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Fortune Puzzles 1.2
Fortune Puzzles - Solve the puzzles and Madame Murghi will appear from the murky depths to tell your fortune more>>
This game works best on older Macintoshes. Compatible with system 7.0, it even works well at speeds as low as 16 mhz. Works on newer computer, but a bit clunky and without some of the visual effects.
Area Puzzles 1.2
Area Puzzles is designed to be an interesting puzzle in which students are shown a ten by ten grid sprinkled with numbers. more>>
Area Puzzles 1.2 is designed to be an interesting puzzle in which students are shown a ten by ten grid "sprinkled" with numbers. Students must fill the grid with colored rectangles so that the area of each rectangle matches the "sprinkle" number inside of it.
Area Puzzles is a set of math programs for students is grades 5 through 9. Students must fill a ten ... Area Puzzles is a set of math programs for students is grades 5 through 9. Students must fill a ten
Fraction Puzzles 1.5
Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. The program shows a series of 150 preset problems more>> Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. The program shows a series of 150 preset problems. Each problem has a blank, sectioned square and a given fraction goal. Students must shade the square to match the given fraction. The program allows students to draw lines on the screen, and to shade certain fractional parts.
Mac OS 7.0 or later.
Version 1.5:
- A help screen has been added.
- Students can now select to have the program complete the puzzle grid.
- Improved interface.
Twixt Puzzles 1.0
Twixt Puzzles - Challenging puzzle game widget more>>
This widget lets you play with a set of Twixt quarterboard puzzles (one 12 x 12 quadrant of a regular 24 x 24 Twixt board). These puzzles represent fairly realistic endgame conditions, and some are derived from actual games between good players.
Be warned: these are challenging puzzles!
Puzzle 1.1
A lovely Yahoo widget that is able to generate puzzles. more>> A lovely Yahoo widget that is able to generate puzzles.
With the Puzzle Widget, you can drop a photo from your computer or a web page onto the resizable frame and it will create a jigsaw puzzle to solve with 8 to 120 pieces!
You can rotate, reposition, and resize your photos before creating your puzzle. You also have the possibility to open a smaller window in order to see how it will look like when finished.
System requirements:
- Yahoo! Widget Engine
XV (15 Puzzle) 2.1
XV (15 Puzzle) is a free game in which you have to reorder a bunch of blocks. more>>
XV (15 Puzzle) 2.1 is a free game in which you have to reorder a bunch of blocks. To play, Click on "Shuffle" from the "Game" menu. You will see a bunch of blocks with 1 empty square. Click on squares adjacent to the blank to shift that block into the space... repeat until solved! XV is a Mac OS X version of the classic 15-Puzzle.
Nothing too fancy here, just good old fashioned puzzle fun :)

The Triangle Puzzle 1.0
The Triangle Puzzle gives you a good time enjoying an exciting, challenging, animated puzzle game with sound and hints! more>>
The Triangle Puzzle 1.0 gives you a good time enjoying an exciting, challenging, animated puzzle game with sound and hints! Features over 70 sound snippets and AI which can dynamically search any position to see if its solvable!
To play, you remove a starting peg from any hole by single-clicking it, then repeatedly single-click an arbitrary peg and then jump either horizontally or diagonally over an occupied hole into an empty hole (by single-clicking it), thereby removing the peg you jumped over. You repeat this process until there are no moves left.
The object of the game is to end up with exactly one peg. Having trouble solving the puzzle? No worries, because you can undo and redo your moves as well as get hints by checking the "Is there a solution from this position?" checkbox, and/or pressing the [Hint] button to have the program suggest the next move which leads toward a solution (if there is one).
The programs AI can dynamically search from "any'' position to determine whether the puzzle is solvable or not! When the animated pegs blink, one of over seventy fun sound snippets is played using samples of various chimes, bells, instruments and other tones!
Einstein Puzzle 2.0
Einstein Puzzle - Free cross-platform open source remake of old DOS game Sherlock more>>
The game goal is to open all cards in square of 6x6 cards. For this, a number of hints describing relations between card positions are given. Use them to find the correct layout.
Einstein features sound support, full internalization, Russian localization, reengineered resource subsystem to allow custom graphics themes and in-game rules browser.
Solve 1.0.1
Solve - Finds zeroes of a quadratic equation more>>
Completly freeware for personal use.
$1.64 Puzzle 1.0
$1.64 Puzzle is known as a free yet very useful program taken from a CD-ROM collection of over 200 mathematics puzzles, available on the developers Web site. more>>
$1.64 Puzzle 1.0 is known as a free yet very useful program taken from a CD-ROM collection of over 200 mathematics puzzles, available on the developer's Web site. Developed by a veteran teacher, these visually-oriented puzzle games have a simple interface and are designed to provide math problems in context to middle-school (grades five through nine) students.
In this particular program, students must place four quarters, four dimes, four nickels, and four pennies on a four-by-four grid so that the rows and columns sum to given values. The program generates hundreds of problems on two levels of difficulty. You can view a screenshot of this program by clicking here.
Puzzle Icons 1.0
Puzzle Icons - Puzzle icons collection more>>
All icons are aquafied and look best in 128x128 at 32bit mode.
Completly freeware for personal use.
ChessPuzzle 2.1.3
ChessPuzzle - Thousands of chess puzzles to view and solve more>>
In addition to over 6,000 exciting and challenging puzzles to solve, ChessPuzzle 2.0 includes a powerful, built-in chess engine.
This Widget is interactive with unlimited undo/redo. Click on a piece to select it, then click a square to move to. Click the back all button to start over.
Check your solution by clicking the lightbulb icon.
Enhancements:
- new animation during engine thinking
- new option to show moves the engine is pondering.
Pizza Party Puzzles 1.0
Pizza Party Puzzles - Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context more>>
Students use hints to find what fraction of a pizza was eaten by each of five party-goers. Sample hints: "Judy had 2/5 of a pizza. Bill ate twice as much pizza as Judy."
PuzzleTron 0.9
PuzzleTron - Create web puzzles for your friends more>>
It works on MacOSX, Linux, Windows. Create and Share puzzles with your friends - PuzzleTron has a function to upload your puzzle to PuzzletTon.com site (Web Publish) then simple email link to community.
Snake Quest 1.1
Update of classic game where you collect jewels. more>>
All the while, you may have to solve puzzles, avoid or collect objects flying across the screen, or use teleporters to move from one area to another.
Snake Quest offers an unlimited possibility of level types, from arcade-style gameplay to a challenging puzzle mode. Snake Quest also includes an editor, allowing you to make your own challenging levels and send them to the Snake Quest site.