Giveaway of the Day Forums

1. 

   Alianthia
   Member

   http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/225/slotwords/index.html?afcode=afce3b9aeb14
   Click, "buy now" and it shows the amount as $0...Have fun!
   :)

   Posted 15 years ago #
2. 

   midori
   Member

   Thanks, Merri... have this one from my initial sign-in (a bit of an oldie), but tis a good game if you don't have it. :)

   Posted 15 years ago #
3. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Thanks Merri, BFG - always worth a download (despite the games manager)

   WR

   Posted 15 years ago #
4. 

   Alianthia
   Member

   Hi midori..yes it sure is an oldie(I remember the original giveaway through bigfish and Hallmark (I think?)
   but it is nice that the "hoops" are gone to get it now for newer players..lol!
   :)

   Posted 15 years ago #
5. 

   Alianthia
   Member

   Hi WR! Nice to see you back(or are you on holidays still?)
   Yes Bigfish is worth it!
   (Interesting that they are giving away so many lately..I see another one posted for today..)
   :)

   Posted 15 years ago #
6. 

   Terri218
   Member

   I actually started to randomly try to buy different games to see if they came up as 0 but no luck.

   Posted 15 years ago #
7. 

   franki
   Member

   Thanks :) just love it.

   Posted 15 years ago #
8. 

   midori
   Member

   Lol, Terri... I thought of doing that also. Hey, we can't be missing any deals here! *&:-D

   Posted 15 years ago #
9. 

   Alianthia
   Member

   LOL Terri218; clever idea!
   You are welcome, franki!
   That's right midori..we need our deals and our games..lol
   (love the hat!)
   :)

   Posted 15 years ago #
10. 

    Dragonlair
    Member

    They may have a games manager but you can play the games without that in the mix at all. Their link has the manager only at the tail end, which I find really weird.

    All you have to do is turn on to see hidden files to find the REAL executable and make a shortcut from it. No manager coming or going!

    Posted 15 years ago #
11. 

    Whiterabbit-uk
    Games Guru

    I never thought to try that Dragonlair; thanks for the tip.

    To Merri,

    Yes, I'm still here in Florida; having a great time, though I'm having to take a day off after every excursion. Yesterdays trip to discovery cove was marvellous, though generally I'm not into beach environments. The dolphin experience was a blast. I never thught I'd ever get to actually swim with a dolphin, so just to do that was brilliant. If you've never done Discovery Cove I'd certainly recommend it.

    I've about half way through my vacation, though it only feels like I've just arrived still. The only downside to being here is that I can't use any of my online financial services as they detect that I'm not at home so lock me out, lol. That means no games from Steam till I get home. :) That can wait. I'm off to Cape Canaveral on Sunday. A life long wish (well since the Appollo missions back in the 1960's)

    Posted 15 years ago #
12. 

    Alianthia
    Member

    That sounds like so much fun ; gosh swimming with dolphins?
    Visiting Cape Canaveral?
    Marvellous indeed!
    (oh that is too bad about not being able to access your games but definitely
    they can wait...)
    Have fun and we will be looking forward to your return!
    :)

    Posted 15 years ago #
13. 

    midori
    Member

    Ditto from me, wrabbit! So glad you're having a good time, AND crossing off a few life-long wishes! What more could you ask from a vacation? Hope your family is enjoying it as much as "dad" is, but I can bet that they are. And yes... Steam will just have to wait for this, now won't it. Lol! 8:-D (humm, can that pass for a minnie mouse bow? couldn't quite get the mickey ears)

    Posted 15 years ago #
14. 

    Terri218
    Member

    Dragon could you please give a little more information on how to do that. Thanks.

    Posted 15 years ago #
15. 

    Tailteann
    Member

    Just curious... but why does the BigFish game loader need to access them every time I open or close a game? I refuse to give them automatic access through my firewall, so I know each time, lol.

