Word Games

If you're a lover of word games, then the internet is a gold-mine, through it can sometimes be hard to find games that are both good and free. East of the Web's games are both simple and addictive

Game: feed the cat

Game: feed the cat

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Plasma Pong

Plasma Pong was named one of the top five indie games by the influential tech
site Wired.com.

PLASMA PONG is a variation of PONG that utilizes
real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game.
In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum
from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities
have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a
fast-paced and exciting game.

HOW TO PLAY:

• To score, you must get the ball past the opposing player's paddle
• The ball swims with the currents of the fluid
• Scoring will increase the level, causing the ball to be more reactive to the fluid
• To move the ball, you need to manipulate the fluid. Here's how:

Hold the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON to shoot jet of
plasma out of the paddle

Hold the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to suction the
plasma and ball back to the paddle

Release the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to blast a
shockwave!

Good Luck!

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Astro Battle 2

ASTRO BATTLE 2
It you think the space ships in Warning Forever or Rrootage aren't good
enough, why don't you just build you own? You can with 10 Astro Battle 2, a game
where skill in assembling a deadly fighting machine from power generators,
thrusters, cannons, and cockpits is equally as important as your skill with a
joy stick. To test your theories of weaponry, the game has constantly raging
fight on Astro Battle's home page. The fighting itself is top-down 2D, which is
generally lame, but works well for testing the strength of armaments and
munitions instead of a person's fighting skill.

Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows XP

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Cool games (Adobe Shockwave must be installed)

Have not tried all of these but the ones I have tried were worth a second play

Desktop Tower Defense

Game Description

Desktop Tower Defense

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A live action puzzle game written for fun in flash. You have to stop your enemies, or “creeps,” from traveling all the way across the screen. Tower pieces can be purchased and placed on the map to kill the creeps before they make it across.

Game Instructions:

1-6 selects a Tower & 0 deselects. U upgrades the selected Tower. S sells the selected Tower. Holding down Shift allows you to place multiple Towers one after the other. Space to toggle pause.

Double Wires

The best part of the Spider-Man movies is when Spidey shoots webbing around so he can swing from one building to another. If your swing gene is itching, scratch it with Double Wires, a Adobe Macromedia Shockwave game you don't even have to download to play--although you may need to download the Shockwave player.

Double Wires has a sparsely drawn, vaguely humanoid figure who also can shoot sticky strands from his wrists as he swings among abstract blobs. You do the strand shooting by place your cursor on a blob and clicking. It's harder than it sounds. And more fun too. Think of it has a game that only has the good part.

Tetris in your Web Browser

Tetris ON your browser

"And Yet It Moves"

"And Yet It Moves" is basically a mixture between a jump and run and a puzzle game, with the extra ability to rotate the world. The player can run left, right and jump, but can also turn the world clockwise and counterclockwise by 90 degrees. When this happens physics works the following way: as soon as rotation starts all objects get frozen and after rotation objects continue to move with their velocities (direction and speed) they had before. With this ability you can move objects and yourself but also need to keep orientation and watch out for dangerous situations. Don't worry though, you' re made out of paper so you can die as often as you want to.

The overall goal is to get through this collage of ripped paper. And if you are quick - and don´t die too often - you might get into the highscore list.

Sharpshooter's Miniature Golf 4.27

Sharpshooter's Miniature Golf is 3D miniature golf fully realized for up to 4 players, and the game includes pinball bumpers, conveyor belts, warp zones, water and sand hazards, oscillating blocks, tilted slopes, and railings that all react and interact with your ball's movement. There are 135 complete and unique holes and at the same time it is a completely customizable minigolf world with you at design controls which are entirely easy to use.

Everybody Panic! Line Game.

If you don't like the hard games, here's another that you won't like. It's the Everybody Panic! Line Game. I did so poorly I won't give you my embarrassingly low score. The only instructions? Stay in the black... [Thanks to Paul C. for this gem.]

