Screenshots
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The title screen.
Early stage of infection.
They're everywhere!
The built-in tutorial.
Factor Software - Shareware games for the Mac OS™
Germs - Get rid of deadly microbes and stop them from spreading
Factor Software presents Germs, a game by Mike Weyandt.
Germs is a game that combines quick thinking with even quicker reflexes as players manipulate scads of colorful, killer pathogens in order to neutralize a biological threat and save humanity.
The gameplay is quite simple, relying at its core on the “pick
pieces up and place them on the gameboard” model used in several games
such as MacPipes.
In Germs, the player
picks up germ sprites from a “culture dish” and arranges them on the gameboard
in patterns of the same color to make them disappear.
Germs' main features are:
- Gorgeous artwork in thousands of colors
- Six different animated germs - some cute, some nasty, all dangerous!
- 35 different levels of pulse-pounding puzzle action
- Beginner and Expert skill levels - choose what's right for you
- A fully-interactive tutorial to teach you the ropes
- 2 original electronic music tracks
- The ability to play your favorite mp3s as background music
- Multi-channel stereo sound effects
- Online scores
Current version: 1.3.1. Version History
System Requirements
PowerPC or Intel processor (see note).
Mac OS 9.0 or later; built for Mac OS X.
QuickTime 5.0 or later.
For Mac OS 9.x only:
16 MBytes free memory.
CarbonLib 1.5 or later.
Recommended Configuration
Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
Note: although not a Universal Binary, Germs is fully compatible with Intel-based Macs and runs smoothly thanks to Apple’s Rosetta technology.
Shareware fee: USD 19.95 (single user license).
Awards
5 out of 5 rating - GoldDownload
Pick Award - GoldDownload
5 stars rating - FileTransit
5 stars rating - TopShareware
"100% CLEAN" Award - Softpedia
Outstanding 5/5 - Soft45.com
5 Stars Award - Soft32Download.com
"EXCELLENT" Award - FindMySoft.com
Editor's Pick Award - WareSeeker.com
(4.25)
Reviews
[January 29, 2009] Germs has been tested by software engineers at FindMySoft.com and has been granted the “EXCELLENT” software certificate.
[June 23, 2008] Germs is awarded with a 5 Stars Award by the Software Evaluation Team from Soft32Download.com.
[August 4, 2006] Germs receives a favourable
review from the Mac news site The
Mac Observer. The Slacker's Guide columnist Chris Barylick
says Cool,
vibrant animations, outstanding sound, good graphics and a casual
style make the game worth its $19.95 shareware registration price
.
[September 18, 2005] Germs gets an Outstanding
5/5 award from Soft45.com.
Soft45.com editors say Great
job, we're really impressed!
.
[July 18, 2005] Germs has been tested by the Softpedia labs and found to be completely clean of adware/spyware components. Click on the Softpedia “100% CLEAN” Award image for more information about this certification.
[July 31, 2003] Germs has been rated 5 stars at FileTransit and also got a 5 stars rating at TopShareware for good measure :-)
[July 21, 2003] Germs has been rated 4.5 out o 5 at ChezMark's MacPicks.
[July 19, 2003] Germs gets a 5 out of 5 rating and a Pick Award from GoldDownload. GoldDownload Review Staff give this product a Pick Award because it is easy to use, it has a professional-looking interface, it is excellent compared to other programs in this section and so on.
Online Scores
| All Time High Scores (Beginner Skill) | |||
| Rank | Name | Score | Level |
| 1 | di | 4927728 | 120 |
| 2 | graeme | 4381785 | 040 |
| 3 | jh | 4301825 | 053 |
| 4 | di | 4036517 | 114 |
| 5 | cathy | 2435167 | 034 |
| 6 | Gab | 2235059 | 059 |
| 7 | 10/6/05 | 1733581 | 061 |
| 8 | cathy | 1320154 | 052 |
| 9 | Catherine | 1097662 | 042 |
| 10 | cathy | 1095577 | 046 |
| This Week High Scores (Beginner Skill) | |||
| Rank | Name | Score | Level |
| 1 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 2 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 3 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 4 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 5 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 6 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 7 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 8 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 9 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 10 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| All Time High Scores (Expert Skill) | |||
| Rank | Name | Score | Level |
| 1 | BevD0706 | 13465952 | 185 |
| 2 | Mum | 11126425 | 145 |
| 3 | Mum | 11016850 | 145 |
| 4 | BevD0114 | 9613223 | 155 |
| 5 | BevD1227 | 8396023 | 151 |
| 6 | Mum | 7170600 | 125 |
| 7 | Mum | 5297800 | 105 |
| 8 | Mum | 4622125 | 095 |
| 9 | BevD1217 | 4569337 | 089 |
| 10 | Catherine2 | 3951119 | 035 |
| This Week High Scores (Expert Skill) | |||
| Rank | Name | Score | Level |
| 1 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 2 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 3 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 4 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 5 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 6 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 7 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 8 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 9 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
| 10 | Anonymous | 0000000 | 000 |
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