Simulation Games for the PC

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it still provides players with the awesome experience of strumming chords and bending notes against guitar rock legends like <I>Rage Against the Machine's</I> Tom Morello and <I>Guns 'n' Roses'</I> Slash plus a plethora of others like <I>Weezer, Tenacious D, Beastie Boys,</I> and <I>Smashing Pumpkins.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock</I> is a definite step-up and makes the fun world of fantasy air-guitar very realistic!<I> </I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aspyr.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aspyr.com/"><U><B>www.aspyr.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="76b7d240.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id63_m.htm" TITLE="Simulation Games for the PC"><U>Back To Top</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="25f0b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7645c860.png" border=0 width="92" height="134" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#66CCFF" FACE="Calibri" ><B>7 Wonders</B></FONT></div> <div> Journey where no one has ever gone before. Travel to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and trek through the Mediterranean islands to behold the glory of ancient Greece.</div> <div> Your mission is to build the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Time is short and the journey is filled with peril. You must match three same-colored magical rune coins to supply your workers with the building stones needed to create the Seven Wonders.</div> <div> Embark through sands of time on your journey through 49 colorful and challenging levels. Collect valuable power-ups and make sure you keep a watchful eye out for secret bonuses. See if you have what it takes to conquer this action-adventure puzzler!</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">49 colorful and challenging levels</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Learn historical information about the 7 Wonders from "The Professor"</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Collect exciting power-ups and secret bonuses</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Replay the game a second and third time, both with increasing difficulty for a total of 147 levels of game play</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Free-play mode allows you to go back and play any completed level, any time you like</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7655a820.png" border=0 width="90" height="130" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#66CCFF" FACE="Calibri" ><IMG SRC="7665a820.png" border=0 width="90" height="130" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0">CHAINZ</FONT></div> <div> Unchain you mind with Chainz, a challenging and colorful puzzle game of logic. Rotate links to form chains of matching colors. Set up chain reactions and incorporate bonus links for big rewards. Featuring two unique game modes and a special hint feature to help you when you’re stuck, this exciting puzzle game is sure to keep you chained to your mouse for hours.</div> <div> Re-enter the exciting realm of link-matching madness with Chainz 2: Relinked, the thrilling sequel to Chainz.  Rotate links to create matches of three or more, or use the four-way link to make matches around corners and clear the board. Advance through 200 challenging levels with four incredible ways to play, including Classic, Arcade, Strategy and Puzzles modes.  Collapse links with power-ups and create chain reactions. Unleash Bombs to remove surrounding links, or Lightning Bolts to blast away entire rows and columns. Activate the Freezer to delay, collapse and rack up as many collapses as you can! Spell the word “Chainz” to add huge bonus points to your score.</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Two unique game modes: Normal and Time Attack</div> <div>     * Bright, colorful graphics and full-screen display</div> <div>     * Wacky sound effects and soundtrack</div> <div>     * Hint feature for when you’re stuck</div> <div>     * Unique chain-linking game play</div> <div>     * Valuable bonus links </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="76778a00.png" border=0 width="120" height="160" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#66CCFF" FACE="Calibri" ><B>HIP GAME PACK</B></FONT></div> <div> The Hip Game Pack offers six exciting and challenging games! Test your knowledge with the brain-busting word and trivia games, put your skills to the test with the exhilarating puzzle games or try your hand at the thrilling card game. Each game offers something different for hours of endless fun!</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Trivia Machine</B></I></div> <div> Test your knowledge strategy as you climb to the top of the ladder, answering fun and challenging questions along the way.</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Over 7,000 trivia questions in nine fun categories</div> <div>     * Automatically download new questions</div> <div>     * Fun, challenging and educational</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Flip Word</B></I></div> <div> You'll flip over this new word game as you click on letters to make words that ultimately reveal familiar phrases for you to solve.</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Fun, addictive and easy-to-learn game play</div> <div>     * Create your own or automatically download new phrases</div> <div>     * Global high scores let's you compare with others</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Five Card Deluxe</B></I></div> <div> Place cards on the table and form poker hands to score points in this exciting and challenging game of solitaire and poker, together in one.</div> <div> Key Games Features:</div> <div>     * Four modes of play including Joker's Wild and Tournament</div> <div>     * Play against the clock or without a timer</div> <div>     * Compare your scores with others</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Puzzle Express</B></I></div> <div> Travel cross country, grabbing and connecting colorful puzzle pieces to fill up train cars and reveal beautiful pictures.</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Hundreds of pictures to reveal</div> <div>     * Automatically download new pictures</div> <div>     * Add your favorite photos </div> <bR> <div> <I><B> Jig Words</B></I></div> <div> Click on letters to spell words and reveal fun photos. Compete against the clock or against a friend as you seek to find all the possible words.</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Two modes of play: Jig Words or Letter Racing</div> <div>     * Exciting Word Duel bonus rounds</div> <div>     * Add and share your favorite photos </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Digby's Donuts</B></I></div> <div> Help Digby catch, stack and drop colorful donuts to form matches and combos as he opens a chain of donut shops across the country.