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July 2010 - Announcing the release of Blind Gamers Crossword Puzzle!

Most of the games on this website are suitable only for sighted players. Follow the BLIND-GAMERS link to read about games developed especially for vision-impaired and blind players. 

The rest of this page is intended for sighted players only.

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first. For a list of all the games available from Spoonbill Software, refer to the Products page.

The following software products are new at Spoonbill Software. 
Note: All our products are 100% Freeware and run only on Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/Vista (and should work on all later Windows operating systems)

If you would like a copy of any of them, just contact us by e-mail, stating your full name and country of residence, and which products you require and we will forward them to you by return e-mail. Please allow up to 4 days for delivery.

IMPORTANT:   I have no commercial affiliations and I guarantee that your details will not be disclosed to a third party. I retain your details solely for the purpose of contacting you when bug fixes, enhancements or upgrades are made to the games you have previously requested.

Flower Power Version 1.0   Requires DirectX 

Released September 2009 (1.2 MB) 

Flower Power is a board game based on the game "Let's Do Lunch" by Hasbro. In this version you compete with your opponent to be the first to plant your twelve flowers in the garden. The first to plant their 12 flowers wins the round and scores a number of points equal to the number of flowers not yet planted by their opponent. Rounds continue until one player scores 20 or more points when that player is declared the winner of the game.

Three special dice are used to determine the column in which you must play your flower. Each die only contains the numbers 1, 2 and 3. A roll of 1, 2, 3 in any combination forces the player to forfeit their turn. You also forfeit your turn if the column in which you must play is fully occupied. If you roll triplets (three 1s, three 2s or three 3s) you earn a bonus turn once you have played your flower.

You can remove your opponent's flowers from the garden if you manage to completely surround their flowers (no spaces) in any direction, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Columns wrap around vertically but rows and diagonals do not overlap. A flower planted in column 6 cannot be removed.

 How to order

  Apple Lode Runner - The Remake 1.0h   Requires DirectX 

Released May 2009 (1.4 MB) includes Bonus Packs 1 thru 8.

This release is version 1.0h and includes an additional 9 level map sets

NOSTALGIA PLUS! For all you Lode Runner fans from the early 1980s. Looks and plays like the original, but runs under Windows.

Apple Lode Runner - The Remake  was suggested by Fred Pence who in his younger days back in the early 1980s was an avid fan of the original Apple II game by Doug Smith. Here's the Spoonbill Software version. For those of you who are not familiar with this game, it is an action / puzzle game combining quick reactions with logical reasoning. You progress from level to level by collecting the treasure chests and avoiding the guards. Your only defence, apart from your quick wits, is a laser pistol which you can use to dig holes to temporarily trap the guards. When you have collected all the treasure chests on a level, you must climb to the top of the level before proceeding to the next level. Some levels are more action than puzzle, whilst others are more puzzle than action. The 150 levels which came with the original Apple game are here, plus the 50 levels from the later Championship Lode Runner and a bonus set of 150 levels by the Lode Runner master, Fred Pence himself. 

In addition, you can save a game and resume the game later, record your achievements in the High Scores table, design your own levels, and organize levels which you have created by rearranging them or deleting unwanted ones. There are lots more goodies.

Minor version 1.0a includes 4 new level map sets, Quickies, Hyper LR, CWG Contest and LR Pics - 441 new levels to challenge you!

Minor version 1.0b (June 2005) includes a further 4 new level map sets, French Screens, LR Fan Book, Big Red Apple, Fujionkyo LR - 385 new levels. That's a total of 1,176 levels to challenge your ingenuity. These additional screens have been assembled by Fred Pence from various sources around the world.

Minor version 1.0c (November 2005) includes 3 new level map sets, Apuroman-Korea, Australian and Scavenger. That's 280 more levels for you to solve. Again Fred Pence has been instrumental in gathering these levels from various sources on the Internet and converting them for use in Apple Lode Runner - The Remake. He has also tested all of the levels to ensure that they are all possible to solve.

Minor version 1.0d (April 2006) includes 9 new level map sets, Bug News, English Screens, Freds Screens, Hozanban, LR OnLine, MAC LR, Miner (Pre-LR), NEC Lode and Yamamoto. That's an amazing additional 930 levels! This should be enough to keep you happy for quite some time. All these additional levels have, as usual, been tested by Fred Pence to ensure that they are all possible. An interesting inclusion in this release is the level map set entitled "Miner (Pre-LR)". This contains the 20 level maps from the forerunner to Lode Runner which was also written by Doug Smith and called Miner. 

Minor version 1.0e (September 2006) includes 7 new level map sets, Asimov-net, Big Red Apple 2, Chic, Hodge Podge, LR Maniac, Student Screens, and Vogel-Mullen, and one modified level map set, NewFL (a modified Freds Lode). 

Minor version 1.0f (January 2007) includes 7 new level map sets, C64 levels, Checkmate, Gold Runner, Gold Sprinter, Super LR, Web Screens and Marcs LR. 

Minor version 1.0g (May 2007) includes 7 new level map sets, Level King, This N That, Fatman, Snowy, LROL100, Turborgr and Panda Craze. 

Minor version 1.0h (May 2009) includes 9 new level map sets, Level King 2, Marios Tricks, Mini Level King, More Stuff, My Lode (Ferrie), Panda Alphabet, Peter Ferrie, Revenge of LR, Spectrum ZX. With the addition of these new level maps, it brings the total levels included in Apple Lode Runner - The Remake to an amazing 5750 levels!!!

 How to order

How to order:  

Send your request to Ian Humphreys (together with your full name and country) at: games@spoonbillsoftware.com.au

            e.g. My name is Juan Perez from Madrid, Spain, please send the following games...

Please feel free to tell us what you think of our products. We always welcome constructive comments and any suggestions for future new games or other applications.

If you have any problems with installing the software sent to you please contact us via e-mail at the address below.

support@spoonbillsoftware.com.au

 

 

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Last modified: July 17, 2010