    On the one hand I like having them all under one icon as it keeps my desktop tidy but that seems a small positive compared to the negative invasiveness. I mean I paid for some of these games and all the others came giveaways and sales. They're mine now, right?

    Posted 15 years ago #
16. 

    Campy
    Member

    Terri & others that want to do what Dragonlair suggested to bypass the BFG games manager:

    First you need to make sure that you can see hidden files. Some files are marked with the hidden property which means that they are not visible unless you have set up windows to allow you to see hidden files.

    How you do this depends on which operating system you are running. Below are links to the Microsoft pages telling how to do this for XP and Vista:

    XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx

    Vista: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/27e9a81a-fac7-457f-896b-e0017a04a59f1033.mspx

    Once you can see hidden files, the BFG games will show up in windows explorer. Mine are in a directory labeled "Big Fish Games". They should be easy to find, but if you are having any trouble just do a search for one of the games using it's name. Once you have located the games, you can run them directly by just directly running the executable, e.g. double click on "Madame Fate.exe".

    If you want to set up a shortcut on your desktop that is done in the normal way. Actually there are several ways to do this, but here are instruction from Microsoft for one way that works with both Vista and XP:

    "To create a shortcut

    1. Open the location that contains the item to which you want to create a shortcut.
    2. Right-click the item, and then click Create Shortcut. The new shortcut appears in the same location as the original item.
    3. Drag the new shortcut to the desired location.

    You can also move the new shortcut to the desired location by cutting and pasting. To do this, right-click the shortcut, and then click Cut. Then right-click within the location where you want to move the shortcut, and then click Paste. The shortcut appears in the desired location."

    Let me add that after creating the shortcut, you can rename it by right clicking on it, selecting rename, and then changing the name to whatever you want like "Madame Fate" rather than "Madame Fate.exe - Shortcut".

    Posted 15 years ago #
17. 

    Campy
    Member

    Personally I don't find the BFG manager too invasive and I like that as Tailteann suggests it is one way to keep your desktop neater. I just keep the "Play My Games" icon on my desktop and get rid of all their other shortcuts.

    However, if you want to follow Dragonlair's suggestion and my directions to run the games directly and still keep a clean desktop, one way to do this is to create one BFG Games folder on your desktop and then drag all of the individual shortcut icons you create to that one folder. Then to run a game you open the folder and select your game. To create a desktop folder in either XP or Vista, right click on the desktop, select new, select folder and then type in the name you want for the folder like "BFG" or "Big Fish Games".

    Posted 15 years ago #
18. 

    Dragonlair
    Member

    Campy,

    Personally, I don't use desktop icons at all. My desktop is blank black (DH's preference and it's a small issue so I let him have his way)! I use the "Start Menu" and it works fine for me. I have a "Games" folder and a "Big Fish Games" sub-folder with all the "customized" icons there. I have similar folders for other games, such as those from here, Alawar, eGames, Cosmi ....

    The only exception is Everett Kaser Software. He insists on creating his own folder at the "main" level of the menu and since I have all his games (25 or so), I let him have his own way. I do have several sub-groups to his folder to group them by type (Knarly, Sherlock, Tile, ...)

    It's nice that there are different ways of handling the situation for each person's personal preference.

    As for Big Fish's game manager - I find that several of the games run a LOT slower if using the manager. It has enough overhead to steal resources from the games. You do need the manager to actually install the games, which is enough of a pain. I complained to them about the "cache" file they have at the ROOT level of the drive and you have NO control over it. You can control where you want the games and once that is set, it is used always. I suspect the only way to change where games are installed is to uninstall the manager and re-install it.

    Posted 15 years ago #
19. 

    Campy
    Member

    Dragonlair - yes, I agree that it is good to have different ways to manage this to fit your personal preference. Your way of putting the icons in a folder in your start menu rather than in a folder on your desktop is a very good approach.

