I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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Wes said 12:22PM on 12-22-2008
If only it could run OSX as a guest
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Ayle said 1:42PM on 12-22-2008
You can use vmware server for that....
Drew Green said 1:37PM on 12-22-2008
I assume the host machine has to have a 64 bit processor though, right?
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Mark said 2:06PM on 12-22-2008
That is correct.
zach al said 2:49PM on 12-26-2008
No, the new version means that you can run Windows Vista Ultimate x64 inside a virtual machine on your 32-bit PC.
Drew Green said 10:52PM on 12-22-2008
@zach al: 32-bit PC, meaning 32bit physical machine, or 32bit host OS. To run a 64bit guest OS on a 32bit physical PC would mean that 64 bit processing would have to be emulated. I would imagine that this would be a difficult task for any normal pc.
Geir said 11:21PM on 12-25-2008
@zach al, a 32-bit PC won't do, you need a 64-bit PC to run a 64-bit guest OS with VirtualBox, and not just any 64-bit PC either --it needs VT-x/AMD-V support.
Sam Styeinhauser said 7:26PM on 12-22-2008
I can't get it to i9nstallany x64 Linux versions on my x64 machine.
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Geir said 11:21PM on 12-25-2008
It is not enough to have a 64-bit CPU, it needs to support VT-x/AMD-V as well. Not sure if this is your issue, but is what I would check first.
Adly Antoine said 8:19AM on 1-05-2009
That's good
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