ALIEN ARENA

Alien Arena

 

Alien Arena 2007 6.03 has been released for Windows and Linux on January 23, 2007, nearly one year after the 2006 version.  My how much can change in one year!  It's amazing how the community has grown, and helped shape the game into what it is today.  It is safe to say, that AA2k7 barely resembles it's predecessor at all. 
What is different?  Well besides the upgrading of many textures, models, and effects, the engine has gotten a host of new features such as real time lighting and shadows, better dynamic lighting, shaders, new mutators, games modes, far too much to list here.  CRX 6.03 is not only faster, smoother than before, it's also much more stable and secure.  Most of all...it's the maps!  Now with 35 total maps, the changes to the arenas in which to frag your victims are breathtaking!

Gijji

[PLAY] Live Flash Games Online

COMMONSENSESECUITY

Common Sense Security

This site is designed to give an overview of what we can do to keep our computers safer and more secure while we are on the Internet. I have known the owner (Mark Rider) for a long time and confirm that his site is secure AND gives out some very useful advice. I can  recommend it highly.

Tony

Retro64 Computer Games Site

Retro64 Computer Games Site

Bugatron Worlds
Whimsical space shooting action! and THIS is only one of MANY games on this site and this is what they say:-

 

"We feel that with today's Internet technology, there is no reason for a small company to sacrifice service and support. At Retro64, we partner with only the finest services to keep our gamers happy. When you buy a game from Retro64, you can rest assured that your order is safe, and you will get your game right away. We also stand by the quality of our games and provide free technical support, even if you haven't purchased our games."

"Retro64 has only begun to create great games, so look out!"

Trivia Quizes. loads of them

The TriviaPark.com Quiz Selector

All the quizzes on our site are available through this page, including seasonal or topical quizzes that may not be listed in the menu bar at left. Just click the quiz names in the list. For those who like to follow the herd, as well as those who prefer the road less traveled, the recent popularity ranking of each quiz is given in brackets at right.

 

* Another quiz site you might like to try is the Smart or Stupid Test at
http://www.flashbynight.com/test/.  This one is timed - you only have a few
seconds to answer each question. At the end of the test it gives you a
score, and compares your score to the average score of everyone who has
taken the quiz.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Happy New Year to one an` all.
May the year ahead bring all that you desire and more.
If that includes a substantial lottery win my address is available on
request.

Best Wishes
Tony

BigFish games ONLINE

BigFish games ONLINE

A collection of the internet's best online puzzle, card and word games, all free to play.

Missile Game 3D

Missile Game 3D

The Missile Game 3D should keep you busy for a while, as well as keeping you up at night

RUBYTOOTH GAMES

RoobyTooth Games site has over 200 games for you to play Highly Recommended

Quake III Arena (Free)

If you live for the thrill of the deathmatch, download the third installment of the first-person shooter, designed with multiplaying in mind. Quake III: Arena puts you back in the darkened otherworldly corridors, where AI enemies prepare you for the more dangerous carbon-based adversaries found online.

In single-player mode, Quake III: Arena is split into six tiers of four arenas each. To progress to the next tier, you have to defeat your adversaries in all four arenas. Enhanced multiplayer features make it possible to play against opponents on the Internet even with a slow connection.

Price: Free

Go to the download page now:
Quake III: Arena

TETRIS (Online)

For Tetris lovers:

How do you play?  Shaped blocks fall into a pit where you must arrange them so they fit neatly.  A sort of juggling in one direction.  The more blocks you can place into a horizontal line simultaneously, the more you score.
And remember... take a break every few hours.

Double Wires Game

Double Wires Game

Left click to shoot your wire and swing as far as you can like Spiderman. Letting go of the mouse button will release the wire and let you fire another one.

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SPLASH BACK

Splash Back

Object of this fun puzzle game is to get all of the globs off the screen by pumping certain ones up and taking the rest out. You start with 10 drops in your tank. Use YOUR MOUSE to click on the blobs so that they grow until they burst. Create combos to earn more drops. How many levels can you clear

Free online Jigsaw new each day

Get your Daily Jigsaw fix on Shockwave

How fast can you solve today's puzzle?