    As to to resource issue, I also agree that could be an issue for people with slower machines. Personally, I make my own computers that are capable of running flight simulators and current graphic intensive games so haven't ever noticed the issue. Still for those with slower machines, avoiding the BFG games manager could help.

    Thanks for the ideas and information Dragonlair.

    Posted 15 years ago #
20. 

    Terri218
    Member

    BFG claims the new Games Manager allows you to put the files wherever you want to but I'm not that sophisticated. That's a good suggestion about incorporating the icons since my desktop is running out of room. I just deleted the main BFG one this morning. I should have done it the other way.

    Dragon, I downloaded the freeware version of Sherlock years ago and it's one of my favorites. What is the site to get a larger version?

    Posted 15 years ago #
21. 

    Terri218
    Member

    It worked. You guys are geniuses.

    Posted 15 years ago #
22. 

    Terri218
    Member

    Am I correct in thinking that only the icon is duplicated. The game is not stored twice on my hard drive is it?

    Posted 15 years ago #
23. 

    Dragonlair
    Member

    Terri,

    Kaser's site is at: http://kaser.com/

    He's got a lot more than just Sherlock now. I started with Sherlock back in the early 90s (on DOS) but all of them now work on Windows. The latest one is Knarly Hexes as well as an upgrade to Knarly Mazes. I am one of his beta testers. It's a lot of fun!

    If you have a shortcut duplicated in several places (Big Fish is famous for that), you can delete the extras. To be sure, you can right click on them and click on Properties to see where the program to be run is located. If they are the same, the shortcuts are just duplicates.

    Campy,

    My machine is 2.4 GHZ with 2 GB memory. It my be my graphics board because the slowness I see is the mouse movement. As soon as I get the environment out of it, it works fine. I did upgrade the game manager today so it may not be an issue anymore.

    Posted 15 years ago #
24. 

    Terri218
    Member

    Dragon, thank you SO MUCH for all this info especially the hidden files. I found a bunch of stuff that I thought I had deleted but was still on my computer. I also found a bunch of games that had disappeared years ago and I could never find them. Now we just need to get rid of the ads LOL.

    Posted 15 years ago #
25. 

    Terri218
    Member

    Just downloaded Moriarity. I'm so excited to start playing it.

    Posted 15 years ago #
26. 

    midori
    Member

    Hi, Terri... just a note of caution re: hidden files, if I may be so bold. Just be careful what you delete, as they're hidden for a reason... a lot are operating files that you don't wanna mess with. But if they're game related, they're safe to get rid of, etc. But things that you're unsure about, just leave alone. Don't be an over-zealous deleter, as a lot are there for a reason, whether understand it or not. Take it from a former computer spring cleaner messer upper. *&;-)

    Posted 15 years ago #
27. 

    midori
    Member

    P.S... @ Dragonlair... very cool site! Thanks for posting it! :)

    Posted 15 years ago #
28. 

    Terri218
    Member

    Thanks Midori but they were all old games that I thought I had removed from my computer but apparently had just removed the icons and not the games themselves. Lots of old demo versions. But I appreciate the warning.

    Posted 15 years ago #
29. 

    Tailteann
    Member

    Campy and Dragonlair: Thank you both so much for taking the time to write out these detailed instructions. I'm saving them for a rainy day when I have some time to organize my games on both my PC and laptop. I love coming to this forum!

    I was just at Gamefish and found a new free game....well sort of...if you download their new (ugly) toolbar (lol in the context of this thread) you get a free game:
    http://www.bigfishgames.com/toolbar/

    The game they are offering for this giveaway is "Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold." Some posters in their forum were angry because it had recently been offered for .99 cents and most had purchased it. http://forums.bigfishgames.com/posts/list/35864.page

    Posted 15 years ago #
30. 

    Terri218
    Member

    I was one of the ones who got it for 99 cents (I think I read about the offer here) and I didn't think it was worth even that much but some people seemed to like it. I'm not sure what their new toolbar is and why I would want it.

    Posted 15 years ago #

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