Today Brings us four new Virtual Console downloads, Zelda II and T&E2 look like great downloads to add to your VC library. Zelda II also marks the 100th available VC game, Collect them all!

• Zelda II: (1987, NES, 500 Points):
This should need no introduction, fans of the Zelda series could find worse ways to spend $5

• ToeJam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron (1993, Genesis, 800 Points):
A classic funky platformer that is one of the very few that allow co-op play

• Dead Moon (1991, TurboGrafx-16, 600 Points):
A side scrolling shooter, relatively basic with an easy difficulty level

• Milon’s Secret Castle (1988, NES, 500 Points):
An Action adventure game sounding a lot like a Mario/Bubble Bubble hybrid with an insane tough difficulty level

So when was the last time you saw a game released on every gaming console, every hand held, even the PC and MAC that was not some cheap crappy movie based game?  Well best selling author Darren Reid is about to release a point and click fantasy adventure with MMO and RPG community elements to every next generation console, handhelds, PCs and Macs.  Darren with NextGenBooks.com today announced that they are brining an all new point and click fantasy adventure to PCs and consoles. Darren Reid’s The Half Broken Crown: The Broken Kingdoms is an all new game based upon the best selling author’s upcoming novel The Half Broken Crown. The game is a point and click style adventure which incorporates MMO elements which allow all online players to communicate and solve puzzles through collaboration and cooperation.

 “Of all my upcoming projects this is perhaps the one I am most excited about,” admitted Reid, “It is a unique opportunity for me to expand upon the [upcoming] book and to tell new stories.”

Look for The Broken Kingdoms this June and will be free to play with optional micro-transactions available to enhance the player’s experience. The main game will feature over 100 unique screens.  Additional in-game purchases will open up episodic content that add hours of game play will become available over the course of the year.  Each episode prices ranging from $2.50-$5.00, depending upon the depth of the content being purchased.

The game will be launched exclusively on www.NextGenBooks.com and be playable through internet web browsers with specific and individual versions designed for Wii, DS, PS3, PSP, PC and Mac. All console and computer versions of the game will be fully featured however the DS and PSP users will have to wait for multiplayer support.

If you want to learn more about the game pick one of the following ways check Darren’s MySpace Page, or Next Gen Books Website.
www.myspace.com/darrenreidcell
www.NextGenBooks.com

For more information about Darren Reid’s books The Half Broken Crown: The Broken Kingdoms visit www.DarrenReid.co.uk.