| Version | 6.0.13.2013 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Hardy Creations |
| Release date | Sep 25, 2012 |
| Date added | Sep 25, 2012 |
| Os requirements | Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows, Windows 2000, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP |
| Requirements | Windows XP or later, 800x600 Screen Resolution or higher, 3D Accelerated Graphics Card with DirectX |
| Total downloads | 1 847 |
| Price | Free to try |
Description
Exploding Marbles is a Great Game Of Skill and Excitement...
The Object of Exploding Marbles is to Form Rows of 3 or more of the same colored 3D Marbles To Make them vanish and gain points... There Are Cool Things such as symbols on some of the marbles to make the game more interesting... Each symbol stands for something and are sort of like power icons for things like give more time, remove a whole row, etc... The Total Object of the game is to see how high of a highscore you can get and how many levels you can beat. There are a Total of 50 Levels. Each Level Has a Different Background... The Game is Totally 3D and The GUI (General User Interface) is also Skinnable which I have included Several Skins With The Game... You can Also Download Additional Skins From This Site... The Game is Commercial and Sales For $15.00
The Trial Download is about 46.9 Megabytes But It's a Full Game... It should only take about 3 to 10 minutes to Download on a DSL or Cable Modem... The Game Was Updated On September 22nd, 2012... The Current Version is Now: v6.0.13.2013 Edition!
This Game is Created and Maintained By Michael Hardy...
You can Also Download a Free Trial of a Windows 2000 Version If You're Running Windows 2000... Visit the Web Site at http://explodingmarbles.com to download the Windows 2000 Edition.
Review
We review a fair number of computer games, and it often seems that we see variations on the same handful of games over and over again. So it goes with Exploding Marbles. This Bejeweled-inspired game is fun to play, just like its predecessors, but we can't say there's anything about it that particularly impressed us.
The program's interface is basic and maybe a touch amateurish. A grid of colored balls is arranged over a busy background image, giving the playing area a slightly cluttered look. Playing the game entails simply dragging balls to create lines of three or more of the same color so that the balls disappear. The occasional bomb marble is thrown in to liven things up. The game's soundtrack, weird and cheesy dance music, elicited raised eyebrows from nearby friends, but this can be turned off. Overall, Exploding Marbles wouldn't be bad, except for one thing: the trial version's nag screen. We only successfully got the game to operate one time; on our other attempts, the nag screen never disappeared and the actual game never launched. There wasn't even a way to close this screen; we had to Ctrl+Alt+Del to shut it down. After several such experiences, the nag screen informed us that we'd used up our five trial versions and would have to purchase the game to continue playing. This, combined with the fact that we had to restart our computer to finish installing the game to begin with, made Exploding Marbles more trouble than it was worth.
Exploding Marbles is free to try, but the trial version limits players to five games. The program installs a desktop icon without asking but uninstalls cleanly. We recommend this program with reservations.
