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* SharedUniverse: With {{VideoGame/Exapunks}}, one of the studios previous games. The computer which you use in this game is an older model of another computer mentioned in the zine, and some of the games you download were cracked by the hacker group from the aforementioned game. There's also an arcade version of HACK*MATCH available.
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''Last Call BBS'' is a game collection from Creator/{{Zachtronics}}. Themed around 1990s [[Main/MessageBoard Bulletin Board Systems]], this game consists of eight minigames, all downloadable from the Last Call BBS. There is a wide variety in genres featured in the minigames available, from more traditional puzzle and solitaire games Zachtronics has produced in the past to concepts such as a {{Mecha}} construction kit. As you play, you will receive notes from the person who runs the Last Call BBS, discussing the origins of the games and his history with them.
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* '''20th Century Food Court''': A {{Programming Game}} set in a futuristic food court offering the "Authentic 20th Century Experience", where you design and program machines to serve food.
* '''STEED FORCE Hobby Studio''': A simulation that allows you to build and paint gunpla kits from the show [[Main/ShowWithinAShow Steed]] [[Main/SuperRobotGenre Force]].
* '''X’BPGH: The Forbidden Path''': Take the role of an {{Immortality Seeker}} and shape the Immortal Flesh in a strange take on a {{Programming Game}}.
* '''Swaymara Solitare''': The inbuilt solitaire game that comes pre-installed on your Sawayama Powerlance, a variation of the classic Klondike solitaire.
* '''Dungeons and Diagrams''': A nonogram-style {{Grid Puzzle}} with a dungeon theme. The special rules surrounding monsters, treasure chests, and dead ends provide a new twist.
* '''[=ChipWizard=]™ Professional''': The third {{Programming Game}} in this pack, and a {{Spiritual Successor}} to one of Zachtronics's earliest games, ''KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People''.
* '''HACK*MATCH''': An expanded version of the {{Match Three Game}} from VideoGame/{{Exapunks}}, with a brand-new single-player campaign mode.
* '''Kabufuda Solitaire''': A solitaire game using Japanese kabufuda cards, which first appeared in VisualNovel/{{Eliza}}.
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!! This game provides examples of:
* AnachronismStew: An in-universe example in ''20th Century Food Court''. The food court advertises that it offers an authentic 20th Century experience, but gets many details about exactly what 20th Century life was like completely wrong.
* DownerEnding: The ending of ''X'BPGH'' is quite vague, but [[spoiler:it is implied that the voice whose orders you were following absorbed your flesh, allowing you to live forever in eternal torment inside of it.]]
* GameplayGrading: Like most Zachtronics [[ProgrammingGame Programming Games]], your solutions in ''[=ChipWizard=]'' and ''20th Century'' are compared to those of other players via histograms. ''20th Century'' measures cycle time and cost, and ''[=ChipWizard=]'' measures the total area of silicon.
* GridPuzzle: ''Dungeons and Diagrams'' is a classic example of one.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The player character's motivation in ''X'BPGH''.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: In order to offer an accurate simulation of dial-up internet, installing one of the games can take anywhere from less than 1 minute to nearly 4 minutes. In addition, after downloading enough games, you will be forced to wait for 15 minutes until you can install more. [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that these timers will still progress while you play the other games you have installed already, encouraging players to spend some time with each game instead of getting them all at once.
* MatchThreeGame: In ''HACK*MATCH'', you clear tiles from the board by making a match of four or more of the same color.
* ProgrammingGame: ''20th Century Food Court'', ''[=ChipWizard=]™ Professional'', and ''X’BPGH: The Forbidden Path'' all qualify as examples. In the classic Zachtronics fashion, the first two have histograms ranking your performance against other players, with ''20th Century'' measuring cycle time and cost and ''[=ChipWizard=]'' measuring the total area of silicon.
* SceneryGorn: The backgrounds for the ''X'BPGH'' cutscenes feature a twisted landscape, with flesh growing in bizarre forms.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''[=ChipWizard=]'' is one to ''KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People''.