BATTLE CHESS

BATTLE CHESS

Play chess as you have never played it before. Gruesome 3D animation and bone-crushing sound effects bring the game to life. Play against the computer or another person, or simply let the computer play against itself.

CHRONIC LOGIC Games site

CHRONIC LOGIC

Just a great games site

WHeeeeeeeeee Draw your own Ski Slope

 

Wheeeee! Draw your own ski slope

 

You'd never believe that you could create an addictive game in just two seconds with a swipe of your mouse.
But that's what you do with Line Rider, an amusing Flash cartoon in which you become the animator. Just click "Play," then "Continue." Draw a line and click the new Play button you see at the top of the window and you're in business.
The game's creator, who goes by the handle of "fsk," suggests you start by drawing a line from upper left to upper right. But try drawing a gradual, smiley curve instead and see what happens to the little toboggan rider who careens down your slope.
The game was just posted on Saturday but has already been played more than half a million times by fans around the world. It's another productivity enhancement from Deviant Art. Play the game

THE TENNIS CHALLENGE

THE TENNIS CHALLENGE

The Tennis Challenge is a killer. Check it out, and see how long YOU can keep the ball in the air

POOM

I know you like challenging games, so give POOM! a try:

TEAGAMES.COM

 

Play games for free at Teagames

Parking Perfection

I'm still stuck in the parking lot. Try Parking Perfection and I'll bet you will be, too.

Fly the Copter

You think it's easy flying a radio-controlled helicopter into somebody's head. My hi-score is 2148. See if you can beat it.

StandRay

StandRay is an annoying game. Your goal is to get all of the figures to stand at the same time. As Walt I., the reader who told me about StandRay said, plan to "pull some hair out!"

Nexgame

Somewhere in Japan, a game designer for Pepsi is out to torment you. Don't believe me? Go ahead, try Nexgame and see how far you get:

Pendulumeca

Keep the little guy in Pendulumeca in motion and avoid getting caught in the jagged teeth at the bottom

CHASM

ONLINE Game in the same mold as Samarost.

Hapland

These links take you to 3 games similar to Samarost. They
seems like simple point-and-click games at first, but you will soon
discover that it takes some planning to get through them.

Hapand 1

Hapland 2

Hapland 3

Battleships (flash game)

GO TO GAME SITE

The Mistery

Online Graphic Adventures:

Have just found this ONLINE game but have not tested it as yet.

Free Games

About Free Lunch Design
Free Lunch Design is an independent game developer established in 1998 by Johan Peitz. Our objective is to develop fun, high quality games with focus on gameplay. At the moment, all the games you find here are completly free. Just download and play, you get the full versions. Our biggest hits during the last few years have been the games Happyland Adventures, Operation Spacehog and Icy Tower. Millions of copies have been downloaded and distributed via magazines.

Wik And The Fable Of Souls

Wik And The Fable Of Souls: Download the latest game taking the Internet by storm! Wik and the Fable of Souls has over 120 jaw-dropping levels, enchanting atmospheric music, stunning effects, and never-before-seen game play. This is a delightful game featuring superbly detailed graphics that will keep you spellbound with amazement. Download and discover the mystery of Wik! Reflexive Entertainment is proud to announce that Wik and the Fable of Souls won three awards at the 2005 Independent Games Festival
How much free time in the demo?

1 Hour is free. After that we hope you’ll support us with a full version purchase so we can make more great games.

Samarost 2

One of my favorite online games, Samarost has a new version available at Samorost 2. It has the same incredible graphics and the
same basic game play - click on something to see what it does and get from
one "level" to the next. Guaranteed to help you do some quality time
wasting! But PLEASE if you have never played the first version then try that one first----- GOOD LUCK.

Thanks to Common Sense Security for the link

Brain Strainer.

You've got to try GlobalSpec's Brain Strainer. You set up items--launch pads, conveyer belts, and other things--to create a pinball-like mechanism for launching a rocket. I spent part of an afternoon lost in this challenging

Games for the Brain:

Play neverending quiz & memory games to train your thinking

Makia Make a toss

If Sudoku isn't your thing Let's start with Makai Media's Make a Toss. It tests your sense of timing and physics--just be sure to stay behind the rocks:

Curveball

Feeling stressed try a game of Curveball and get even more wigged out:<

Throw Paper

Throw Paper in the wasterbasket in this Flash game, being mindful of the wind speed (provided by the office fan). I would never be good at golf; the wind kept blowing my paper off course.

