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Ever dreamed about sailing out to a island, completely forgotten by the humanity, a place where you can be all alone and no one touch you?

Or... Have you ever dreamed about controlling an island defense, for preventing enemy waves?

Netstorm Islands at War is the game for you, until now you've only been able to fight against the large waves of armies. But thanks to Ermuli, your now also able to fight big waves of boxscans. "Back to the war soldier, we need you!"

Well, today Abandonia staff had a little fun with our secret Minigolf courses.

Suddenly, we hit "The hole of Doom!" (which is number 8 by the way). When we thought we were supposed to be attacked by something evil and big or our servers to shut down, we got a BIG surprise!

In the hole, a nice folded manual from our fellow friend Ermuli appeared, it was a manual for Mini Putt!

How lovely, now I finally knows how to play minigolf on my computer! 

Stripped of all possessions and wealth, you've been dropped naked and defenseless into the slums of Purgatory by order of Namtar, the Beast From The Pit. No one escapes Purgatory alive, and few know the luxury to die in bed within her walls.

Teamwork is the keyword. The guys from Interplay made Dragon Wars, Ermuli supplied it as floppy image plus reference card and boxshots, Pex played the game, wrote the review and took screenshots, and Geezer scanned and assembled the manual.
So it's a complete game update - or "PERFECT!", as the announcer of The King of Iron Fist Tournament would say.

Now that I have your attention...

Beat up teddy bears with pointy objects, thrown at a 45 degree angle from a guy with a triangle for a head! Having said that, in Boppin you must throw non-pointy things to form patterns with other non-pointy matching things and free monsters. Are you cunning enough to win...

Thanks to SlowCoder for providing the archive.

Here's something for the big boys, that like the thought about Valhalla and battle all the day.

I'm talking about boxshots for Prophecy 1 - The Viking Child, he's not the biggest viking himself... yet, but I'm very sure that he would love these wonderful boxshots contributed by our fellow viking, Ermuli. 

Oh... I have to go now, Valhalla calls!

"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
- Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, August 3, 1914

The First World War certainly is amongst the events which had most influence to mankind until today. History Line 1914-1918 (aka The Great War 1914-1918) lets you experience the origin, course and outcome of WWI from the general's point of view. The only question is which side you prefer to lead into battle: the mighty Central Powers or the brave Entente. Challenge your own and your friend's strategic skills in this intriguing and entertaining game!

Leaving the safety of Camelot's walls, Arthur reaches the Holy Lands. For only there he could find the Holy Grail and end the age of the pagan gods. The Old Ones are facing the dusk of their power, while Christianity is only at its dawn. Prove yourself worthy of your title, Arthur, and kill the demons still shadowing our backs!

Sailing the mediterranean waters might be too difficult without help, so ultimaIX supplied us with an original map encompassing the European and Middle Eastern lands, and also the boxshots for the game.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
It is a time of great competition in the Galaxy. An uneasy state of peace has been established between the weakened forces of the Galactic Empire and the growing Rebel Alliance. During this uncertain period of truce, the old adversaries settle their differences through the ancient, eternal game of CHESS. With their greatest heroes as champions, the Empire and the Rebels fight battles of the mind. It is a new kind of warfare. One that will decide the fate of planets, civilizations and the future...

Have a look at the review by forced check-mate Saccade

Last week was 'Earth Day', did you notice?

As an (admittedly late) tribute to the spirit of this special day, EcoQuest - The Search for Cetus and EcoQuest 2 - Lost Secret of the Rainforest each receive a complete set of boxshots.

ultimaIX once again opened his treasure chest and provided us with this precious material, so some special thanks go out to him. This time we send them using 100% recycled electrons.

The cycle of time undulates, almost rhytmically. Destiny repeats itself; empires rise and fall, power shifts from one side to another, but there is always a manual. Or two...

...since we already have a manual for Dark Legions, scanned by red_avatar. The new one is the official digital version, which looks cleaner and is smaller in filesize because it was written directly as PDF. So, use this one simply for practice and the old one for the feeling. Additionally, the official digital pack provides the manual as TXT and the data card in both mentioned formats.

See what seems like an extraplosion for yourself! ...and pray that your browser can handle seven extra documents.

The Cosmos is waiting for you! A new life, new opportunities, a ship and total freedom... Sail the solar winds and discover if the universe is as hollow as it seems to be. Be a pirate or a trader, customize your ship, buy weapons and upgrades, visit exotic alien planets, fight for your survival - become a true Space Elite! (and I swear before the abandonian god, this is not an advertisement)

Today we bring to the masses wizardofOz's boxshots for Elite Plus, Microplay's remake of 1985's space simulation, Elite. 

Directly from your favourite fantasy novel, the Warlords are back on your PC. Being one of the rare games which may claim to have influenced a whole genre, Warlords can be considered as basic knowledge for every strategy gamer. Come with us to Illuria - a land full of different creatures, mighty heroes and dark wizards awaits you!


Today we have reached a new milestone:

1000 games are downloadable! Congrats to the team and all contributors!

You are at the bottom of a stairway, in the depths of the temple. Another exit leads southeast from here with the word 'WOBNIAR' engraved in large letters above it.
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A five by four grid of coloured squares makes up the floor of this bright room. Each of the squares is a colour of the rainbow.
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There are many ways to die in this world, many are heroic, some may even be worthwhile. Stepping on the wrong square is an extremely colourful way to go, with the entire spectrum seeming to dive into one eye, crawl around inside your head for a while and depart through the other eye. It's a real shame that such a colourful death is no way heroic, and certainly not worthwhile.

So I made a pointless map of this room. Apart from beeing pointless, it looks confusing and it seems I confused North and South to cause even more confusion. Don't know why - perhaps it is not a good thing to be interested in geography, having some quirky special world maps where the directions are changed or quirky special world maps which are centred in one of the poles or quirky special world maps where the cut goes through the Atlantic Ocean instead of the Pacific one... I should have added a caption reading: The making of this map was colourful but in no way heroic, and certainly not worthwhile.

In Thexder, you play such a robot. No, not a Transformer. A real robot. With a homing laser and some shields.

Why are you still here? Go play it!

Thanks to The Coop and SlowCoder for providing the game, and Geezer for providing a multitude of extras.