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2004, December 7th
All 1-abc.net games got 4.5 stars on FileCart.
2004, November 12th
All 1-abc.net games got 5 stars and editor's choice on FreeTrialSoft, the Completely Free Software community updated their review of 1-abc.net Powerdart.
2004, November 5th
Now the last 1-abc.net game got a savable high score list: 1-abc.net Powerdart 1.10 is prepared to be downloaded and got some more improvements like a new score image additionally.
2004, October 15th
After 1-abc.net Powersnake now the international download mirrors of tucows.com decided to list 1-abc.net Powerpuzzle too - and awarded the program with 4 cows! While many other sites list nearly all submitted software, they only take the best ... and this is, what they say: "If your application receives a three-, four-, or five-cow rating, congratulations! As you'll see by reading the Ratings Guide, this is no small feat. You are in the company of some of the best programmers in the world. We receive hundreds of requests each week for inclusion in the Tucows library. The fact that you scored in the three-cow range or higher has earned you a spot on our site. This is a sign that your product is among the best of its kind." - Well, thanks!
2004, October 14th
This link has got nothing to do with 1-abc.net - but since we all love classical games and especially Powerpong - just check out this! This man has really managed to build a completely anological version of Pong ... great stuff!
2004, October 1st
1-abc.net Powerpong 1.20 released. New in this version: additional gaming fun with sound!
2004, September 9th
1-abc.net Powerpuzzle got 5 of 5 stars from download2you.com. Thank you! :-)
2004, August 31st
1-abc.net Powerpuzzle won 5 stars from fileheaven.com.
2004, August 29th
1-abc.net Powerpuzzle won 5 stars from BrotherSoft.
2004, August 28th
1-abc.net Powersnake, 1-abc.net Powerpong and 1-abc.net Powerdart got 5 of 5 stars from SharewareRiver.com, 1-abc.net Powerpuzzle got 5 stars from ProgramUrl.com.
2004, August 26th
5 stars from FinalDownload.com and 5 stars including editor's choice from topshareware.com for 1-abc.net Powerpuzzle.
2004, August 25th
FinalDownload.com listed 1-abc.net Powerpuzzle and said thank you with a 5 stars award.
2004, August 24th
Powersnake and Powerpong are "excellent" ... says 5cup.com. And for the first time: 5 stars for a 1-abc.net game (Powerdart) on File Transit.
2004, August 22nd
Like Powersnake, Powerpong and Powerdart did before, now Powerpuzzle also received a 5-star award from the jury of shareup.com.
2004, August 20th
The first award for 1-abc.net Powerpuzzle is 5 stars and comes from soft32.com.
2004, August 17th
1-abc.net Powerpuzzle released!
2004, July 18th
1-abc.net Powerdart: full points from shareup.com.
2004, July 13th
4 stars from Download2you.com for 1-abc.net Powerdart.
2004, July 10th
The "Completely free software" website released the first review about 1-abc.net Powerdart and ratet the game with 4 of 5 doves. The whole review can be read here.
2004, July 5th
Sofotex ratet 1-abc.net Powerdart - with 5 stars of course, what else? ;-)
2004, July 4th
5 stars from Brothersoft for 1-abc.net Powerdart.
2004, June 30th
1-abc.net Powerdart 1.0 received the first two awards: 5 of 5 stars at Soft32.com (that's okay!) and 4 of 6 on Nonags.com (well, I'm working on it ... let's wait for their opinion on version 1.10)
2004, June 28th
1-abc.net Powerdart 1.0 released :-)
2004, May 29th
The Courier Mail from Australia is a newsletter about IT and other news and reviews. Two weeks ago, they wrote this about 1-abc.net:
[...] The original Pong and Snake are long gone but nostalgia buffs may care to have a play with versions recreated by 1-abcnet for modern computers as Powerpong and Powersnake. These are just as irritating -- and addictive -- as their grandparents.
Powersnake, in particular, is likely to see your computer snaffled by teens and young adults who routinely lodge huge scores on their mobile phone versions of the game. They may not find it quite so easy on PC because the game uses mouse controls. The reflexes required are just as fast so anyone wanting to demonstrate superiority to their juniors should give themselves lots of practice time.In case you've forgotten, the idea is to "eat" the blob with the snake, which grows every time until (if you're good enough) the tail fills the screen.
Both it and Powerpong start very slowly but keep accelerating until they're lightning fast. You can save a game high score list and Powersnake has colour settings and extra keyboard control for those who want to forget the mouse for a few minutes.
Don't be disappointed at the basic graphics because the games have been designed to look like the originals. You wouldn't want to revisit your youth with something too modern, would you? [...]
