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May 3rd 2004: New game called Bloxter
A brand new game featuring stunning 3D graphics, falling blocks, alien monsters and more...
More info here
February 27th 2004: New Downfall review
Cnet/Download.com gave Downfall 5/5 in their review!
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May 3rd 2004: New game called Bloxter
A brand new game featuring stunning 3D graphics, falling blocks, alien monsters and more...
More info here
February 27th 2004: New Downfall review
Cnet/Download.com gave Downfall 5/5 in their review!
December 20th 2004: Downfall 2.4.3 released
Improved physics.
A bug that, in some cases, could cause the game to crash has been fixed.
Get Downfall here
December 20th 2004: Bloxter 1.1.6 released
Improved physics.
Selecting a reactor is now done from the main menu, instead of every time you start a game.
Replaying the same reactor will now skip the pre-game help screen.
The main menu has been slightly redesigned.
A minor bug has been fixed.
Get Bloxter here
November 11th 2004: Downfall 2.4.2 released
A reminder will now pop up if the player has forgotten which keys to use.
Adjusted difficulty.
Some optimizations.
Some minor bugs have been fixed.
November 8th 2004: Bloxter 1.1.5 released
Adjusted difficulty.
Some optimizations.
A few other minor changes.
Some minor bugs have been fixed.
October 28th 2004: Manic Minefields 2.1.5 released
A couple of bugs have been fixed.
Get Manic Minefields here
October 25th 2004: Downfall 2.4.1 released
The color of the stones in the Black & White board has been adjusted, to improve visibility.
It's now possible to type in the activation/registration code manually.
Misc. other minor improvements.
October 19th 2004: Bloxter 1.1.4 released
Brighter graphics, a new sound effect, adjusted physics, a couple of bugfixes and a few other improvements.
September 29th 2004: Downfall 2.4 released
A new board called 'Lost Gold' has been added.
August 27th 2004: Bloxter 1.1.3 released
A bug that could cause Bloxter to crash, has been fixed.
August 24th 2004: Bloxter 1.1.2 released
A few minor improvements and a bugfix.
August 20th 2004: Downfall 2.3.1 released
This update includes misc. improvements and bugfixes.
July 26th 2004: Bloxter 1.1.1 released
Bugfixed and improved.
July 20th 2004: Downfall 2.3 released
This update includes three new boards, new sound effects and other improvements.
June 23rd 2004: Bloxter 1.1 released
New game modes (Puzzle and Arcade), new reactors and lots of minor improvements.
May 11th 2004: Downfall 2.2.3 released
This update includes some bug fixes and minor improvements.
May 7th 2004: Bloxter 1.0.2 released
Another bug that could cause Bloxter (Windows version only) to crash has been fixed.
Some minor adjustments.
May 4th 2004: Bloxter 1.0.1 released
A bug that could cause the game to crash has been fixed in this update.
January 27th 2004: Downfall 2.2.2 released
You can now delete individual highscores (click on "Highscores" in the main menu, then right- or Ctrl-click on the name you want removed).
A bug (Mac version only) has been fixed: Instead of freezing, Downfall now switches out (hides in the dock) when an application in the background wants to display an alert.
Click here to see what happened in 2003.