Planarity

In the Flash game Planarity, you must arrange the lines so no vertices overlap. (It makes sense once you see it.) Each level adds more lines and difficulty. The game also times each attempt that you make and gives you a score + bonus dependant on your time.

RABBIT REBOUND

You have 60 seconds to BOUNCE the rabbit into the flowerpot by moving the toadstool. Rather addictive

SHOCKWAVE

Shockwave.com ? all new, all yours
Spring is a time for growth and renewal. How fitting, then, that Shockwave.com would unveil its beautiful new design in April. But the change is more than just cosmetic. We think you're gonna love the site's revamped navigation tools and interface. Now you'll be able to find all of your favorite online, multiplayer and download games even easier! Check out your brand new Shockwave.com today!

Click the stick figures, save your life

Oh, no! You're trapped in a dungeon and your only hope of survival is to make your way out through room after room filled with vicious assassins!That pretty much describes Dungeon Escape, an animation project that developer R. Hunter Gough has been slowly building up at Studiohunty for many, many moons. Somehow, the game just became good enough to be worth wasting a few minutes of your (boss's) valuable time.No 3D-rendered characters here, just stick figures but you quickly forget about this as you get into the surprisingly absorbing play. To escape, you must click a series of flashing circles. The circles often disappear before your mouse can get to them, but thank goodness you can click the spot a second or two later and it still works.

BBC Games Site

Just what it says on the tin

Millions of Games

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Millions of Games is the community games site where your MOGS make a difference.

You may want to read about the site before you start.

MOG is in BETA at present so please be generous with your feedback.

Mousebreaker FREE online games site

Have tried this site and it seems GOOD.
Siteadvisor Gives it a clean bill of health

Knife Throw

Keep your aim as sharp as your knife!

5 great freebie games

From action to classics, RPG to shooter, they're all free

Cool falling sand game:

This is so simple but it takes up more of my spare time than it should. Don't forget to scroll down to the bottom of the screen for ALL the controls and click on the links at the top to get more instructions. Good Luck

Christmas Memory game

Test your memory by matching all the Christmas cards as fast as you possibly can. Can you beat the clock?

Yet another SUDOKU Online

Have you tried sudoku yet? I have to warn you, it’s gonna addict you as all those who read this site MUST know by now as this is the third online link I have posted.
The idea, in case you didn’t know, is to fill a nine by nine square that is, itself, divided into three by three squares. So you end up with three rows of squares, and three columns.
Now's where it gets dicey. You have to fill in each 3x3 square with the numbers 1 through 9. Each number must appear ONCE in each row across, and ONCE in each column up and down.

Some of the numbers are filled in for you already. You fill in the rest.

Trust me, it's challenging. And it's also addictive!
If you need any help just

Play Sudoku ONLINE

Sudoku Rules

The puzzle is most frequently a 9x9 grid made up of 3x3 regions. Some cells already contain numbers, known as "givens".

The goal is to fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of three "directions", hence the "single numbers" implied by the puzzle's name.

Light_saber2: GREAT online game

Your job as a Jedi Trainer is to strike, dodge, and block while killing droids--armed only with a light saber. Be sure to stay within the screen boundaries.

GRIDGAME

For a diversion that looks a lot easier than it is, go to
This site The game shows a
grid that is filled with curved lines - click on one and it turns. Any line
the turning line touches will start to turn, setting off a chain reaction.
Easy to play, and fun to watch.

Battle for Wesnoth

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The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. It offers several campaigns, the first of which is 'The Heir to the Throne'. After ages of peace and prosperity the lands of Wesnoth have been overrun by hordes of Orcs and Undead. As the rightful heir to the throne of Wesnoth, you must gather a troupe of loyal adventurers to reclaim your throne. In a sequence of missions you must lead them wisely to help them gain experience and riches. In other campaigns you can play as other races, such as Elves, Dwarves, Orcs or Undead.

