Hidden away in the Scottish countryside above Loch Ness, sits serene Devil's Ridge Manor. But its tranquillity is deceptive. For some time now there has been an increasing number of ghosts and supernatural phenomena at the manor. At the request of the famous physicist and owner of the manor Allister Mac Farley, private investigator Alan P. Cameron leaves his Chicago office for the mists of his ancestral land. Does the fabled sea monster play a part in the goings-on? Confronted by strange phenomena, the player must help Cameron with his investigation, from the obscure corners of the Medieval castle, to the old scientist's secret laboratory and finally to the troubled waters of Loch Ness to solve the mystery.
Search a Darkened Movie Theater to Free a Hostage from her Captor’s Dangerous Plot!
When a high school friend gets kidnapped in a historic theater, you, as Nancy Drew, are plunged into a desperate race against the clock. With the theater being torn down in just three days, can Nancy outwit the kidnapper and rescue her friend before the wrecking ball flies? Or will this be Maya’s final scene?
Trainz is a series of 3D train simulator video games. The simulators consist of route and session editors called Surveyor, and the Driver module, that loads a route and lets the player operate and watch the trains run, either in "DCC" mode or "CAB" mode.
This expansion pack to "Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance", developed by Cyberlore Studios and published by Microsoft, is another title in the highly successful Mechwarrior series.
9 new single-player missions wrapped in a thrilling new story; 6 new multiplayer- only maps including new locations and new versions of your old favourites; 14 new weapons including the m60 machine gun and the futuristic p90; an all new Lone Wolf multiplayer mode one heavily armed operative takes on all the rest! The winner of the first round becomes the Lone Wolf in the next; all the classic game types from Roque Spear: defend , terrorist hunt, assault, recon and more.
An annoying protagonist, an ordinary school life, a few friends here and there. This is the story of a young man who falls in love willingly, and perhaps of a couple young women who fall in love somewhat less willingly.
Gothic is a single-player action role-playing video game for Windows developed by the German company Piranha Bytes. It was first released in Germany on March 15, 2001, followed by the English North American release eight months later on November 23, 2001, and the Polish release on March 28, 2002.
Gothic has been well received by critics, scoring an average of 80% and 81/100 on Game Rankings' and Metacritic's aggregates, respectively. Reviewers credited the game for its story, complex interaction with other in-game characters, and graphics, but criticized it for the difficult control scheme and high system requirements.
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.