In this online-only game, you buy classic cars, customize their performance to your liking, and race them against opponents around the world. The game was plagued with technical issues and met its end in August 29th 2003.
Get a hefty dose of Diablo with the Diablo Battle Chest. This collection contains Diablo II, the Diablo II: Lord of Destruction expansion set, the original Diablo, as well as an expanded strategy guide from BradyGames covering both Diablo II and the Lord of Destruction expansion set. With each game, you'll enter a dark fantasy world of monsters, spells, and unique characters. This Diablo collection takes you on a journey to the heart of evil.
Quake III: Gold brings you the most lethal duo on the planet in an Arena collection guaranteed to leave you black, blue and begging for more. Welcome to the Arena, where high-ranking warriors are transformed into spineless mush. Abandoning every ounce of common sense and any trace of doubt, you lunge onto a stage of narrowing landscapes and veiled abysses. Your new environment rejects you with lava pits and atmospheric hazards as legions of foes surround you, testing the gut reaction that brought you here in the first place. Your new mantra, fight or be finished.
Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP is an add-on product for the Microsoft Windows XP operating system (OS) that includes additional desktop themes, screen savers, programs, and utilities. In addition to the functions of an OS, Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP contains 3 exclusive games which were not available for purchase by themselves:
- Hyperbowl Plus! Edition
- The Labyrinth Plus! Edition
- Russian Square Plus! Edition
A 3D Tetris-like puzzle game. Erase lines or columns by regrouping shapes of the same color. More columns or rows appear at a faster pace as the game progresses resulting in a race against the clock.
All of the games use 3D graphics, themes, sound effects and music to take advantage of the operating system's DirectX capabilities.
HyperBowl Plus! Edition is a 3D bowling-style video game made in 2001 by HyperEntertainment. It was published by Microsoft, and could only be accessed by use of a Microsoft Plus! CD-ROM.
The version of HyperBowl included in Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP contains two of the six lanes initially available (Classic and Pins of Rome) and is designed for a single player. When the upgrade has been purchased and installed, four additional lanes are installed. Multiplayer support is also enabled, allowing up to four players to bowl and keep track of their scores during a game.
HyperBowl is similar to a basic game of ten-pin bowling: the goal is to knock down as many of the ten pins as possible within thirty seconds. Unlike in normal bowling, the lane also contains obstacles, like moving vehicles in the Tokyo and San Francisco lanes and trees in the Yosemite lane. The player can use a mouse or trackball to guide the ball while it's moving in order to avoid obstacles and aim for the pins. A clock at the upper-right corner
The Labyrinth Plus! Edition is a computer game for Windows XP. It consists of a 3-D maze puzzle in which the objective of the game is to get a ball to the end of a maze, using dots on the board to guide the player around the obstacles.
Arcade combat racer developed by K-D Lab (now KD Vision) for the PC. Notably, it features a tactical, turn-based mode for "people who do not have good reflexes."
Walking with Beasts: Operation Salvage is a CD-ROM tie in to the series Walking with Beasts. It was only released in Europe. The game is set in 2027 where time travelers are sent to different times and places in prehistory by The World Wildlife Bionetwork. A female agent named Vega has defected to a rival organisation who is trying to capture the beasts. The player's job is to find her, as well as destroy enemy equipment and free captured beasts.
Agent Hlina is an adventure game from 1C. This is one of the first Russian projects where all characters are clay-made. Owing to this technology heroes and characters look very comical and thus the whole picture considerably differs from classically drawn quests. Though clay is a very attractive material, and there is a great tradition of clay-toons in Russia, game developers did not attempt to make a fuss-clay game for a long time. Modeling of clay creatures is a long and hard business, yet it looks quite simple on the face of it...
Carrera Racing is a racing game based on the famous toy. Like in the original the player only has to control the speed and change lanes, there is no steering involved. Depending on the chosen mode - arcade or classic - changing lanes is only possible at certain parts of the course. Bonus fields give additional effects, e.g. more or less speed.
This is a special edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and includes the following additional features:
- Two new aircraft, the Cessna 208 Grand Caravan and the Rayethon BE58 Baron.
- A Flight Instructor's Station which allows a pilot to monitor and interact with students while they fly.
- An editor that can be used to create new buildings and aircraft or to alter the flight physics of existing planes.
Vicky wants to join the vikings on their next journey but the crew think he isn't ready yet. To prove how strong Vicky is he needs to beat some of the vikings into challenges, but since he isn't the strongest he needs to come up with clever ideas to win.
Putzgrila is a sports trivia game created by journalist Milton Neves, developed by Banana Kelly Softwares, and published by Brasoft. It features more than 1.500 questions about motor racing, basketball, soccer, tennis, and volleyball.
The goal is to become a master of sports but be careful not to screw up because the Rooster will always be watching you and will not forgive any serious fouls. Got a mess in the midfield? You can count on the help of the fans, or maybe the officials can also give you a hand.