Launch your trebuchet

Will you increase the mass of the counterweight? Maybe you ought to fiddle with the launch angle. Those are two of six adjustments to make when playing the harder-than-it-looks Treb Challenge. (Okay, I didn't know what a trebuchet was either.)

Foonbox Arcade

Great independant games site from the makers of Hapland.
Eat In
Escape from Rhetundo Island
Avoision
Hapland
Hapland 2
The Pie Game
The Balls Game

Take Away
Blackshift
MindWinder

Sudoku online play

Fill in the grid so every column, row, and 3x3 grid contains all digits 1-9 only once.
Great online version of the game. Hint--Hold down the number button before placing it into the location.

Killer Flash Games

Here is the Crimson Room, a Flash game I found baffling:

and IF you manage to complete that game then try the next one called Viridian Room

Note
If you go insane trying to figure out how to escape the crimson room, you're not alone.you will find hints HERE. Very clever puzzle.

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When your done with those two puzzles then try these two
Hapland 1:
It's a little easier as there are only 25 items to click as opposed to
Hapland 2's 48.

Let me know how you get on

CAVITY SEARCH

Play at an online Dr

Hyper Frame

Dig This: It's midweek. You've worked yourself silly for the last two days and now you're ready for some recreation before thinking about the weekend. Try Hyper Frame, a simple little Shockwave game:
Brace your mind for an addictive puzzle game unlike any other! Click squares on the cube to connect same-colored markers. It sounds simple, but it's a super challenge and once you start you won't be able to stop!

Guess what just turned 34?

Googler insights into product and technology news and our culture.
Guess what just turned 34?

10/21/2005 03:19:00 PM
Posted by Paul Buchheit, Gmail Engineer

It's difficult to pin down the exact origin of email, but in October 1971, an engineer named Ray Tomlinson chose the '@' symbol for email addresses and wrote software to send the first network email.

At the time, it must not have seemed very important – nobody bothered to save that first message or even record the exact date. I've always thought that it would be fun to witness a little bit of history like that – to be there when something important happened. That's part of what drove me to join a little no-name startup named Google, and it's why I was excited when I was given a chance to create a new email product, now called Gmail.
Read on and when you get to the end you will find an invite to join the Gmail fun and Games (Well Fun Anyway)
Tony

PlayFreeGamesArcade

Would . . .you . . . like . . . to . . . play . . . a . . . game?”

The famous line from the 80’s classic film War Games said a lot about human nature. Twenty-something years later, what do we do with our computers? Play games, of course!

PlayFreeGamesArcade.

Its name says it all. There are hundreds of games here available for you to play online absolutely free! You’ll need Flash, but other than that, most any OS or browser should work. I’m an avid FireFox user, and everything I tried performed flawlessly with it.

The site is well organized according to game genres. For instance, if you like flying games of various flavors, these are grouped. They range from fighter planes to bone-dropping birds to landing balloons safely.

Perhaps adventure games are more your flavor? Then try any of the dozens of Batman games, including Batman Crime Wave, Batman in Cobblebot Caper, or Batman’s Gotham Dark Night. There are more heroes here than the Caped Crusader, though. For instance, try getting Space Dude past the monsters and get him back to his home planet.

I know, I know, you love arcade games. Never fear! You have your choice of 135 arcade games like Atomic Pong, Cannon Commander, Homer’s Beer Run, Monkey Cliff Diving, etc. etc.

Personally, I prefer the puzzle games. In fact, I’m a mah-jongg addict! I could spend hours on Flash Tile alone. It’s way cool! As you defeat layouts, it moves you on to tougher and tougher ones.

Mario Forever

This clone of Nintendo's flagship title Super Mario Brothers faithfully reconstructs the classic gameplay that made this such a massive hit in the 1980s.

You play Mario, the mustachioed plumber and unlikely hero, whose mission is to save the life of his long lost love.

The rules are simple: progress through the increasingly difficult and bizarre levels, collecting as many coins as you can while killing any turtles or malicious mushrooms that get in your way.

