PopCap Games Appreciation Thread - The greatest casual game developer to have ever graced gaming.

[RSLUG30]

 

[libRT]

Mummy Maze Deluxe, or Big Money just to be different.

 

[Coolio55]

This video is supposed to be the great with a bunch of dev interviews but it's giant so I've still to watch it:

Anywwy, I consider Popcap games getting bought out to be my personal "Oh shit. The gaming industry's going downhill" moment
Little did I know how desparate things would get...

 

[419]

Plants vs. Zombies, Bejeweled 2, and Bejeweled Twist were like my childhood. You used to be able to get the entire PopCap collection on Steam, though I think they got rid of that sometime in the last few years.

The bundle itself has indeed been gone for years, but all their individual titles are still available to buy on Steam just fine. I've got a bunch of them myself.

 

[Madotuki]

Fuck man this thread makes me want to play Zuma again. :')
I've never finished PvZ in my life, cuz I'm definitely more into Zuma shit. These are the only games I played that's made by them (also including Bejeweled)

 

[Coolio55]

The bundle itself has indeed been gone for years, but all their individual titles are still available to buy on Steam just fine. I've got a bunch of them myself.

You could give EA money for some old crap or you could just download the signed DRM-free installers off of Archive.org
I know that SHA-1 has been busted but the likelihood of these being *plants* (rimshot) isn't that high.
Are there any programs to force an executable to match a SHA-1 hash anyway?

 

[Fag Albert]

The only of their games I really liked was Alchemy. Being able to melt pieces you didn't like in the cauldron and managing how full it was getting was something I really liked.

 

[Mortan Shekelstorm]

My vote is for Insaniquarium

voted peggle at first

 

[Inco G. Nito]

Cool to know where those instruments came from too so that fans are able to make higher quality(?) renditions.

If I recall correctly Popcap's old games all use a soundtrack format that plays a midi using custom samples in the form of mp3 files, so the songs are very easy to unpack and modify.

 

[ENDTOPII]

PvZ and Bejeweled were perfect phone games, I miss the days when phone vidya was only one payment (unless you were a Cydia enjoyer...) and you got to enjoy some kino vidya on the bus stops from/to school. Also, the PS Vita also had Bejeweled.

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

Oh damn, Zuma.
Probably my favorite PopCap game.

 

[isalaide]

If anyone knows where to find a playable Atomica, I'd be grateful. I miss that one. Funny sound effects. Also the sound of happy Chuzzles.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

Still enjoy some Peggle from time to time. Fuck that unicorn though, his special ability sucks worse than the flower.

 

[Neodanthril]

The bundle itself has indeed been gone for years, but all their individual titles are still available to buy on Steam just fine. I've got a bunch of them myself.

Not all of their old library is on there. See

If anyone knows where to find a playable Atomica, I'd be grateful. I miss that one. Funny sound effects. Also the sound of happy Chuzzles.

There is a popcap collection on the Internet archive. It has everything except the full version of bookworm 2 I think.

 

[isalaide]

Not all of their old library is on there. See

There is a popcap collection on the Internet archive. It has everything except the full version of bookworm 2 I think.

Thank you kiwisibling x

 

[Double Taps]

Dynomite was pretty good. I liked the corny lines the dinos would say when you got a high combo. It was nothing new gameplay wise but I was always fond of the Puzzle Bobble adjacent games, even if most were clones.

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

I loved Bejeweled, Zuma and PvZ.

Anyone know if they're available somewhere?

 

[Mike Matei's Penis]

Shoutouts to Bookworm teaching me funny and dumb words
Peggle is also really fun. The recent Switch direct pointed me to Peglin which is a fun rogue-like spinoff. Peggle 2 was only on consoles but fantastic, they should have made more.
Rabbit in Peggle 1 was the best character

 

[Too Many Catgirls]

Peggle and Peggle Nights are great.

Team Peggle and the PPP (no, not that PPP) are very disappointing though.

 

[Migraine Box]

If I recall correctly Popcap's old games all use a soundtrack format that plays a midi using custom samples in the form of mp3 files, so the songs are very easy to unpack and modify.

Yeah, most are stored as MO3 files, which are like MODs on crack. Pretty much any XM-compatible tracker can play them, personally I'd recommend XMPlay, though iirc VLC supports them, too.
PopCap hired some veteran demoscene composers back in the day, so it's no big surprise, lol.