Head on over to FeatherOffice.com and check out their game pack. Although it’s over 60 MB, it’s a single executable file that contains about 20 games. This game pack runs off your flash drive and shows up in your PC’s system tray. When you right-click on the icon you can select one of the games from the menu. There are all types of games; in terms of arcade games, there is anAsteroids remake and the Space Invaders remake reviewed here. Other games include billiards, chess, racing, golf and a skyroad-like Nerverball -which is pretty good though very hard.

Judging from the popularity of the last Mario Brothers post, there are a lot of Mario fans out there! So for the next week I’ll explore several portable Mario games – starting with Mario Kart; a great diversion for the weekend!

We have 3 different portable versions of this great game:

• SuperTuxKart
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Mario Kart Remix: Super Circuit note: this version only runs on Windows95, Windows98, WindowsME and Windows2000

SuperTuxKart
A 3D remake using the famous Linux mascot Tux. Lots of different scenery and lots of fun. This is definitely my favorite! It’s a hefty 36 MB and has Windows and Linux versions.

Super Mario Kart
This is a 2D game and is pretty good. It’s 1.79 MB and for Windows only; quite a bit lighter than SuperTuxKart if you can’t spare the space.

Super Mario Kart Remix: Super Circuit
Since this game doesn’t run on XP, I was unable to test it. It is portable and it had some good reviews on Acid Play. Give it a try if you’re running on Windows95, Windows98, WindowsME or Windows2000.

Before I begin this post, let me issue a warning: this game is highly addictive!!!

I have been playing Burger Time all week after finding a website dedicated to the game over at http://www.burgertime.info/. The site offers everything Burger Time: history, strategy, manuals, several games and ROMS and even an online Flash version of the game. There is a DOS version available, called Burgertime PC Game (which doesn’t work well on Windows XP unless you have a DOS emulator); however, the one I liked the most was the Windows version of Burger Space v.1.6. It’s only 668 KB in size and completely portable! The only issue I have with this version is that it doesn’t save high scores; other than that, it’s a terrific game! This version is also available for Unix platforms.

The object of the game is to make the burgers by walking over the burger parts while avoiding the walking eggs and sausages. If you get cornered by those nasty characters, you can shake some pepper on them with the CTRL key to get past them safely. Also, when you walk over the burger parts to knock them down, try to squish the eggs and sausages at the same time for extra points!