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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: November 18, 2003
- Total Downloads: 639,720
- Downloads last week: 898
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 195 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The adorable game Jardinains is one of the best Breakout clones we've seen. The aim remains the same: Destroy bricks by deflecting a falling ball with your paddle. Jardinains plays much like the arcade classic, with power-ups and different types of bricks. However, the game adds little garden gnomes who throw plants that subtract points and freeze your paddle momentarily if they hit you. If you hit a gnome with the ball, he will fall with a scream. You can bounce him up just like the ball and double the points for each bounce. Controlling the ball and falling gnomes while avoiding flowerpots and catching bonuses adds up to quite a challenge. The read-me file has good cheat codes, and the license agreement has good jokes. The only quibble we had was that in the main menu, sometimes you enter your choices with the mouse and sometimes with the arrow keys. Aside from that, Jardinains may leave ball-and-paddle fans shaking their fists at those naughty gnomes--then shaking their heads in amazement at how fun this game is.Publisher's description
From Magic Chopstick Games :Jardinains brings a new twist to an old classic. Break bricks, collect power-ups, bounce gnomes, and dodge flowerpots in this addictive Breakout-style game. Version 1.2 includes four difficulty levels, continuations, a level editor, player-by-player statistics tracking, cheat codes, increasingly challenging gameplay, meddlesome garden gnomes, and 50 levels.
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- Average user rating: 4.7 stars out of 195 votes
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Jardinains 1.2
Pros: this game really deserves the 5 stars
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Jardinains 1.2
Pros: This by far is one of the funnest games I have ever played, and their is no spyware or viruses. Just download it!!!!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Jardinains 1.2
Pros: Fun and interesting. Adds a twist to the normal arcade games I've seen.
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Version: Jardinains 1.2
Pros: It the old games of breakout with added graphics. Though who like this, try
Jardinains2 off the website.-- This is the final version before they release it for purchase.
Cons: Nothing
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Jardinains 1.2
Pros: This game is bright, colorful, and addicting. It has catchy music and adorable little gnomes that throw flowerpots at you. This is no ordinary brick busting game. It has a variety of objects and powerups that come out of some bricks and what is really fun is when you hit a gnome, you can bounce it off your stick/paddle thingamabob for more points. GREAT GAME!
Cons: WARNING: VERY ADDICTING
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