Playing and How To Make Money Software for Windows

GoKnot
$16 - dyBOT

GoKnot is a complete Windows Go solution. Go (Japanese) is the oriental game aka Wei Qi (Chinese) and Baduk (Korean). GoKnot can be used for playing, both locally or on the Internet. It is also a tool for editing and analyzing games.

GoKnot as a playing tool:

* GnuGo 3.6 engine for playing included
* Analysis, best moves list, what if ..
* Hints during play
* It is modular and open. The engine can be replaced

GoKnot as a games/problems edition tool:

* Complete support of the SGF 4.0 standard
* Conversion of older SGF versions
* Edition of symbols, remarks, etc.
* Game trees edition capacities: extracting individual branches, merging, cropping trees, etc.
* Game maps!!
* Realistic boards with customizable board and stone bitmaps
* Splits game collections to multiple files
* Sketch gobans for testing on a copy
* Complete editable timing game records
* Easy annotation for SGF standards

GoKnot as an IGS client:

* Display hints while playing a game
* While playing you may ask "what if" questions
* While playing you may try variations on a sketch goban where the engine plays as your opponent
* Observing multiple IGS games in multiple boards
* You can observe up to 24 games simultaneously
* Storing the games with complete timing records
* Most of these features are not found in any other software

More features:

* Gobans can be floated, restored or resized by simple mouse clicks.
* GoKnot can be used as a debugger for developing GKE engines
* Board and stone textures can be created by the user

Install and uninstall:

* Friendly install and uninstall with support for updating previous versions
* Uninstall fully restores: erases any files installed and any registry keys created
* The program verifies its integrity making sure it is 100% virus free

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Bacteria Solitaire
$0 - Justgames.ch

Can you imagine playing a game in a bacteria-infested environment? Well, it?s not really that scary playing Bacteria Solitaire. It?s just playing solitaire with a friendly host of bacteria, to be precise. These amiable bacteria monsters will accompany you while you play the classic game of solitaire. The rules of play are identical to standard solitaire where you are required to fill up the four slots at the top right hand corner of the screen with ascending order of each shape of cards starting from an Ace. And to do that, you have to form alternately colored rows of cards in the playing area and this has to be done in descending order. While shifting the cards around to form these rows, you will be exposing the hidden cards which can be then opened. There is also a stack of cards at the top left corner that you can use to get new options once the movement of cards in the playing area becomes stagnant. And when you get all the four slots of different shaped cards filled, you win the game. Bacteria Solitaire adds that extra nerve-wrecking touch to the engaging game of solitaire. Those little creatures are quite the companions for a round of card games, really.

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Block Shifter
$8 - MG Software

In this simple but addictive game, the playing field is filled with colored blocks. The object of the game is to remove all the blocks from the playing field. Do this by shifting and swapping blocks so that three blocks of the same color form a vertical or horizontal line. When three blocks form a line, they are removed from the playing field and any blocks above them drop down. To swap two blocks just position the mouse over them and click the left mouse button. To shift a row or column of blocks just click on the arrows. The challenge is to clear the board with as few shifts and swaps as possible.
TOP-10 scores are recorded for all difficulty levels.
System: Pentium or 80486, 256+ colors, 1.3 Meg on hard drive.
Ray-traced blocks look best with high-color or true-color.

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Jumpers
$8 - MG Software

Like Hi-Q, the playing field is filled with dragon jumpers. Use the mouse to make a jumper jump another jumper. When a jumper is jumped it is removed from the playing field. The object of the game is to jump and remove as many jumpers as you can. If you end the game with only one jumper remaining, you win, but this is very difficult to do. There are several playing fields to master.
TOP-10 scores are recorded for all difficulty levels.
Listen to 27 different classical music scores from Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, and Chopin. SoundBlaster support for music, sound effects and voices.
TOP-10 scores are recorded for all difficulty levels.
Get the Win 95/98/nt version from
All Windows versions need: Pentium or 80486, 256+ colors, 1.1 Meg on hard drive.

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StopGame Home Edition
$19.95 - AskMeSoft

StopGame is an ideal computer program designed to help parents control the time their children spend playing computer games. The same of course applies to employers wishing to put a stop on the time their employees waste playing computer games on the job. Control is made possible by a set of intervals delimiting when a listed game may or may not be played. A time limit for play for each day or even for an entire week can also be set. StopGame will terminate any program from the "games" list that will attempt to break the rules you set yourself. You will be able to control anyone's use of the computer for games or any other applications even if you are not at home or in the office! New feature: add standart Windows games (like Minesweeper, Pinball, etc.) to the game list with one click!

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Amusive Chess
$0 - MyPlayCity.com

Chess is an intellectual game of all times. Now it you can insert it into your PC so that you can play the game whenever you like, with no need of a counterpart player. The chess simulator will help you to master your chess playing skills, to train your intellectual capacity and, above all, give you lots of entertainment. Wreck your brain with this game! It is the most powerful chess simulator available on a personal computer, playing at grandmaster level at its top strength. You can probe you chess playing skills with this simulator and get prepared to chess matches in real life with your friends and acquaintances! Try this brain-twisting game and have fun.

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