient" system gives the players points based on how they solve certain puzzles. This gives puzzles multiple solutions and adds replay value to the game. Also included in the game are action sequences where Indy must fight to get by guards.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 06:09:19 Fish Tycoon 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 seven magic fish of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle.

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. Along the way 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. The game runs in true real-time, so that if your computer is turned off or you exit the game, hours later small fish will have grown larger and new surprises await you.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:31:52 Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside Pajama Sam is a kid like any other his age. He reads comic books and is afraid of the darkness. He loves to read about his favorite comicbook hero, Pajama Man. In order to defeat the darkness and not be afraid, he becomes Pajama Sam and travels into his closet. However, once he gets there, some trees take his flashlight, mask, and Pajama Man lunchbox. You must help Pajama Sam get his stuff back in order to defeat Darkness.

Pajama Sam is a Junior Adventure for kids ages 3-8. It helps them experience adventure games, explore, and solve puzzles. On every screen there are things to find and click that cause funny animations. Also, the game has some different puzzles when it is played through again.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 04:31:07 Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise It's Kayla's birthday tomorrow, and her stuffed animal Fatty Bear wants to throw a surprise party for her. Guide Fatty Bear around the house to help him get everything ready. He has to find ingredients for a cake to make it, get presents, and set up party decorations. In addition to the adventure and puzzles, there are games to be played as well. These games include bowling, piano playing, and dress up with Fatty Bear.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:13:00 Spy Fox in 'Dry Cereal' William the Kid is attempting to steal the whole world's milk supply, and it is Spy Fox's job to stop him. How will children eat their cereal if there is no milk to pour on it? SPY Corps has outfitted Spy Fox with the latest gadgets and he is ready to go. Spy Fox is a Junior Adventure for kids that have grown out of Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam. Like the other Junior Adventure games from Humongous, there are different puzzles for multiple plays through the game. Also, there are mini games for kids to play such as go fish, and Happy Fun Sub which can be played on Fox's spy watch.
]]> 09 Feb 2007 06:05:05 Mezzo: Winter Edition Mezzo: Winter Edition is a puzzle game for Windows and Mac by ActionHead Studios. It's the company's first title and was released on February 15, 2007. The game makes unique use of combos to create a series of challenging yet enjoyable puzzles.
]]> 15 Feb 2007 10:45:34 Quad Using the Keyboard Arrows or the Mouse, it changes the color of squares passing on them, the objective is to change all squares for same color.
]]> 28 Feb 2007 10:18:39 Senha Discover the password, by the tips offered.

White tips = you hit the color, but wrong the position;
Black tips = you hit the color and position.

PS:
Senha in portuguese is Password in English, or Seña in Spanish.
]]> 28 Feb 2007 11:09:09 Collision You are in a field with a giant, yet stupid, robotic army, who follow your every move. You are only armed with your brain, a 3-use random position teleporter, and... a bomb! Endeavoring to defeat this army relies on the fact that once an enemy is destroyed, its remains can trip up its surviving comrades thereby destroying them as well. Move wisely! This simple, 2-dimensional, grid-based game is fun and easy to learn.
]]> 02 Mar 2007 06:18:32