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| Argo Checkers 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| User rating: No rating | DOS Shareware (partial game) | Traditional | ||||||||||||||||
| Developed by Argo Games | Compatibility guide | |||||||||||||||||
| Published by Software Creations (Impulse Software) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graphics: VGA 320×200×256c | ||||||||||||||||||
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Argo Checkers is a VGA version of the ancient game known as Checkers or Draughts. Around the world, the game is played with different board sizes and capturing rules, but this version is played on an 8×8 board with the capturing rules commonly used in Britain and North America. That means that men can only capture forward, kings can capture in any direction, and men cannot continue capturing if they capture into the promotion row. Capturing is compulsory, and a piece can and must continue to capture if it is able to jump multiple pieces but, unlike some international variants, the player is not obligated to take the path that leads to the greatest number of captures. That is, if a piece can make two captures by jumping left, or three captures by jumping right, the player can choose which move to play. Black is supposed to go first, but in this game red goes first. The game is for two human players only. Registered users can play against Craniac, a powerful computer opponent. Downloads
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| Hexxagon 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| User rating: No rating | DOS Shareware (partial game) | Traditional | ||||||||||||||||
| Developed by Argo Games | Compatibility guide | |||||||||||||||||
| Published by Software Creations (Impulse Software) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graphics: VGA 320×200×256c | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hexxagon is based on the board and video game, Ataxx, which itself was based on a board game called Infection. The board and squares are now hexagonal, with three spaces missing in the center. Both players start with three pieces, and your goal is to fill the board with more pieces than your opponent. Every move, you have the option of "moving" one of your pieces one space in any direction, which causes it to replicate into the new space, or to move it two spaces, which causes it to leap to the new space without replicating. In either case, any adjacent enemy pieces are converted into friendly pieces (switch color). It's a very simple game to learn, but is as difficult to master as most other traditional board games. Users can play against another human or a computer opponent that has three difficulty levels. Registered users get Hexxagon II, which features a new board, new graphics and sounds, and a slighter harder computer opponent. Downloads
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| Night Raid 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| User rating: No rating | DOS Shareware (partial game) | Arcade | ||||||||||||||||
| Developed by Argo Games | Compatibility guide | |||||||||||||||||
| Published by Software Creations (Impulse Software) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graphics: VGA 320×200×256c | ||||||||||||||||||
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Night Raid is a modern take on Missile Command. Airplanes fly by and drop paratroopers, and you have to shoot them down with your lone gun. If more than a couple (or so) of them survive, you lose. Sounds too hard, right? The good news is that you have "unlimited" ammo, although every shot costs you one point. When you shoot down airplanes and missiles, the debris will kill any paratroopers it hits, even if they already safely landed, which is a lot of help as the game progresses. The game ends instantly if a missile hits the ground, though. Quite a fun game. There are 9 extra levels in the registered version.
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| Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
| User rating: 7 | DOS Shareware-turned-freeware | Fighting | ||||||||||||||||
| Developed by Argo Games | Compatibility guide | |||||||||||||||||
| Published by Apogee Software | ||||||||||||||||||
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This fighting game has extremely impressive graphics and sound, for a DOS game. The game rips off a number of other games for "satirical purposes." The characters look like they're made of clay, and one of the songs in the soundtrack rips off the Mortal Kombat mix. The story is that the characters are fighting for the right to propagate, which is rough to say the least. Control one of 10 monsters and rip the other monsters a new one. The only Apogee game to ever be released as a public beta. DownloadsComplete version history:
AvailabilityArgo Games generously released this game as freeware under the Xenophage Freeware License in April 2006.
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