A ppleis .Mac online service periodically offers free, or reduced cost, software to it; continuing that tradition, .Apple is now offering .Mac users a free download of WingNuts, the popular game from Freeverse Software. From Apple:
Youill log hours of exhilarating flight time with WingNuts, an arcade-style game from Freeverse that puts you in pursuit of a time-traveling airforce of robot planes. Winner of a "5 mice" rating from MacWorld magazine, WingNuts features a sizzling soundtrack, spectacular graphics, and gameplay that gets downright nutty. A US$19.95 value, WingNuts is free for .Mac members until Nov. 10, 2004.
Apple is also offering .Mac users a 25% discount on another Freeverse game, Airburst Extreme. From Apple:
.Mac users can download WingNuts, and get more information about the 25% discount on Airburst Extreme at Appleis .Mac Web site.Airburst Extreme, the sequel to the award-winning Airburst, once again puts you into space as aliens playing paddleball atop a giant pod (or Floater) surrounded by smaller, protective balloons. Use the paddle and balls to pop your opponentsi balloons-while protecting yours. Dubbed "a steroid-injected version of the original" by Inside Mac Games, Airburst Extreme enhances play with more characters, more game types, and some highly creative Extreme Powerups.
Until Nov. 10, 2004, buy the full version for Mac OS X for just US$22.46Ñ25 percent off the regular US$29.95 price.