Batman - The Dark Ride

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Batman - The Dark Ride

Description

Ride Batman to reach the targets. Face obstacles in different levels. Collect coins, and make jumps and flips to get points. Drive his Super Motorbike and enjoy racing .

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Batman The Dark Knight

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Batman The Dark Knight

Description

Great Picture of Batman The Dark Knight turned into a Jigsaw Puzzle. How fast can you complete this 30 piece Superhero Jigsaw Puzzle.

Instructions

Use your mouse to connect the pieces together.
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Batman, The Brave and the Bold

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Batman, The Brave and the Bold

Description

Team up with Batman and Blue Beetle to take down the Kanjar space pirates of Ro.

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In the game
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Batman Sniper

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Batman Sniper

Description

Batman Sniper is a point and click style batman game, use your mouse and zoom in on icons and click till you find them all.

Instructions

Use your mouse to find the batman icons
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Batman Sky creeper

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Batman Sky creeper

Description

The Joker has trapped Batman in between two skyscrapers. He is throwing down all kinds of construction materials. Avoid being hit by them!

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Dream Wedding Dress Up

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Dream Wedding Dress Up

Description

This is a romantic and beautiful wedding. The sun, the beach, the sea, and the blue sky- everything looks perfect. If you can dress up the bride and groom, that would be wonderful. This couple will have a beautiful and unforgettable wedding with your help.

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Dream Princess Wedding

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Dream Princess Wedding

Description

The wedding day is drawing near. Princess Sofia is busy trying on all these beautiful wedding gowns and accessories. Which dress looks best on her? Does it match with the veil, bouquet, and shoes? Please give her some suggestions and make her the most gorgeous bride ever! Have fun!

Instructions

Use your mouse to choose items.
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Dream Girls US Tour Fashion Game

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Dream Girls US Tour Fashion Game

Description

Its tour time again for these beautiful girls. Help them choose the right outfits for their tour. You should also take into consideration that each girl has her own style. Sort out an outfit for each girl, and do it one by one so things don't get confusing! There are many, many different things to choose from so go through them all and choose the clothing that looks best on each girl.

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Dinner Time Dress Up

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Dinner Time Dress Up

Description

Dinner time is nearly here and you've invited guests over for a wonderful party. Give yourself a complete makeover so you can look cute and stylish for your fabulous dinner party. Make sure you don't wear just any old thing as you want to look presentable for all of your guests. This delightful dinner party is important for your friends and even your family.

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Day Dream Lover

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Day Dream Lover

Description

Like the tiniest hint of an iceberg's white tip, love is but a symptom of something bigger to come. Sometimes reality can get in the way of a solid, down-to-Earth, real world romance. That's why in this girl's daydream, she is anyone she wants to be, kissing whoever she wants. And it's always smooth, chic sailing when coasting through her dream date!

Instructions

Use your mouse to click on and through the floating clothing, background, hair, and accessory options for both characters.
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Daphne

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Daphne

Description

Dress up Daphne and choose her clothes.

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Dancing Princess

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Dancing Princess

Description

Dancing Princess has beautiful 18th century fashion, accessories and classical music. When you love your creation, just print the result. It's easy and fun.

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Dancing is Fun

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Dancing is Fun

Description

Dress up the lovely dancers for the dance of their lives.

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Dancing Bratz

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Dancing Bratz

Description

Dancing Bratz lets you dress a pretty Bratz girl in cool dancing outfits and accessories. It's easy and fun, and you can even print the results!

Instructions

Use the mouse to select clothes and accessories.
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Dance Club Dress Up

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Dance Club Dress Up

Description

It's Friday Night and it's time to go to the club and dance the night away with friends in the big city. What are some of your favorite club outfits? Choose the most outrageous outfits to get the most attention.

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Ice Racer

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Ice Racer

Description

User your super car to drive around the cool terrain and get there in one piece before the time runs out!

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Hummer Rally

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 Hummer Rally

Description

Real adrenaline for real racers! Show the best results among racers in New York, Monaco, London, Moscow and Tokyo, and you will win the world race championship. Try to win the Grand Prix in all countries in order to be number 1 in the international championship. Feel the Hummer power and show the rest who's boss!

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Forest Truck

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 Forest Truck

Description

Looking for a job ? Today is your lucky day, because we just have just the job for you! You need to deliver the wood from here to your destination. But watch out- don't lose too much wood on the road.

Instructions

Arrow keys to drive
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Extreme Trucks

 

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 Extreme Trucks

Description

Drive your Monster Truck over 9 levels of tilting and stay balanced. Watch out for water!

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Extreme Truck 2

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Extreme Truck 2

 

Description

Monster Trucks have returned. Drive them through water, snow, and dirt in the most extreme European environments.

