Although it isn't 99 cents, you may also want to check out the
Gold Box and Lightning Deals today, as it appears that every one of them is going to be a video game of some sort, with most of the game consoles and players covered at least once.
Mahjong Solitaire Halloween Edition ($3.99 $0.99), by Mobigloo. This one I grabbed immediatey, but haven't had time to play yet (OK, I'll admit, I'm addicted to games, as well as books -- I actually have all but one of the games in this post!).
It's time to celebrate Halloween with this special edition of the popular matching game Mahjong Solitaire on Kindle.
In Mahjong Solitaire, you match pairs of identical tiles in order to remove them from the board. Only free tiles can be matched. Tiles are considered free if they do not have other tiles to either the left or right of them, or on top of them. The objective of the game is to clear all the tiles from the board. The game ends when all tiles have been removed or when there are no more free tiles left to match.
Mahjong Solitaire tracks the number of pairs of free tiles available to be matched for you. In addition, the game allows for unlimited undos, and contains a Hint feature that will give you suggestions for your next move, as well a Shuffle feature that will rearrange the tiles when you get stuck.
The Mahjong Solitaire Halloween Edition gives you 13 different game board layouts to choose from and two special Halloween tile sets. This game is so fun it's scary!
Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion ($1.99 $0.99), by Runestone Games Limited
Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion is a puzzle adventure featuring Monty the wizard as he attempts to save the inhabitants of the castle from an evil creature of the night.
You play Monty on his quest as he outwits fiendish puzzles on his journey deeper and deeper into the mysterious castle, to the inevitable showdown with a monster too scary to name. You must tread carefully on cracked and crumbling floors, while using teleporting staircases and magical keys to enter new areas. You may even need to push boxes into dangerous crags to make new paths and use bombs to get through walls to complete your quest. If you find the Eye of Truth, you can explore places that were once hidden as you try to uncover the identity of the creature assaulting the castle.
Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion is well suited for people who like puzzles and brain teasers, and contains 24 levels of excitement and adventure. Can you solve all the mystery puzzles in the castle? Monte is counting on you!
Poker of the Dead ($1.99 $0.99), by Gameblend Studios
Poker of the Dead is a Hold'em Poker solitaire game.
Zombies are trying to break down your door! Play "heads up" poker against them to stay alive. Fortunately, zombies aren't normal poker opponents. They have no brains, never fold, and will always call your bet. Play the odds to fend them off and earn new high scores. To win, survive all seven days (10 hands per day). At the start of a hand, you and the zombie are dealt 2 cards each. Next follows 3 betting rounds, over which 5 shared cards are dealt. At each stage, you can call, raise, fold, or go all-in (if available). The best 5-card hand wins the pot. Win 3 hands to activate the "all-in" shotgun, and use it to double your money and blast a zombie. Each new day increases the stakes with higher ante and bet amounts. If you run out of money, the game is over. Poker of the Dead features a full tutorial, detailed game statistics and 12 special challenges to complete.
Can you survive the horde of poker playing zombies?
Blossom Halloween Edition ($1.99 $0.99), by Braintonik Games
Planting takes an eerie twist in Blossom Halloween Edition, where you are challenged to create a network of pipes that feed your Jack-O-Lanterns with potion from the witch's pot.
The goal of the game is to build an irrigation system that delivers a spooky brew to pumpkins by manipulating the game tiles with pipes on them. Just select the pipe tiles and rotate them until the potion flows through them and reaches the pumpkins to make them grow.
When a pipe is connected to the witch's cauldron it will fill up with potion. Make sure the brew flows in all the pipes to keep your pumpkins menacing. You'll have to rotate the tiles with pipes, pumpkins, and that all-important cauldron to make each part of the grid connect together and fill up every tile. All the pumpkins need to be connected to the cauldron and every pipe must be used to finish the puzzle. Are you facing a drought? The Hint system is there to help you figure out the next best move.
Halloween may be just around the corner, but with Blossom Halloween Edition's 120 puzzles, waiting has never been such a guilty pleasure!
Choice of the Vampire ($2.99 $0.99), by Choice of Games
Choice of the Vampire is a text-based game where your choices control the story.
Play as a newly created vampire, struggling to survive your first nights of immortality. Begin your two-hundred-year journey as a vampire in New Orleans of 1815, and choose whether to seek love, power, or redemption as you negotiate the growing pains of the young Republic.
Throughout the game you'll choose between a set of options which decide the action your vampire will take next. Will you embroil yourself in the intrigues of elder vampires? Can an undead creature find true love? How will you balance your waning humanity against your thirst for blood?
If you love gamebooks, you'll love Choice of the Vampire. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper, and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. Will you discover all of the hidden endings?
Please note: Choice of the Vampire contains content that may be inappropriate for children.
Moron-o-Meter (An Irreverent Quiz for Kindle) ($0.99), by puzzle.tv, is new in the Kindle store.
Are you smarter than a fourth grader? Than a rock? You might be surprised. Let Moron-o-Meter set you straight.
Moron-o-Meter is a game that will test every ounce of your brain power, but not in a serious way. Do you know what comes once a year, but twice a week? It's not Santa Clause, it's 'e'. Your brain will be pestered with similar brain teasers when you take this challenge. If you want to be entertained while finding out if you're a Genius, a Moron, or any form of intelligent life at all, then this is the game for you.
A clever blend of serious, not-at-all serious and downright tricky questions will be asked in an attempt to bamboozle you into thinking you might be a moron. The game will amuse and test players of all abilities with three funny, creative and occasionally diabolical tests to complete. Get declared the ultimate brain by completing the tests in record time.
Throw down the gauntlet to your friends and family and take part in the irreverent Moron-o-Meter challenge. Reap the ultimate satisfaction and prove to yourself that you are indeed farther up the evolutionary ladder than bread mold!