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Latest Additions to the SiteMost of the games on this website are suitable only for sighted players. Follow the BLIND-GAMERS link to read about games developed especially for vision-impaired and blind players. The rest of this page is intended for sighted players only. This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first. For a list of all the games available from Spoonbill Software, refer to the Products page.
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This release is version 1.0h and includes an additional 9 level map sets NOSTALGIA PLUS! For all you Lode Runner fans from the early 1980s. Looks and plays like the original, but runs under Windows. Apple Lode Runner - The Remake was suggested by Fred Pence who in his younger days back in the early 1980s was an avid fan of the original Apple II game by Doug Smith. Here's the Spoonbill Software version. For those of you who are not familiar with this game, it is an action / puzzle game combining quick reactions with logical reasoning. You progress from level to level by collecting the treasure chests and avoiding the guards. Your only defence, apart from your quick wits, is a laser pistol which you can use to dig holes to temporarily trap the guards. When you have collected all the treasure chests on a level, you must climb to the top of the level before proceeding to the next level. Some levels are more action than puzzle, whilst others are more puzzle than action. The 150 levels which came with the original Apple game are here, plus the 50 levels from the later Championship Lode Runner and a bonus set of 150 levels by the Lode Runner master, Fred Pence himself. In addition, you can save a game and resume the game later, record your achievements in the High Scores table, design your own levels, and organize levels which you have created by rearranging them or deleting unwanted ones. There are lots more goodies. Minor version 1.0a includes 4 new level map sets, Quickies, Hyper LR, CWG Contest and LR Pics - 441 new levels to challenge you! Minor version 1.0b (June 2005) includes a further 4 new level map sets, French Screens, LR Fan Book, Big Red Apple, Fujionkyo LR - 385 new levels. That's a total of 1,176 levels to challenge your ingenuity. These additional screens have been assembled by Fred Pence from various sources around the world. Minor version 1.0c (November 2005) includes 3 new level map sets, Apuroman-Korea, Australian and Scavenger. That's 280 more levels for you to solve. Again Fred Pence has been instrumental in gathering these levels from various sources on the Internet and converting them for use in Apple Lode Runner - The Remake. He has also tested all of the levels to ensure that they are all possible to solve. Minor version 1.0d (April 2006) includes 9 new level map sets, Bug News, English Screens, Freds Screens, Hozanban, LR OnLine, MAC LR, Miner (Pre-LR), NEC Lode and Yamamoto. That's an amazing additional 930 levels! This should be enough to keep you happy for quite some time. All these additional levels have, as usual, been tested by Fred Pence to ensure that they are all possible. An interesting inclusion in this release is the level map set entitled "Miner (Pre-LR)". This contains the 20 level maps from the forerunner to Lode Runner which was also written by Doug Smith and called Miner. Minor version 1.0e (September 2006) includes 7 new level map sets, Asimov-net, Big Red Apple 2, Chic, Hodge Podge, LR Maniac, Student Screens, and Vogel-Mullen, and one modified level map set, NewFL (a modified Freds Lode). Minor version 1.0f (January 2007) includes 7 new level map sets, C64 levels, Checkmate, Gold Runner, Gold Sprinter, Super LR, Web Screens and Marcs LR. Minor version 1.0g (May 2007) includes 7 new level map sets, Level King, This N That, Fatman, Snowy, LROL100, Turborgr and Panda Craze. Minor version 1.0h (May 2009) includes 9 new level map sets, Level King 2, Marios Tricks, Mini Level King, More Stuff, My Lode (Ferrie), Panda Alphabet, Peter Ferrie, Revenge of LR, Spectrum ZX. With the addition of these new level maps, it brings the total levels included in Apple Lode Runner - The Remake to an amazing 5750 levels!!!
Crossword Compiler Version 4.2
Crossword Compiler version 4.2 includes Export of puzzles and solutions as a bitmap. It also includes completely revised HTML help and a new-style setup file. Several minor bugs have been fixed in this latest upgrade.
Crossword Compiler is designed to produce professional crossword puzzles whose format is square or rectangular. If you want to produce non-standard crossword puzzles with fancy shapes, this is not the application for you. Crossword Compiler allows you, the crossword compiler, to follow the logical steps in creating a quality crossword puzzle.
Crossword compiler comes complete with a choice between an 80,000 word dictionary and a 238,000 word dictionary which also contains not only single words but a plethora of multi-word phrases. And functions such as suggestions for words with missing letters. The Find Word function is handy for solving crossword puzzles. For instance, if the answer to one of the clues is a word .T...GE (where . denotes a missing letter), the Find Word function will give you a list of three words which fit this pattern, STORAGE, STOWAGE and STRANGE. The Edit Dictionary function allows you to add, modify and delete words in the dictionary.
Spoonbill Word Target 1.1 (1.4 MB) Requires DirectX
Spoonbill Word Target is a game of anagrams. A 9-letter word is chosen at random from the dictionary, its letters scrambled and presented in a 3 by 3 grid. The central letter is referred to as the Target letter and must be included in every word you make. Your target is to make as many words of 4 letters or more from the letters in the Target grid. Verb forms ending in S and plurals ending in S are not allowed. Proper names are not allowed. Foreign words are not allowed unless they have been adopted into the English language. You must, of course, have at least one 9-letter word in your list. This game has the following features:
This game is recommended for all you word game enthusiasts. You'll find it challenging and addictive.
e.g. My name is Juan Perez from Madrid, Spain, please send the following games...
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Apple Lode Runner -
The Remake 1.0h Requires
Released May 2009 (1.4 MB)
- includes Bonus Packs 1 thru 8.
