mytreo.net welcomes Astraware!

Posted on July 16th, 2006 by John Reno

mytreo.net is pleased to welcome Astraware, the largest and best selling game developer for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. Palm bundles Astraware’s Zap 2016, Cubis and Bejeweled with the Treo 650, 700w and 700p, respectively. Astraware is well known for developing products that maximize device capabilities.

Astraware’s CEO Howard Tomlinson recently gave a tell-all interview to mytreo.net about the history of his company and about the future of mobile gaming. The interview will run early next week. In the meantime, download free trials of Astraware’s titles in mytreo.net/store!

Bejeweled 2

The legend has returned…and is more wildly addictive than ever before! Bejeweled 2 for Palm OS and Bejeweled 2 for Windws Mobile takes the classic game of gem-swapping to euphoric new heights.

Players must match the colored jewels in lines of three horizontally or vertically to clear them from the board. Lines of four jewels are awarded with a Power Gem whilst lines of five award the much sought-after Hyper Cube. Both special jewels trigger their own unique jewel-clearing devices.

Bejeweled 2 features all new graphics, stunning background images, in game transitions and cutting-edge special effects. The game has four standard play modes; classic, action, endless and the all-new puzzle mode and five special bonus modes are unlocked as players progress through the various standard modes, adding extra challenges and even more gameplay.

4 great play modes, Classic, Endless, Puzzle and Action
5 unlockable bonus play modes
Explosive new pieces: Power Gems, Hyper Cubes, Time Bombs
All new gem graphics with beautiful planetary backdrops
Enhanced sound effects and epic soundtrack

Astraware Sudoku

Sudoku for Palm OS / Sudoku for Windows Mobile is a logical puzzle game, originally created in puzzle books and then made available in countless newspapers worldwide. The grid is 9 cells high by 9 cells wide and within the grid are 9 boxes each featuring 9 cells. The object is to fill in the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box, but they must only appear in each one once.

Astraware Sudoku is suitable for players of all abilities and features include 6 levels of difficulty, pencilmarks in a choice of styles, optional completion and tracking of pencilmarks, a unique and innovative notepad which enables players to make handwritten notes and sketches overlaid upon the grid, and an advanced hint system to assist you by highlighting areas where progress can be made without giving away the answer.

Astraware Sudoku includes a selection of inbuilt puzzles of varying difficulty for you to evaluate. After registration the game allows you to add a range of additional pre-built puzzle packs. These extra packs are available free from http://www.sudokuoftheday.com. The unlocked version of Astraware Sudoku includes a puzzle creator which generates literally billions of true Sudoku puzzles, all solveable by logic alone and a puzzle solver, so you can input any Sudoku from a newspaper or book and Astraware Sudoku can show you the solution or give you hints to help you play along.

Astraware Sudoku now also features Puzzle of the Day - download the latest puzzle of the day directly to your PDA and upload your times to compare your scores to other players worldwide!*

* Requires data connection or other connected networking capability. You may incur charges from your service provider for the transmission of data.

Big Box of Blox

Big Box of Blox for Palm OS / Big Box of Blox for Windows Mobile is a block stacking game taken to outrageous extremes! Using stylus or button controls, arrange the three-blox-high stacks as they fall. Match blox in groups of three or more, vertically or horizontally, to eliminate them - but that’s not all!

Don’t just stack the blox. Smash them, blast them, mutate them or explode them in a shower of flames! Use special blox including jokers, bombs, frogs, mushrooms, fireballs and slot machines to clear the board before it reaches the top!

Choose from five exciting game modes: Flaming Peelout, Blok Atak, Groink, Mushroom King and Asylum Cubez or even create your own combination using the special Custom Mode. Faithful to the critically-acclaimed PC version, Big Box of Blox features cool psychedelic graphics, awe-inspiring animated backgrounds, brain crunching sound effects and an epic music soundtrack. The game’s graphics reflect the dark and mysterious nature of the PC original, but PDA owners are sometimes known to go outside into the light, so Big Box of Blox also includes a gamma adjustment slider so you can select anywhere from dark and atmospheric to vibrant and acidic.

Chuzzle

Chuzzles are googly-eyed little balls of fur that giggle, squeak, and sneeze as you push them across the board! Group three Chuzzles of the same colour together and watch them pop in a flurry of fur. Tap them to hear them squeak, sneeze and more!

Chuzzle for Palm OS / Chuzzle for Windows Mobile features four fun-filled modes of play: Classic - match the Chuzzles and watch them pop to gain a high score; Speed Chuzzle - play against the clock to match Chuzzles until time runs out; Mind Bender - solve the Chuzzle puzzles to match the pattern on screen; and Zen Chuzzle - a gentle endless game where you match Chuzzles to earn magical charms. Look out for Giant Chuzzles, Super Chuzzles and Rainbow Chuzzles which all carry their own special effects and bonuses!

My Little Tank

My Little Tank for Palm OS / My Little Tank for Windows Mobile is a fun arcade-style blaster offering hours of miniature tank mayhem!

Through 60 action-packed levels you must shoot enemy tanks, defend your base, and destroy enemy radar stations and bases. You will encounter a range of hostile terrains including snow, swamp, plains and deserts. As levels progress, tougher enemies will appear that require more than one shot or more effective weapons.

As you carry out each mission a range of powerups will appear to aid your progress including Smart Bombs that destroy all tanks in the vicinity; Life bonuses to regenerate your tank; Speed to make your tank go faster; Invincibility to protect your tank against the enemy; Weapons upgrades; and Freeze bonuses to halt the enemy tanks and make them easier to blast!

Who’d have thought playing with tanks could be so much fun? You can even choose what colour tank to play with!

60 exciting missions
5 different enemy tank types
6 types of power up to aid in your battle
Destroyable scenery!
7 customizable tank colors (Registered users only)

Super Slyder for Palm OS

Meet Slyder, a spherical hero who needs your help to find his way through a wealth of brain-teasing mazes. Along the way he’ll meet friends and foes like Boffo, Unger, Reginald and Sparky. Some will help him and some will seek to hinder his progress. Use your powers of logic to show Slyder the right way to the warp point and on to the next level.

Super Slyder for Palm OS / Super Slyder for Pocket PC features over 200 mind-boggling mazes with a full tutorial to show you how to play. Guide Slyder by using your stylus or directional keys. Just press the thumbpad in one direction and Slyder is off and running. But be careful. Once Slyder starts moving he will continue in that direction until he is stopped by an obstacle or the edge of the maze. This colorful, fun puzzle game is easy to start, but so addictive you won’t want to put it down.