(Click here for the complete article)
2004, April 27th
Yesterday Scott from freewarearena.org posted this review about 1-abc.net Powerpong on the Lockergnome Network ...
{Game} The game developers of today really pull out all the stops when they craft the latest games, but sometimes it is fun to revisit the 'olden days' of gaming. A good example of this would be the classic Pong, which has been nicely reworked using Windows XP styling in the form of Powerpong from 1-abc.net software It features a savable high score list. Now what you have to ask yourself is: is that really old time arcade like, or what? Just bear in mind that what may seem to be a simplistic game to modern gamers actually takes downright fast reflexes to master. So go old school; get out your flat rectangular racket and have a hand at Powerpong!
... which resulted in about 2,500 additional downloads.
2004, April 22nd
Another 5-star award for 1-abc.net Powerpong from PopularShareware.com.
2004, April 12th
Powerpong 1.1 released! New in this version: savable high score list and minor improvements.
Furtherly there are new translations of some older articles on the swedish website of the First Publishing Group. Thanks to Ingrid for translating again ...
"Simple version of the game 'Snake' (Powersnake 2.0)
The classical snake is a game that became famous again since there is a market for cell phone mobile games. This one is a simple version of the game for your PC. The artwork is not very impressive, but it's fun anyway and a special feature of this version is that you can try to control your snake with your mouse. Causes addiction!"
"Snake - simple and good! (Powersnake 2.1)
Snake is an ancient game idea and the game is bundled with most cell phones, palms and other equipment. The more you eat the longer the snake grows - and the harder it is to control it. I personally like the real purity in this game, this one really is a classical snake game. Many snake clones are overloaded with bananas, additional snakes, barriers, water and flying toasters. Simply too many additional thigs - Powersnake is snake and nothing more than snake!"
2004, March 18th
Version 2.0 only got 3 points from 5, version 2.1 got 4 points from 6 ... and now version 2.2 of 1-abc.net Powersnake got 5 from 6 on the worldwide freeware download pages of nonags.com. Awards from this website are like a real competition ... and I'm sure that there will be 6 points for the next version :-)
2004, March 14th
1-abc.net Powersnake 2.2 released. Now 1 KB smaller and with savable high score list.
2004, March 9th
5 star award for 1-abc.net Powerpong from the jury of ShareUp.com.
2004, March 7th
Again there are 5-star awards for 1-abc.net Powerpong, it's getting a bit boring :-) SoftPicks.net and Sofotex.
2004, February 29th
1-abc.net Powerpong has received a "4.5 stars award" at Download2you.com and a 5 star award at BrotherSoft. 1-abc.net Powersnake got 5 stars from the jury of PopularShareware.com.
2004, February 25th
The Swedish website of the First Publishing Group wrote about 1-abc.net Powerpong:
"1-abc developes and distributes new versions from classical games. The latest one of them is Powerpong, which is of course another version of the old game Pong. Pong has been one of the first TV games ever and the main goal is to keep a ball in the air using a racquet. The artwork has never been so good that the ball could look like a real ball - and in this version it also does not."
... which inspired many Swedish people to download the game. (Thanks to Ingrid for translating)
2004, February 20th
Instead of stars the awards of the website Completely FREE software consist of 1 to 5 doves. But anyway, the main thing is: Powerpong got 5 of them ... and a nice review by the way.
2004, February 19th
1 day, 1 website, 2 programs, 5 stars for both of them ... thank you to the jury of Soft32.com, who awarded Powersnake and Powerpong ...
2004, February 8th
5 stars from ShareUp.com for Powersnake :-).
2004, February 7th
1-abc.net Powerpong released! May the success of Powerpong be at least as great as the success of 1-abc.net Powersnake, that was 4-star-awarded on Global Shareware yesterday by the way.
2004, January 29th
1-abc.net Powersnake won two awards again! One on Download2you.com, another one on Filetransit. Thanks again ;-)
2004, January 23rd
The first and main web italian tech daily since 1996 Punto Informatico has awarded 1-abc.net Powersnake 2 and released an article about small but wonderful software. Meanwhile the website of the First Publishing Group AB in sweden published a short but powerful review about 1-abc.net. Download rates doubled on this weekend because of those ones - thank you ;-)
2004, January 1st
The new year starts like the old one ended - with a download popularity of 98% for 1-abc.net Powersnake 2 in the classic arcade section of Tucows - one of the most famous dowload sites in the world.
2003, December 28th
More than half a year I had to fight against my old provider to give me back my website. Today, as you probably recognized, 1-abc.net is finally online again :-)
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