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Galactic Intruders

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Man went to space only to find it was already taken.

How to Play:

Arrow keys = Move
Left mouse button = Set target
Right mouse button = Toggle weapon menu
Enter = Jump
Spacebar = Launch attacks
Tab = Toggle weapon menu
Shift = Temporary free look
Backspace = Unset target
G = Grenade
R = Rocket launcher
C = Show controls
6 = Skip turn
Esc = In-game menu

Firework Frenzy

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Click on all of the fireworks flying over London to score points!

How to Play:

Click on each and every firework with your mouse--if you miss one, the game is over.

No More Aliens

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Only Magnus Bullet can save us now...

How to Play:

Mouse = Aim & Shoot
Arrows = Move
Space = Activate Slow Motion
S = Instant Drop

Shoot the extraterrestrial invaders straight out of the sky in this awesome alien-blasting action game!

RoboCity

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The robots are rallying...against the human race!

How to Play:

Mouse = Aim & Shoot
Space/R = Reload

Swine Flu Salvation

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The Governator is the last hope against the apocalyptic swine flu invasion...

How to Play:

Up/Down = Move
Space = Shoot

Buy upgrades between waves.

Babies Playroom Make Over

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This playroom is a mess! Help put everything back in order before Mommy comes home.

How to Play:

Drag the items into place with your mouse.

Pet Shop Makeover

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Get's Rachel's pet shop ready for her first customers!

How to Play:

Drag the items into place using your mouse.

Room Makeover 3

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What type of room will make little Cindy happy?

How to Play:

Using your mouse, click on the boxes to page through the options, clicking OK to add the ones you like best.

Ice Cream Parlor Makeover

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Help these two sisters get their parents' ice cream parlor ready to open for the day!

How to Play:

Drag the items with your mouse.

Poor Bedroom Decoration

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This poor bedroom may not have much, but can you remember where it goes??

How to Play:

You will be shown a picture of a decrepit bedroom and will have 10 seconds to study it with a magnifying glass before all of the furniture is rearranged and you have to reconstruct the bedroom from memory. Use your mouse to drag and drop the items into place.

Pimp My Phone

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With a phone this pimp, you won't mind being put on hold.

How to Play:

Drag decorations onto the phone, clicking the Colors button for a list of different colors.

Pet Home Designer: Puppy's Yard

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The new puppy is super shy and nervous. Help Nick set up his yard so he'll come out of his doghouse and play!

How to Play:

To see your choices, click on the pictures on the right side of the screen.
When you see what you want to use, drag it to one of the flashing blue spots.
If you want to delete something, click on the little X next to the doghouse at the bottom of the screen.
When you're ready, click the doghouse in the bottom left corner. This calls the puppy out of the doghouse. Then you can see if the puppy likes his new yard!

Mermaid Décor

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Fill the sea with fish and create a comfortable home for the mermaids.

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Drag the objects into place with your mouse.

Luna Amusement Park

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Build this amusement park any way you like!

How to Play:

Drag the items into place with your mouse.

Dress & Play: The Coffee Cafe

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Get dolled up for a day of hanging out with the girls at your favorite coffee cafe!

How to Play:

First thing's first: getting dressed! Click through the clothing and make-up options to create a comfortable cafe look. If you want to remove a particular item, then click the "X" beside it. Click the red redo button to start from scratch. When you've finished dressing, click the green check button to arrive in front of the coffee cafe.

Click the front door to enter the coffee cafe. You can move the coffee and bakery items around the cafe by clicking on and dragging them. Invite your friends over by clicking their pictures in the bottom-left corner. You can also move them around. And don't forget that you can always go back outside to sit on the swing or sip a cup of coffee!

Traffic Madness

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It's an accident waiting to happen.

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Click cars once to make them go faster, again to make them stop, and again to make them start again.
Watch out for tanks. They will track your cursor. When their warning light goes red, they will shoot. Don't let them shoot any cars.

Fever Frenzy

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As a nurse, look after your patients, cure them, and earn money.

How to Play:

1. Move your patient to the chair on the right and then to the matching hospital bed. 2. When an outbreak happens, click on the patient to make the diagnosis and take the resulting prescription to the pharmacy. 3. Click on the medicine to take it to the patient. 4. Click on the bed to clean it for the next patient and drop off the dirty sheets at the hamper.

SIM Air Traffic

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Can you juggle all these planes, or will your airport crash and fail?

How to Play:

Get these planes on and back off the ground as quickly as possible without any accidents. Click on a plane to give it a command. In the air, you can tell a plane to slow down or circle around. Once a plane begins to land, you cannot control it until it has refueled. After the plane has refueled, you can tell it to taxi to the runway and, when all is clear, give it clearance to take off. Make enough money to turn each airport into a success!