This kind of 2D platform gaming is never going to be ground-breaking, but the classic gameplay still prevails.

With gaming now placing a heavier emphasis on beautifully rendered landscapes and jaw-dropping graphics, Mario Forever at least reminds us that classic gameplay was once a necessity rather than an afterthought.

Webracer

.1. In Webracer you drive the red car and your challenge is to set the fastest time while beating the opposing race cars. A race consists of two tracks with 3 laps each. You have to finish as number one on the first track to qualify for the second track
2. You control the car with your keyboard. Up arrow to accelerate, Down arrow to break. Left arrow for left turn and Right arrow for right turn. With the Space Bar you can activate the Turbo Boost.
3. Avoid touching the other cars as this causes you to lose valuable speed. On each track there are 3 Turbo Boost placed on the track. Drive over them to collect them and use them when you need to add some extra speed to your car to overtake an opponent or catch up in a hurry

Scorched 3D

Scorched 3D is a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily now) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth "The Mother Of All Games". Scorched 3D adds amongst other new features a 3D island environment and LAN and internet play. Scorched 3D is totally free and is available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.) operating systems.
You can pick up the game and begin playing very quickly. Then, when/if you are interested, you can poke in the dimmer recesses of the game and get into the strategy (or just ignore it altogether!).

At its lowest level, Scorched 3D is just an artillery game with two+ tanks taking turns to destroy opponents in an arena. Choose the angle, direction and power of each shot, launch your weapon, and try to blow up other tanks. That's basically it.

But Scorched 3D can be a lot more complex than that, if you want it to be. You can earn money from successful battles and use it to invest in additional weapons and accessories. You can play with up to twenty four other players at a time, mixing computer players with humans. There's a variety of changing environmental conditions and terrains to be dealt with. After the end of each round (which ends when everybody dies or there's only one person left), you get to buy stuff using the prize money you won from previous matches.
" The venerable artillery-style slug-match gets a 3D update with Scorched3D, a very addictive and nicely rendered turn-based game. 5 Stars. "
(Review of Scorched 3D at CNET Download.com)

Moraff's UltraBlast

Remember Breakout, where you had your paddle at the bottom of the screen, and the goal was to hit the bouncing ball to knock out all of the bricks? This game starts off with that general idea, then adds more challenging aspects, from fast moving balls to blocks with teeth that eat your paddle. You can change the backgrounds and sounds, as well. This game is free, but upon leaving the program you'll see a promo screen for the developer's game CD-ROM.


PLEASE NOTE F1 Gets you to the help menu and F9 gets you out of the game via another demo game. Highly recommended

Also if you like this game then just go to the web site of the developers to find plenty more downloadable games

Treb Challenge.

Dig This: Will you increase the mass of the counterweight? Maybe you ought to fiddle with the launch angle. Those are two of six adjustments to make when playing the harder-than-it-looks Treb Challenge. (Okay, I didn't know what a trebuchet was either.) [Thanks, Brad.]

AdventureQuest

Battle On!

AdventureQuest is a free, lunch-break-sized RPG that you can play daily using your web browser. We are adding new things every week! Join us in shaping the direction of this campy yet addictive role playing game. Create a free account and play!

clickmazes

Welcome to the clickmazes! Lots of unique interactive puzzles and mazes found here, and a few other things besides. Click on the links below to find out more. Enjoy... and let me know how well you survive.

July 2005: New this month are two new no-left-turn mazes, kindly provided by Palmer Mebane. Also a belated addition to Oskar's page: Oskar's belgian maze. Last, though by no means least, are the punt mazes. Tilt meets sokoban with devastating results. And... slightly belatedly... (1st August) I simply must add a link to my brother's ambigram maze. A world first in ambigrams!

Penguin Racers

Put some penguin pedal to the metal in the coolest 3D racing game on the Web! All's fair as you fight your way to first place with speed and special weapons. The full version of Penguin Racers features:

* 6 frosty fun tracks
* 4 power-ups (shield, turbo, snowball, and iceball)
* 5 unlockable drivers

Rev into Penguin Racer today!