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Software and Games : GSP : Lifestyle & Hobbies
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
When you start The Lion King II: Simba's Pride you enter a very atmospheric animated jungle. Paddle Bash and Conga Longa are easy games to pick up but they are difficult to master.In Paddle Bash you grab a paddle and you get yourself ready to send balls flying as you try to knock down as many bricks as you can. As you would expect from Disney, there are plenty of fun, colourful special effects as bricks are successfully broken up. Smart keyboard skills are required as you try to angle your shots and send balls bouncing in every direction. And as you score points, you help Timon or Pumbaa move closer to a tasty bug treat. There are clear printed instructions with each game and your mouse is represented on the screen as a lion paw-print. If you want to break yourself slowly into the game, you can start at the kitten or cub level.
The second game, Conga Longa invites you to keep the jungle beat as you join a swinging conga-line of cartoon animals. The aim is to move your cub around and gather up other animals into a conga line. As you dance by an animal, it hops into your line. But if you break your line, you lose your dancing animals. With the jungle music pumping away in the background, this is a tough game to get to grips with. But if your cub dances over a red flower, you get bonus points and there are specific bonus animals you have to collect. It's an original game but it requires a lot of practice to get your conga swinging properly! --Justin Hunt
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Disney favourites Timon and Pumbaa invite you to join their jungle shooting gallery in the first game on The Lion King arcade title.To play Slingshooter, you load up with berries and then fire them with your mouse button at the targets, which can be anything from a laughing hyena popping out of a tree to a crocodile suddenly surfacing from a pool. You are also given a list of characters not to target. This is a fast-moving, fun game that is easy to play. Timon and Pumbaa introduce the rules and crack gags at each other's expense, urging you not to fire berries at them.
In the second action-packed arcade game, Bug Drop, it's slightly more complicated. You have to think fast. It's a game of strategy, speed and bug identification skills. As Timon and Pumbaa drop different colourful bugs, you have to quickly match them up with bugs of the same colour. These combinations make the bugs disappear and keep your log free for more bugs. The log that fills first is the loser. There are clear rules and you play against a background of lively jungle music.
As you would expect from Disney, the standard of animation is excellent and the characters are imaginative and very engaging. Children who love The Lion King will probably be quite at home playing games in the jungle with these two lovable cartoon characters. --Justin Hunt
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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BBC Multimedia
For those of you have ever wanted to sit in the Mastermind chair, BBC Multimedia bring you Mastermind, the computerised version of the classic quiz. The big black chair is not supplied, but otherwise this is a complete TV show on a disk.After a few words of introduction from our host, each contender (you can play alone or with up to three friends) is instructed to enter his or her name and gender, and select a subject from the "subject dial". The 10 subjects are The Natural World, Literature & Language, Leisure & Entertainment, History, Art & Music, Science, Geography, The Classical World, Religion and Famous People. Each of these subjects is divided into several more specific subjects. It is also possible to create a custom subject, by choosing questions from a database of over 5,000 questions. Once the contest has begun, each contender takes his or her turn in the virtual chair. Questions come in the form of multiple choice, with three potential answers appearing gradually from left to right.
This is about as slick as a computer package can get. The display is eerily dark, with icons that fade in from the shadows when you pass over them with the mouse. A digitised Magnus Magnusson asks the questions, his crumbly voice telling you off when you get it wrong. When the buzzer sounds at the end of the two minutes, he even speaks those immortal lines: "I've started so I'll finished". Most excitingly of all, that terrifying Mastermind theme tune is present in full. --Daren King
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