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The Code Zone Retro Pack is a collection of fifty fun little Windows games originally made for CD-ROM compilations in the 90s, now repackaged and updated to run on newer systems by their original developer.
Challenge yourself with 24 exciting games for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1. Look out for the cat in Cheesy Pursuit. Put on your best gambler's face for the Poker Machine. Fine tune your strategies in Black Box Chess. Test your photo-graphic memory as you try to pair similar cards together in CardMatch. Place boulders on the targets with your Bulldozer. Watch out as as each level gets harder and harder. Your whole family will enjoy the variety of fun and challenging games!.
Core Meltdown is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer on 7 x 7 grid, this is the default size but the game configuration allows the player to select either a 5 x 5 or a 6x6 grid. This is a turn-based game with the player trying to eliminate all the opponents pieces to win. Pieces are placed on the grid in empty squares. If the player wishes they can enhance their piece by placing another in the same square. When enough pieces have been placed in a square the piece explodes and populates all the surrounding squares. Any pieces in these squares belonging to the opposing player are captured in the process.
Cheesy Pursuit is a single-player, arcade, strategy game where the object is to achieve a high score. The game is played on a grid in which all squares are filled with kinds of cheese. The player controls a mouse which is initially in the centre of the grid. The object of the game is to eat all the cheeses without being caught by the cats which patrol the game area. As the player progresses through the levels there are more patrolling cats and they move faster and in less predictable paths.
Checker Connector is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer on 7 x 6 grid. It is a computer version of the classic board game Connect Four. This is a-turn based game in which the player and the computer take turns placing pieces on a board. The objective for each player is to create a line of four of their pieces, the one who accomplishes this first wins the game. The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background.
The player is shown thirty-six picture cards turned face down and must turn them over, two at a time. Matching pairs are removed from play, non matching pairs are turned face down again.
The player drives the eponymous Bulldozer and must push rocks onto targets. The vehicle is driven via the arrow keys. There are sixty levels in the game. Every four levels the player is given a password which allows them to restart at that point.
Black Box Chess is a single player chess-based puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.
Turn It On! is a collection of black boxes, where your task is to guess the mechanics behind. According to the played setting, you will use buttons, switches, wheels, knobs, handles, cogs, a handful of meters, displays, etc. You will need to recognize the machine's behavior and time your action wisely.
Hayama Reiko no Date de Blackjack is a digital blackjack game featuring model Reiko Hayama as the dealer. Players compete in card matches where victories unlock rewards and additional content.