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Jardinains! (2003)

by Tom Darby (Magic Chopstick Games)

"You control the paddle at the bottom of the screen with your mouse. Click the left button to launch your ball at bricks. Use your paddle to keep the ball above the bottom of the screen.

Experiment with bouncing/catching the various other things that the game throws at you--some are good, some are bad. The object of Jardinains! is to break every brick on the screen. To break a brick, hit it with a ball. Some bricks take more than one hit to break, and some cannot be broken by normal means. When the last breakable brick has been broken, you'll advance to the next level and begin the whole process over again." (taken from the manual)

Sounds familiar to you? Well in fact "Jardinains!" is just another game inspired by the legendary "Breakout". But it's not just another clone as it adds something new to the well known concept. While you try to break all the bricks a bunch of garden gnomes show up and throw flowerpots at you. When you are hit by a pot, your rack will freeze for a short time and you will loose some points. But you can also shoot down the gnomes with the ball and gain extra points by bouncing them back into the game.

There are also several interesting powerups (and the possibility to power up the powerups) and four different difficulty modes that make the game enjoyable for beginners as well as for experienced gamers.

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Details

  • Game license: Special permission
  • Game hunter: Pater Alf
  • Game proposer: Chroelle
  • Download count: 113
  • Platforms:
    • Windows 95
    • Windows 98
    • Windows XP
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows 7/Vista

Genres

  • Arcade

Ratings

  • Game hunters' rating: (3 of 6)
  • Overall: 5.00 (1 vote)
  • Playability: 5.00 (1 vote)
  • Idea: 4.00 (1 vote)
  • Technical: 5.00 (1 vote)
  • Graphics: 4.00 (1 vote)
  • Music: 3.00 (1 vote)
  • Extras: 3.00 (1 vote)
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Reviews

Discussion on our forums on Jardinains!

  • Pater Alf :
    The game has been added to CWF's database. You can download Jardinains! from our game info page:

    http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=225
  • Pater Alf :
    Game is quite fun and the garden gnomes add something new to a well known game concept.

    Levels are well designed, there are nice powerups (as well as powerdowns) and four different difficulty modes that keep the game playable for all sorts of gamers.
  • Chroelle :
    Bouncing gardengnomes is more fun than it sounds (and it does sound fun). This game is run in a rather low and comfortable pace, which lets you play for a long time. Of course there are speed-up powerups, but they dont go to insane speed until you collect a few.

    This is plenty of fun, and I really hope we get to have it on our site.
  • eMTe :
    If any arkanoid clone will beat Poing!'s playability hell will freeze over. :popcorn:
  • Chroelle :
    Well this is another Arkanoid clone, and it comes highly recommended as THE BEST arkonoid clone. It has some innovation and that really takes a lot from Arkanoid clones. There are little annoying gnomes trying to wreck your game, and as much as they annoy you, the word on the street is that they are really cute, and bounce well on a paddle! :twisted:

    Download: http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=225

    Developers site: http://www.jardinains.com/index2.html

    License: I think it is freeware. It however donates money to Childsplay for every cd bought, so they might want people to look by their site. It says we need to ask permission.
    Year: 2002 (1,500,000 million downloads ago...)

    A sequel here too.

    And it just dawned on me while typing that Jardin means garden in French and Nain is a sort of elf or gnomes... Connect the dots... You get to smash garden gnomes.

 

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