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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a said 1:53PM on 1-02-2009
if this will support windows 7 i'll probably ditch Daemon tools and switch once i reinstall my system.
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Michele said 8:35AM on 1-03-2009
it seems to works in windows 7
tested yesterday on my laptop: installed, rebooted 7, and mounted an iso file ^^
Fred Thompson said 3:10PM on 1-02-2009
Wish this also did cue for flac/ape/mp3. Daemon Tools does but it doesn't have nice UI interface. Should be context menu simple...
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Mark said 8:48PM on 1-02-2009
I like Alcohol 52% myself.
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ntw1103 said 2:57PM on 1-03-2009
Me too. I've tried many many programs as my main computer is a tablet, and so far Alcohol 52% is still the best for me :)
Brent said 6:34AM on 1-03-2009
FYI: A big issue I had with this software was the lack of an uninstall option.
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Juan Aguilar said 8:14PM on 1-03-2009
Any compelling reason not to use Clone Drive (Virtual Sheep, http://www.elby.ch/fun/software/index.html)?
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Aalaap said 9:05AM on 1-04-2009
The only reason I get discouraged from using Daemon Tools is the need to restart Windows after installation. What about this WinCDEmu thing? Do I still have to restart? Lemme see...
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Brian said 12:05PM on 1-04-2009
Trying it on Vista 32, and found a problem: it won't mount any images over a network if you haven't mapped a drive. Says it can't find the file specified.
I was going to leave a message on the SourceForge project page, but the developer hasn't answered any of the other messages, so I didn't bother.
Note I also had to right-click and run as administrator to get the installer to complete successfully.
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