Introducing & Download Zillions of Games Demo

Introducing Zillions of Games 2.0
For game players, Zillions 2.0 offers improved graphics, more than 50 new game variants, highlighting of from/drop/to/attacked squares, a quick method for arranging the board, a quick way to switch sides, a Recent Saved Games menu, status bar display of position names, customizable background color, new keyboard shortcuts, and much more. Net-play has been overhauled and DirectPlay lobby support has been added, allowing you to match opponents through MSN Messenger.

For game authors, Zillions 2.0 adds a new authoring mode to help you see what's going on in your game. With it you can view the position boundaries, direction links, zones, goal positions, piece-position values for the entire board, piece attribute settings, complete information about the effects of moves, ZRF-parsing statistics, game object totals, and what the ZRF looks like after macros have been expanded. Edited ZRFs can be reloaded with a single key-press, the syntax error dialog has been improved, you can cancel out of loading without enduring endless error dialogs, and multiple board images for a game are supported (even if they are of different sizes).

Zillions 2.0 reads all current rules files and has been tested with over 5,000 different game variants in over 1,000 rules files. It has been revised to be fully Windows XP compatible and to support massively complex games. Zillions 2.0 requires DirectX 8 or higher.

 

Download the Zillions of Games Demo!

Zill201p.exe (17.3 MB)
The smaller download, as it does not include the Microsoft "Windows Installer" (MSI) engine (which you probably have already.) If you don't have version 2.0 of the MSI engine, the installer will automatically try to download it and install it from the web. Recommended for Windows XP users and most other users.

Zill201pMSI.exe (20.6 MB)
Same as the download above, except also includes the Microsoft "Windows Installer" (MSI) engine 2.0 inside it. No additional connections to the web will be done. Recommended for Windows 95/98/Me users.

What is the Windows Installer (MSI) engine? It's the part of the Windows that handles installations. It was introduced in Windows 2000, though there are upgrades for earlier OSes. You probably have it as the MSI engine ships with all current Windows operating systems. The Zillions installer uses version 2.0 and older systems may not have this. Installation of the the MSI engine requires a reboot. Otherwise, the installer won't reboot. The MSI 2.0 engine may also be downloaded and from Microsoft's site and installed separately.

 

What Is Zillions of Games?

Get ready to play Reversi, Checkers, Blobs, Vertical Tic-Tac-Toe, Mini-Go, Chinese Chess, "Losing" Chess, Dodgem, Jungle, and many other exciting games and puzzles! Zillions is always ready for a game. In a single coherent user interface, Zillions of Games supports a full range of features including navigation and take-back, hints and solutions, history and strategy, animation and sound, legal move display, skill and time control settings, move list display and printing, search status, pop-up help, "Smart Moves", and much more. Zillions of Games also supports a wide variety of amazing tactile sensations when using the Force Feedback mice.

Zillions of Games uses a revolutionary "universal gaming engine" technology that allows it to play nearly any abstract board game or puzzle in the world. This makes it infinitely expandable. With the full version you can script your own newly-invented game rules, share your games with friends, and download new games from the web.

 

About the Demo

This restricted version allows access to 48 of the over 350 game variants that are installed and disables the following features:

opening/storing of saved games
opening of game rules files
board editing
network/Internet play


Minimum System Requirements

Requires:

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
800 x 600 or higher screen resolution
DirectX 8 or higher (You can download it HERE if you don't already have it.)
38 MB of hard-disk space
Recommended:

1024 x 768 or higher screen resolution to avoid clipping any boards
16+ bit color
Internet connection for online play


Instructions for Uninstalling

Open up the "Control Panels" folder by choosing "Settings : Control Panel" from the Start menu
Double-click on Add/Remove Programs
Select "Zillions of Games" from the list
Click the "Add/Remove" button
Confirm your decision by clicking "Yes" in the resulting dialog