</div> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Two modes of play: Franchise and Arcade</div> <div>     * Unique bonus levels to test your donut shop skills</div> <div>     * Global high scores for friendly competition</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7685a820.png" border=0 width="90" height="130" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#66CCFF" FACE="Calibri" ><B>POLAR GAMES</B></FONT></div> <div> Help your cool Arctic friends hit a hole in one or score a strike in this polar double pack.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Polar Bowler</B></I></div> <div> Join the coolest group of characters to ever hit the lanes for some Arctic fun. Polar Bowler has crazy action and loads of friendly characters straight from the Arctic North.  You control the action as you steer Polar Bowler around obstacles and watch him plunge head first into the pins. Test your skills and bring your friends – multiplayer mode will provide you with hours of excitement to last through those long Arctic nights.</div> <bR> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * The funniest and most entertaining bowling game yet</div> <div>     * Use arcade-style power-ups to multiply your score and knock down pins</div> <div>     * Steer your Arctic buddy around obstacles while collecting power-ups</div> <div>     * Seven challenging lanes and six characters to choose from</div> <div>     * Four players can compete to find out who is the champion of Polar Bowler</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Polar Golfer</B></I></div> <div> Fore! This is the coolest golfing game you will ever encounter. Choose from eight of the wildest golfers to ever hit the links. Now you really can “be the ball” as you steer and slide the ball from the tee to hole. Fly through bonus rings for a boost of power, a free stroke or more points to help you take the championship.  Play against the computer or challenge up to four of your friends. This game is a hole in one for fun!</div> <bR> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <div>     * Control the ball in mid air</div> <div>     * Play 18 challenging holes at the Polar Country Club</div> <div>     * Scoop up bonus points and shoot insane distances with Power Rings</div> <div>     * Choose from eight different outlandish characters</div> <div>     * Compete with up to four players to become the Polar Golfer Champion</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="769b1fa0.png" border=0 width="177" height="250" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#66CCFF" FACE="Calibri" ><B>Reaxxion</B></FONT></div> <div> Like no breakout game before it, Reaxxion is a unique entertainment experience that will capture your imagination and excite your senses.  Generate and absorb balls into the liquid metal paddle, or transform balls into golden, brick-busting dynamos in the "Reaxxion Chamber".</div> <bR> <div> With nine smashing power-ups and secret challenge levels, this electrifying game features the ultimate in variety and player-controlled action.</div> <bR> <div> Key Game Features:</div> <bR> <div>     * 200 hand-crafted levels with animated backgrounds</div> <div>     * Allows for multiple playing styles and strategies, plus rewards for creative play</div> <div>     * Three exciting modes of play</div> <div>     * Superior quality graphics and 60 minutes of CD quality music</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mumbojumbo.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mumbojumbo.com/"><U>www.mumbojumbo.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id63_m.htm" TITLE="Simulation Games for the PC"><U>Back To Top</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="25f0b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="75fc8f30.png" border=0 width="200" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="761c81f0.png" border=0 width="200" height="287" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="762b6140.png" border=0 width="438" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Defeat Spider-Man’s most famous enemies, like Venom™, Green Goblin™, and Doc Ock™to add them to your epic array of playable sidekicks in this movie trilogy inspired adventure. Experience ground-breaking Co-operative Multiplayer, as Spider-Man or a sidekick, in exotic spots around the globe, including Tokyo, Egypt and Nepal.</div> <div> Inspired by the Spider-Man™ movies, this Action Adventure game reinterprets big-screen moments and battles with a humorous twist. Replay chapters with different sidekicks and eventually with Black-Suited Spider-Man™ .</div> <div> Game Features</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Choose a sidekick from your allies – Pick from a long list of Spider-Man™'s allies like Blade®, Ironfist® and Prowler®, and swap between sidekicks at any time. Spider-Man™ and any chosen sidekick can unleash lethal combos against opponents.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fight against movie villains, then alongside – Face off against infamous movie villains using an innovative combat system. Combat Doc Ock in his lab, Sandman in a construction site, and Green Goblin on the rooftop of Oscorp. Then turn bad guys into good. Once defeated, they become your sidekicks.         </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70140ffcc6600.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Team up in two-player co-op – Share the fun with a friend or sibling! One of you plays Spider-Man and the other controls one of Spider-Man’s powerful sidekicks. You can play Co-operatively through every world, area and level. Team up to accomplish more powerful moves that will blow away the villains.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Enjoy details inspired by the Spider-Man™ movies – Movie villains are just the beginning. You also get to experience costumes, battle scenes and spoofed scenes, all inspired by the first three Spider-Man™ movies.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Come back for more, again and again – Replay each chapter with a different sidekick and eventually with Black-Suited Spider-Man™. Unlock additional characters such as New Goblin® and Silver Sable®. Fight in diverse worlds, from an island jungle and a New York training ground to Transylvania and Nepal.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.activision.com/index.html#home|en_US" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.activision.com/index.html#hom"><U>www.activision.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="763a0300.png" border=0 width="160" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id63_m.htm" TITLE="Simulation Games for the PC"><U>Back To Top</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="25f0b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>