Giveaway of the Day Forums

1. 

   VampireRat
   Member

   I was just looking through the Archives and noticed that some of the games offered in the earliest days - 2006 Oct, Nov, and even Dec - often had less than 10 commenters or voters! And there were some good looking games among them, especially from Robin Games, http://www.robingames.com/games and Alawar Games, http://www.alawar.com . At first, the games were offered on the same website with the other apps, but the site was new and nothing got a lot of exposure.

   Perhaps these early games and some of the better apps might be re-offered to get them more exposure and give us a break from DoubleGames on the games site? Please? I have downloaded trials to try of Numericon (Mar 13) from RobinGames and Arxon (Nov 26) from Alwar Games. These are some very pretty and interesting-looking games, and I'm really sorry I missed them..

   Just look at the stats and the quality of these early games:
   City Magnate (Nov 14, 2006), a very different game, had 10 votes & only 3 (useless) comments
   Froggy's Adventures (Nov 12), a platform game with 10 votes and only 5 comments
   Beezzle (Nov 11), a match-3 type game?; 6 v, 2 com.
   Crystalix (Oct 31), something a little different; 6 v, 8 com.
   Hyperspace Invader (Oct 27), vertical scrolling shooter; 9 v, NO comments!
   Arxon (Nov 26), a really pretty match-3 with a different twist or 2; 21 v, 6 com. (one useful)
   Sea Bounty (Nov 8), a property acquisition game, 9v, 2 com.

   I'm even sorry I missed the 3D screensaver, Golden Autumn (Nov 4), which only got 14 votes and one comment. And Winter Night 3D (Nov 30); 90 votes & 32 comments, none of which were, "Darn, another screensaver!"

   New Idea: I've seen requests for a hidden object game: Robin Games gave away some of the early games and has some very pretty hidden object games in their current lineup. Could GAOTD ask them to share one with us? I might become hooked on this new game format if I tried one.

   NOT GAMES:

   If you're more interested in the applications than the games and you've complained about all the new stuff being the same, then look back at these previous early Giveaways and the others from the first 2 or 3 months that got little exposure and suggest a repeat of those that interest you. I put my two favorites at the top.

   Load Scout (Nov 16) * very interesting
   NeoDownloader (Dec 14) * something different
   Cartoonist (Oct 26)
   Light Artist (Oct 24)
   Frigate3 File Manager (Nov 15)
   JetStart Pro (Dec 4)
   SmartWhois (Dec 13)
   Able MIDI Editor (Dec 17)

   Posted 17 years ago #
2. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Reason being there were not many votes or comments is because there was about 25 members and about 40 visitors then, as thats when the site started.

   Posted 17 years ago #
3. 

   VampireRat
   Member

   I know. So I'm hoping the rest of us can get another chance to try out these early offerings.

   Posted 17 years ago #
4. 

   heln
   Member

   I have only been looking at this site for about two months. I agree with you, I would very much enjoy having an opportunity to have some of the earlier offerings. Light Artist sounds good , Cartoonist also. I would love to be able to get Atlantis Quest which I believe was offered earlier this year. DoubleGames do occasionally offer a good game. I have learned from expierence not to judge a game by its cover, or its funny discription. I went to the website for DoubleGames to see where it originated from due to the colorful way they use "engrish". The site is offered in many languages including polish and one I did not recgonise. I personally think the discriptive is part of their charm. I am easily intertained....I say YES, add my name to your list of people who would like to get a chance to try the early offerings. Heln

   Posted 17 years ago #
5. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   BTW - Frigate3 File Manager was given away on November 15 and March 30. One of my favorite giveaways.

   Posted 17 years ago #
6. 

   Hadeda
   Member

   I found about it on 02 ‎December ‎2006 and I have most of the games/programs/screensavers since then :)

   Posted 17 years ago #
7. 

   Swan
   Member

   Hello everyone! ;)

   Wow! I don't remember any of those game titles - and would really enjoy seeing them offered again. On the other hand, I can understand the frustration that those that already have these will experience if it happens too much.

   I would suggest offering one previously offered title each two weeks or even each month - that should make all those people that already have the titles, a little more understanding of the rest of us. :)

   I do remember the Frigate 3 File Manager give away and I did download, install and keep it on the day it was offered, as it was good software. However - when Accelman came along, I think I decided that it had more useful features, plus I really liked the integration with all the other software titles from Flexigensoft (one of my favorite developers now!) that I use daily on my computer

   I would welcome them back any day!
   ~ Swan

   Posted 17 years ago #
8. 

   ibwebb
   Member

   I agree completely with Swan. Just offering one of the early giveaway's once every few weeks or even once a month (perhaps in place of a DoubleGame) would be wonderful! I have looked back at many of the files I have missed and wished I would have found out about GotD earlier, but then wish in one hand and spit in the other and it isnt hard to figure out which will fill first. Anyway, I just wanted to throw my name in the ring as one that would love to have a chance at the wonderful files missed.

   ibwebb

   Posted 17 years ago #
9. 

   chooquette
   Member

   +1 with Swan and ibwebb.
   I would like to also to see Accelman again and a repeat every quarter of may be 3 of the most desirable softwares already offered.

   Thank you and keep up the good work GAOTD.

   chooquette

   Posted 17 years ago #

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