Adrenaline Vault Top Dozen shareware games of 2005

[berserker]

Bob Mandel from Adrenaline Vault published his annual article about top shareware games of the year:
http://www.avault.com/articles/getarticle.asp?name=top2005&page=1
Congrats to those who has their game listed.

[kimkallstrom1]

I didn't know Rainbow Web was a Breakout clone!
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[arcadetown]

Nice list and good choice on CnS there. Uh oh, Ultratron got listed. We'll never hear the end of this from Cas ;)

[James C. Smith]

Strange. I wonder how Reflexive Entertainment got mentioned with Mystery Case Files: Huntsville. I guess that's just the first web site he found the game on.

[James C. Smith]

Here is the list of games for your browsing convenience:
Paradoxion - VSBGames
Hyperspace Invader - URSE Games\Alawar Entertainment
Water Bugs - Retro 64
Clash ‘N Slash - Enkord
Time Breaker - Spell of Play Studios/Alawar Entertainment
DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold/King Dugan’s Dungeon - Caravel Games
Professor Fizzwizzle - Grubby Games
Ball 7 Deluxe - Light Factory/Reflexive Entertainment
Alien Stars - Awem
Ultratron - Puppy Games
Mystery Case Files: Huntsville - Big Fish Games/Reflexive Entertainment
Rainbow Web - Sugar Games

[berserker]

Ball 7 Deluxe - Light Factory/Reflexive Entertainment


So Reflexive published this title or its just typo/mistake?

[James C. Smith]

That is also a mistake. I didn't notice it. Reflexive sells those games but is not the publisher.

[dntoll]

Oh! Time Breaker is there! That makes me soo happy! :D

[DadTimesTwo]

Bob is a close friend of mine from our days together at AVault. I can attest to the fact that he tests dozens upon dozens of games and agonizes (in a good way) over the final list. Nothing on there was a toss-on and no good game was excluded without lots of intense consideration. He's very passionate about shareware. (Are we still allowed to call it that? Or do we have to use Casual Games? Downloadable Games? Indie Games?) :)

[cyrus_zuo]

Glad to see this list this year, I was worried it might have come to an end.

Best wishes to all the winners...and I need to check out Time Breaker...was that a recent release? That makes 2! breakout games I've somehow missed over the last 3 weeks :( Though I haven't had much time to go looking in the last few weeks...

[arcadetown]

Nothing on there was a toss-on and no good game was excluded without lots of intense consideration. He's very passionate about shareware.
Definitely shows in his picks and why we ran a good number of those titles here over the year including ClashNSlash, Water Bugs, Professor Fizzwizzle, Ultratron, and Mystery Case Files: Huntsville. The others look good to, going to have to look them over. Just goes to show you there's so much more out there.

[hObbE]

Glad to see this list this year, I was worried it might have come to an end.

Best wishes to all the winners...and I need to check out Time Breaker...was that a recent release? That makes 2! breakout games I've somehow missed over the last 3 weeks :( Though I haven't had much time to go looking in the last few weeks...

Time Breaker was released late November, but we have had some public alpha versions out here on the forums for quite some time :P

I'm very happy that we ended up on the list :D and I guess you guys had some part in it, providing excellent feedback. Thanx!

I must check out some of the other games on the list too :)

Regards,
hObbE