Youda Marina

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Build up your seaside paradise and one day that huge yacht might be yours!

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Make money by docking yachts at your harbor and keeping the guests entertained. Click on the construction tabs to see the available buildings. Move the Mouse to the edge of the screen to scroll the map, or click anywhere on the minimap. As you get more customers, you'll have to keep expanding your marina.

The Gardener

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This garden is about more than just tending plants--it's about turning a profit!

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Click to choose the category, plant and plot. Quickly apply pesticide and water as needed and, when the plants are full-grown, sell them for money, or mix them for even more money.

My Love Rose RayRay

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Link adjacent hearts of the same color to help Won pass the tests of Rose's family.

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Use the mouse to play this game.

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Try to get all of the RayRay to stand.

How to Play:

Click on a RayRay. If a RayRay is already standing, it will sit.

Evolver Bomb Chain

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Millions of years of evolution cut down into some puzzling chunks...

How to Play:

Point and click to solve the puzzles.

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Clear the stage by setting off one bomb and creating a chain reaction.

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Left mouse button = click a bomb from the left side of the board, then place it on the grid; click on the placed bomb to fuse it

Cursor 10 Dropz

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Find the flight of stairs, then click on it to move up and reach the 16th floor to win the game.

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Use the mouse to play this game.

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Pop the biggest drops and change the tiles from colored to white. Pretty colors and jolly music and sounds will brighten your free time!

How to Play:

Use your mouse to play this game.

Nodes 2 Chain Factor

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Get the laser through all the circles before the bomb reaches 0 and blows up.

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Left mouse button = click and drag the nodes

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Make discs disappear by having their number match the size of their row or column.

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Left mouse button = drop discs

Dotville Nodes

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Build up farms, market places, mines, and smithies and keep your dots happy!

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Use the mouse to play this game.

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Get the laser through all the circles.

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Left mouse button = click and drag the nodes

High Tea Hotel

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Frothy drinks and dainty cakes? It must be afternoon tea!

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Take the High Tea Hotel restaurant from shabby to trendy. With the help of your pet hamster, Rufus, get ready to serve your customers in style! Play gracious hostess to your customers, preparing their orders as fast as you can. Efficient service rakes in bigger tips. Invest in upgrades to attract more clients. Who knows—maybe you can pay off the mortgage and call your great-aunt's charming old estate a place of your own!

Cindy the Hairstylist 2

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Cindy the sassy stylist is back, cutting and clipping her way to heavenly hair!

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Click to wash, cut, and style customers' hair in Cindy's busy salon. Earn enough money to make your daily goals and you'll pass each level in a flash. Make sure to upgrade the salon with premium products and keep her stylish customers smiling!

Paula Paparazz

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Help a celebrity gossip magazine get the REAL scoop, in all its juicy glory!

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Paula's the editor of a gossip mag, and she's got a job for you: monitor her reporters in action to see if their celebrity tales are true or false! Attend big events and memorize the celebrity's appearance, accessories, outfits, and behavior. The faster you memorize the scene, the better your paycheck, so be sure to invest in special power-ups for the next event. Pass your intel to Paula, then give the design team a hand with the final details.

Terrible Triplets

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Look after the triplets so they remain happy and quiet while their parents are sleeping.

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Use your mouse in this game.

Super Babysitter

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Can you keep the baby madness under control until the parents return?

How to Play:

Using your mouse, click objects in the room to keep the kids happy.

Net Pet

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Decide if you want to adopt a cat or dog and take care of your new pet.

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Use the mouse in this game.

My Cute Pets 2

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How long can you keep your cute pets--the kitten, puppy, hamster, and bunny--happy?

How to Play:

1. Select the item that your pet wants from the bottom of the screen with your mouse.
2. Holding the button, move the mouse in the direction of the arrows until the energy bar is full.

My Cute Pets

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Take good care of your cute pets, the kitten, puppy and pony. How long can you keep them happy?

How to Play:

1. Select the item that your pet wants at the bottom of the screen by holding the left mouse button.
2. Move the mouse in the direction of the arrows, until the energy bar is full.

My Daily Ranch

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Step up for free-range fun on the farm!

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Go to Ranch School to learn how to manage your virtual homestead. Feed your animals and keep them healthy to sell them for max profit. As your ranch becomes a success, you'll get access to more cute animals and awesome features!

My Daily Ranch

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Step up for free-range fun on the farm!

How to Play:

Go to Ranch School to learn how to manage your virtual homestead. Feed your animals and keep them healthy to sell them for max profit. As your ranch becomes a success, you'll get access to more cute animals and awesome features!

Sue's Dog Beauty Salon

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Look at the picture and give every dog a proper makeover by using the shower, scissors and accessories!

How to Play:

Use the mouse to play this game.

