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After Dark Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Me and my whole family love this package of games! There are such a large variety of games. They have great graphics and many of the games really make the children think and learn without them knowing it!

love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: April 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

i first tried a downloaded version of this game but it had limited time and by the time it ran out i was addicted!i had to get it . best games i played on the computer in a long time.

When is it coming back? ?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I would like to see this come back .. I am interested beacause my nephew has it and I really enjoyed the game .. graphics and sounds were good... so can we see it come back.. I will be the first to get it..

i love this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

it might be a kid game but there is a lot that can teach us adults it is very fun i especially like bad dog and roof rats he he..........missy

Toaster on the run

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It is a fun game with a cool toaster game in it!

Toaster on the run

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It is a fun game with a cool toaster game in it!

The potato chip of video games

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

System on which this was tried out: Pentium III 733 MHz, nVidia TNT 2 Pro, 128 MB RAM, Win98, with a monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution. (Mind you, the games herein aren't the type to put one's hardware acceleration to the test.)

Installation is *very* fast. The installer lets you specify the drive and directory in which the game will be installed (except for the Sierra utilities package), but not the icon's group; they'll wind up in the top-level menu.

Being a Sierra product, the installer will install Sierra utilities in your startup menu if you don't already have it, with no option to skip them (although you can uninstall it separately); the utilities are the Sierra-typical uninstall/readme/support/auto-update. Auto-update, if invoked, asks you to connect to the net, searches your system for Sierra products, then queries Cendant Software's site to check for any patches or other updates, including updates to the Sierra utilities package itself. The Sierra utilities wind up under Program Files on drive C, no matter where the user asked the actual game to install, and the icon for the utilities is added to the start menu.

The bonus screensaver, when active, isn't *just* a screensaver showing what the various games look like, but provides a row of icons that link into the various games. As for the 11 games themselves, here's what they're like.

_Solitaire_ is completely separate from the standard MS solitaire. A player must be added to the game by name the first time it's played; after that, Solitaire keeps score until you ask it to clear itself. The face card figures are Bad Dog (the kings), the Hula twins (the queens), fish (jack); toasters are superimposed on the aces. If you quit a game, any exposed face cards and aces change (e.g. cage appears around toasters).

5 games are puzzles. _Bad Dog 911_ gives you a scrambled set of letters; find a set of words at least 3 letters long within a time limit. (A window cleaner hanging off a dial clock can scramble to safety if you get enough words.) In _Fish Shtick_, each scrambled set of letters (one per fish, swimming across the screen) forms a word; get the word before the fish reach the finish line, then on to the next word. _Zapper_ gives you yes/no trivia questions with a time limit for each. In _Moo Shu_, the player slowly demolishes a pyramid of tiles by removing matching exposed pairs; the game gives you a fortune cookie when you finish. _Roof Rats'_ objective is to rescue tenants from the roof of the building by removing blocks of rooms under them (old lady has to be brought to the ground, kangaroo can hop down from a few levels up, etc.)

_Hula Girl_ is related to pinball and PacMan; the player's hula twin must jump from platform to platform as they roll up the screen, dodging her evil twin and 'yucky' things, trying to pick up extra hula hoops and treats. (_Mowin' Maniac_ is *very* similar to PacMan, but your character drives a lawnmower.)

_Toaster Run_ is the cutest of the lot. You as a flying toaster have to navigate the dangers of a house to find Super Guy and return him to his crib, collecting bread for extra energy and toys for extra points. Drawback: navigation through *arrow keys* (ouch). Tradeoff for clever graphics: the layout of the house is fixed.

_Foggy Boxes_ - taking turns with the computer to draw lines on a grid to 'control' boxes - does nothing for me. Neither does_Rodger Dodger_, an abstract collect-items-without-being-hit game. But 8 decent games out of 11 isn't bad. Overall, the package is a pleasant way to clear your mind or kill a little time without getting too involved.

Roof Rats

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played the demo on my laptop. Now I would like to purchase it but cannot find it anywhere. Is it available?

Ora

after dark games the best games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i really enjoy this group of games, there is something for everyone. im hooked on this and so is my whole family thanks

It's a lot of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After dark game is enjoyable, and my kids love it. but I do think they should have added spades to it. But and all It's a lot of fun.

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