Pangea Super Pack

3 Responses to “Pangea Super Pack”

1. KathrynEvans says:

   April 26, 2010 at 8:50 am

   Small violence or sex. Recommend. Has setting for simple play for younger crowd. Recommend seller. AAA+++
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. John says:

   April 26, 2010 at 10:36 am

   This is a excellent deal on some of Pangea’s most well loved titles. I’d rate each game like this: 1) Otto Matic — best game of the bunch, extremely creative, somewhat challenging, though it seems to be written with kids in mind, therefore not too tough, splendid graphics. 2) Enigmo — fantastic puzzle game, never seen anything quite like it. Very challenging, especially if you try to beat the timer and get the bonus points, splendid graphics. 3) Bugdom 2 — also extremely creative, simpler than Otto Matic to complete, suitable for kids, splendid graphics. 4) Cro Mag Revive — this was ok, I’m not a fan of racing sports meeting, but it’s very suitable for someone looking for a cartoonish racing game. 5) Billy Frontier — This game was mediocre and I would’ve rather see some other game included in the pool instead of this one. Besides average game play, I didn’t care for the spewing blood that frequents the Billy Frontier experience and stands in stark contrast to Pangea’s record of making fun, yet expressively sound sports meeting. I contacted Pangea, and they said there’s no way to turn off the blood effects which makes Billy Frontier, imho, unsuitable for children or anyone with a sense of humanity ————————————— By and large, it’s a nice pool at a reasonable price. Each game ran perfectly at max settings on my 1.25gz G4 Potential Mac running 10.2.6 w/ 768 MB of memory. My only other complaint is also part compliment. Of the sports meeting I liked, which was 4 out of 5, I found each game a bit small and left me wishing for more. 10 levels on Otto Matic is not nearly enough!
   Rating: 4 / 5
3. Anonymous says:

   April 26, 2010 at 12:04 pm

   I really can’t say enough about this package of creative sports meeting: Bugdom 2, Cro-Mag Revive, Billy Frontier, Enigmo, and Otto Matic. Each game has its own stylishness and theme; the diversity is outstanding. All of them demonstrate the same quality of graphics, music and versatility of action as the original Bugdom. Since I loved that software, this package wasn’t a hard sell for me. Brian Greenstone of Austin, Texas is the owner of Pangea Software which recently incorporated in 1999. He contracts artists and musicians, so it makes sense that some of the harvest in this package have a distinct look and feel. The social class stylishness, weaponry, and action of Bugdom 2 and Otto Matic, are reminiscent of Bugdom, yet the sports meeting are different enough that they have an element of excitement, mystery and bolt from the blue. I was drawn into each new level of each game with “so, what’s going to happen here?!” I like sports meeting with a quest and I like exploring new frontiers within each level. All of the sports meeting were rated high by the gaming magazines and most have downloadable demos on the internet for folks to sample before investing in the pack. All in all, the total price for each game bought separately is $115, so the Super Pack is quite the bargain. I can’t presume how many hours of splendid exploration this package might offer. It would be a splendid gift for grown-up children on travel with their laptops (ok, with their parent’s laptops!).

   Bugdom 2 revolves around Skip, the grasshopper (at least I reflect that’s what it is) who loses his knapsack to a terrible bug right in the opening scene. On his quest to retrieve his sack he has adventures with snails, friendly talking chipmunks, white rats caught in mouse traps, water toys, and garden gnomes (you know, those hideous small statues in English gardens). There’s even more terrible and excellent bugs, but that should give you a flavor for this rich and varied landscape. I had distress sewer-surfing and still haven’t mastered the last few levels, but found this game to be equal to the original in fun and required skill.

   Otto Matic is a space nightmare over ten different planets or levels. The Giant intellect from Planet X is determined to take over the universe and the player, in the form of an otto matic robot, of course, is out to save humans and escape in his/her rocket ship (Thanks, Brian Greenstone, for not making this one gender -specific). There are 25 different space creatures and many different weapons in this colorful and action-packed game. The robot tries his/her hand at skiing, riding soap bubbles, bumper cars, and being shot out of a cannon, but that’s not all. Very cool game with loads of diverse settings and tasks to master.

   Cro-Mag Revive is a series of race courses involving a caveman in different vehicles. He avoids obstacles and picks up weapons like bone bombs and bottle rockets. Two players can be showed on a split screen; multi-players can play over the internet (but the last is only supported by OS 9 and won’t work with OS X). I’m not a race fan, so this one didn’t appeal to me that much. Key driven only, this game doesn’t use the mouse. I didn’t like the voice or music in Cro-Mag Revive either, so I guess it just wasn’t for me.

   Billy Frontier is different altogether from the sports meeting already mentioned. It has a strong cowboy theme and the enemies are space creatures. Maybe it’s better to kill a space monster, but the game does involve squirting blood… over and over as the player masters the keystrokes to win. I wouldn’t recommend it to kids and was even a small grossed out myself. Target practice involves replicating arrow key sequences within the time allowed. The action is keyboard driven only; like Cro-Mag Revive, there’s no mouse here. There’s also stampedes, duels, and shootouts requiring different levels of skill and a repeating theme with chili peppers. The look and feel of the game is really distinct from Bugdom, Otto Matic, or even Cro-Mag Revive, so it offers interest, a distinct change of pace, and a really new challenge to the player.

   Enigmo is still even more different. The action in this game requires logic and experimentation in solving 50 levels of liquid puzzles. Each level involves droplets of liquid (water, oil or lava) and a variety of tools (including bumpers, slides, accelerators and/or sponges). The object of each level is to combine the objects in a manner to capture the droplets in a repository or repositories. It’s an incredible challenge given the configuration from “drip” to “bucket.” I loved trying to figure out which tools to use where and the variety of combinations that were possible. I’m told that players can even make their own puzzles and post them on the internet or email them to friends. The game includes an additional 20 levels for kids; I could see the educational regard straight away. Very different and very cool! Brilliant implementation in most likely thinking for all ages.

   Each game has different system supplies, but for all sports meeting to run, the user must have Macintosh GS3/400mhz, 256MB RAM, Mac OS 10.2.6, and ATI Rage 128 3D accelerator. Most computers since 2000 meet these supplies, but be sure to check. Pangea is also splendid in supplying free updates to its harvest.
   Rating: 5 / 5