* TheLastTitle: ''Last Call BBS'' is named as such partially because this is the last game from Zachtronics.
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''Last Call BBS'' is a game collection from Creator/{{Zachtronics}}. Themed around 1990s [[Main/MessageBoard Bulletin Board Systems]], this game consists of eight minigames, all downloadable from the Last Call BBS. There is a wide variety in genres featured in the minigames available, from more traditional puzzle and solitaire games Zachtronics has produced in the past to concepts such as a {{Mecha}} construction kit. As you play, you will receive notes from the person who runs the Last Call BBS, discussing the origins of the games and his history with them.
[[folder:Games available from Last Call BBS]]
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* '''20th Century Food Court''': A {{Programming Game}} set in a futuristic food court offering the "Authentic 20th Century Experience", where you design and program machines to serve food.
* '''STEED FORCE Hobby Studio''': A simulation that allows you to build and paint gunpla kits from the show [[Main/ShowWithinAShow Steed]] [[Main/SuperRobotGenre Force]].
* '''X’BPGH: The Forbidden Path''': Take the role of an {{Immortality Seeker}} and shape the Immortal Flesh in a strange take on a {{Programming Game}}.
* '''Swaymara Solitare''': The inbuilt solitaire game that comes pre-installed on your Sawayama Powerlance, a variation of the classic Klondike solitaire.
* '''Dungeons and Diagrams''': A nonogram-style {{Grid Puzzle}} with a dungeon theme. The special rules surrounding monsters, treasure chests, and dead ends provide a new twist.
* '''[=ChipWizard=]™ Professional''': The third {{Programming Game}} in this pack, and a {{Spiritual Successor}} to one of Zachtronics's earliest games, ''KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People''.
* '''HACK*MATCH''': An expanded version of the {{Match Three Game}} from VideoGame/{{Exapunks}}, with a brand-new single-player campaign mode.
* '''Kabufuda Solitaire''': A solitaire game using Japanese kabufuda cards, which first appeared in VisualNovel/{{Eliza}}.
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!! This game provides examples of:
* AnachronismStew: An in-universe example in ''20th Century Food Court''. The food court advertises that it offers an authentic 20th Century experience, but gets many details about exactly what 20th Century life was like completely wrong.
* DownerEnding: The ending of ''X'BPGH'' is quite vague, but [[spoiler:it is implied that the voice whose orders you were following absorbed your flesh, allowing you to live forever in eternal torment inside of it.]]
* GameplayGrading: Like most Zachtronics [[ProgrammingGame Programming Games]], your solutions in ''[=ChipWizard=]'' and ''20th Century'' are compared to those of other players via histograms. ''20th Century'' measures cycle time and cost, and ''[=ChipWizard=]'' measures the total area of silicon.
* GridPuzzle: ''Dungeons and Diagrams'' is a classic example of one.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The player character's motivation in ''X'BPGH''.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: In order to offer an accurate simulation of dial-up internet, installing one of the games can take anywhere from less than 1 minute to nearly 4 minutes. In addition, after downloading enough games, you will be forced to wait for 15 minutes until you can install more. [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that these timers will still progress while you play the other games you have installed already, encouraging players to spend some time with each game instead of getting them all at once.
* MatchThreeGame: In ''HACK*MATCH'', you clear tiles from the board by making a match of four or more of the same color.
* ProgrammingGame: ''20th Century Food Court'', ''[=ChipWizard=]™ Professional'', and ''X’BPGH: The Forbidden Path'' all qualify as examples. In the classic Zachtronics fashion, the first two have histograms ranking your performance against other players, with ''20th Century'' measuring cycle time and cost and ''[=ChipWizard=]'' measuring the total area of silicon.
* SceneryGorn: The backgrounds for the ''X'BPGH'' cutscenes feature a twisted landscape, with flesh growing in bizarre forms.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''[=ChipWizard=]'' is one to ''KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People''.
* TheLastTitle: ''Last Call BBS'' is named as such partially because this is the last game from Zachtronics.
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