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   artesian79
   Member

   I'm helping a new friend to learn how to use a computer. I'd like to load a few free games to help them overcome fear of all things computer. This is an elderly individual and lives a long ways from me, so I'll be connecting to their system remotely and don't want to deal with malware. I thought you folks here could point me in the right direction.

   I'm looking for Bejeweled, Bookworm, and some free hidden object. I bought a POP Cap game locally and tried to install it after ftping the files on the installation disk but that didn't work. (Any suggestions?)

   Right now I have a trial of Bejewled 2 loaded, but that will be out in a short time.

   Version numbers don't make a difference. And if you know of similar types of non violent games feel free to suggest them.

   Thank you!

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Idunnobutiwastold
   Gaming Acolyte

   Members on the forum have previously suggested Myplaycity.com.
   Also, There's always the Good Games to Grab listing, here:
   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4534

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   artesian79
   Member

   Thanks!

   I chose a few of different types and they are "working" - getting rid of the fear.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   RosnSC
   Member

   Artesian79, just so you and your friend can rest assured, I have enjoyed countless hours of playing several games from myplaycity.com, and have had no trouble with either one; game/site.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi artesian79

   I've often recommended games from MyPlayCity (MPC) over the last five or so years. They seem to change their installation wizard every so often, with toolbar and home page/browser changes added to the mix more often than not. At the moment you have to un-check the check boxes every time you start a MPC game up. Also they have recently added ad's to the start up screen. however, once you've started playing any MPC game there's no ad's or check-boxes to worry about. Juwst don't forget to un-check the boxes. Even if you do, it's relatively straight forwards uninstalling the tool-bars and changing your home page back to what you usually use.

   I personally don't install many MPC games any more, because I have thousands of arcade games and AAA games to play; plus I've already purchased licenses for many of the MPC games (apart from most of the HOG's and TM games)

   You could also try Gametop for more free games (though you'll probably find most of the games already available on MPC.

   As Idunno say's above, it's well worth checking through the Good Games to Grab project and the free games synopsis here in these forums. There's been over 2000 free games posted in these Game Discussion forums by Idunno, Wizzard of Oz, TX, myself and others. Many of these games are as good as their commercial cousins and in some cases better.

   Finally I'd also consider checking the main game distributors such as Steam, Green Man Gaming, Gamestop, Gamersgate, Desura, Gamefly etc. you'll find a sticky in the Game discussion forums that directs you to these sites.

   I downloaded and installed 2 of Gametops games and discovered that they have changed their toolbar policy from last year (they had become very aggressive - basically forcing you to install toolbars etc before you could play the games). Things have changed again. One of the games I installed was a clean install with no checkboxes (Star Rage) and the other (Theseus) had one checkbox, asking if I wanted to set Gametop as your home page. I'd consider using Gametops versions at this point in time. Though they will probably change the format again sometime in the not too distant future.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Littlemaggit
   Member

   I'm a fan of hidden object and adventure-type games rather than arcade ones and I've found a number available in Jenkat games. I've had no problems downloading (you have to be careful that you uncheck the software they try to give you while downloading), and no virus problems. They have some very good (IMO) hidden object games - some that are quite classic, but a year or two old (doesn't worry me and probably won't worry your friend).

   It has been noted in this forum that Jenkat put bits of their games in a couple of folders by default (you don't get the option of where to download to). I wouldn't have thought that would have worried someone like your friend in practice, but it's not too difficult to find where the bits of the games are and to move them if you want to be really tidy. Certainly it's never caused me any difficulty having them in Program Files and Common Files - I've moved some and left others alone without trouble.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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