Mac Games

Finally something a little bit different for your Mac! This time macgames.org brings you Smashing Tennis, a simple yet entertaining Tennis game for Mac. Behind simple graphics (that almost got me to not review this game), this tennis game is saved by an amazing game play. The physics used for the game engine will lead to realistic in-game behaviours, for example you’ll see the ball hitting the net then fly into the air, so  you’ll have to run towards the net to catch the ball. The keyboard controls will allow you to lob, smash, or even do a drop ball to trick your opponent!

With a choice of 3 court surfaces ( clay, grass and synthetic ) that all have different characteristics, solid sound effects,  customizable player skills, training, tournament, and 2 player mode, Smashing Tennis ends up being a very good little tennis game for the whole family, despite a steep learning curve and basic graphics, it remains a very good sport game for the affordable $9.95 price. It is definitely worth the small  6MB download if you’re looking for a challenging tennis game for mac.

[download smashing tennis here]

Azada 2, called “Azada: Ancient Magic” is without doubt one of the best games of 2008. It received several awards, and has a really innovative mix between puzzle game and adventure game. The game is divided into “book”. Each book tells a story, some are very classical ones like Dracula, Robinson Crusoe, and more. Inside the book there are several pages, and each page has an enigma, or items to pick up and put in the inventory.

You can then reuse those objects to solve quests and puzzles in other pages, until you find a card that will let you close the book and mark it as solved! This innovative gameplay is really brilliant because takes away the tedious walking from one location to the other (typical of many adventures) and keeps the interest alive with literally thousands of different puzzles to solve, from logic to skill ones.

I warmly recommend anyone to try the game at least once, even if you aren’t a fan of those kind of games: you could fall in love with it!