Kindergarten

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Keep the babies happy by fulfilling their needs as fast as you can.

How to Play:

Left mouse button = click on the baby or thing to use it
Space bar = call the clown
P = pause / resume
H = help

Cute Baby Nursery

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If only babies were always this clear about what they wanted...

How to Play:

When a baby starts to cry, move it to the station shown in the thought bubble above its head. When it's done with the station, move it back to the bed. Take good care of the babies to keep them all happy!

Virtual Pet Game

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Choose your kitten and care for him for the first year of his life!

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Use the mouse to play this game.

Primp My Toenails

Mô tả game: Incredible beauty game in which you'll have to contribute to a beautiful girl's look with a stylish pedicure session. Combine nail polishes, stickers, sandals, shoes and jewelry like rings and anklets. Learn to turn your feet into a weapon of seduction.  
Điều khiển game: This game is played with mouse only.

Nuke Rider

Mô tả game: You are in the middle of a nuclear fallout, and your only way out is your trusty bike!
 Điều khiển game: Use arrow keys to move.

Scooby Doo - Spooky Speed

Mô tả game: Drive your cart on the tunnel and avoid obstacles along the way.  
Điều khiển game: Left / Right Arrow Keys - Move. Down Arrow Key - Brake.

Hidden Objets - Toy Story

Mô tả game: Search all hidden objects around Toys Story images.  
Điều khiển game: This game is played with mouse only.

Beautiful Country Girls Dress Up

Mô tả game: Select beautiful outfits perfect for country living. Trendy clothes and accessories to choose from and once you like your creation easily print and share with friends!
 Điều khiển game: This game is played with mouse only.

Anzac Biscuit Cooking

Mô tả game: Ever tried the delicious Anzac Biscuits? Well, whether you tasted them or not, here is your chance to cook them yourself.  
Điều khiển game: This game is played with mouse only.

Hyundai i-oniq concept car (2012) first pictures

If, like us, you think Hyundai's on a stylistic roll, wait until you see this. The new Hyundai i-oniq concept car signals the next stage of Hyundai's Euro-focused design lanuage.

The i-oniq concept car will be shown at the 2012 Geneva motor show on 6 March.

Hyundai i-oniq concept (2012): the lowdown

Like a mash-up of Nissan 350Z headlamps at the front and a sporting shooting brake at the rear, the i-oniq's purpose is to show there's more to come from the Koreans in chapter two.

It's a hybrid 'sports hatchback', according to Hyundai. It's a range-extender hybrid, whose 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engine charges a lithium ion battery.

You can travel 70 miles on electric mode, using just the 108bhp e-motor; when the internal combustion engine is topping up electricity levels, the range swells to nearer 400 miles - with a claimed 45g/km of CO2.

Hyundai design: the next chapter

The i-oniq espouses the next iteration of 'fluidic sculputre', the current mantra at Hyundai's design studios in Frankfurt.

What's new? The combination of 'gentle feature lines and muscular surface treatment, conveying both premium and sporty qualities evident in both the exterior and interior of the car,' says Hyundai.

It further points to the ‘penthouse roof’ and LED headlights on i-oniq. At 4.4m long, this concept is smidge longer than a BMW 1-series coupe.

Hyundai Motor Europe chief Allan Rushforth said: 'The i-oniq concept has been created to reflect the new thinking that runs through the Hyundai brand. 
'It has a bold design, inside and out, that provokes contemplation on the future of automotive possibilities, and a powertrain that highlights one of the ways in which we could power future products – wrapped in a package that exudes premium qualities.'

Seat Toledo concept car (2012) first pictures

Seat will whisk the covers off the new Seat Toledo concept car at the 2012 Geneva motor show. Stand by for some confusion: the old Toledo was a supersized MPV with a dodgily designed boot, but the new 2013 model will follow the much more conventional three-box design showcased here.

As you can tell by the ready-to-roll interior and surprisingly unshowy exterior, this Toledo is 'a close-to-production study'.

Seat Toledo concept car (2012): the lowdown

Seat admits the Toledo will go on sale in Spain in late 2012, which points to a UK on-sale date in early 2013.

It's a five-door hatchback, despite that three-box shape, and stretches to 4480mm long. There's a large 500-litre boot, easily accessible thanks to the large tailgate.

Seat first launched the Toledo in 1991 and it's popped up only occasionally in the range. The two generations of Toledo have sold 860,000 units in Europe.

The design story

Following IBE, IBX and IBL concepts, this is one of the first production Seats to espouse the latest Spanish design look.
James Muir, president and big cheese at Seat, said: 'The Seat Toledo Concept illustrates our idea of the perfect mid-range car.  It is an excellent combination of emotional design, top-level functionality and dynamic driving characteristics. The subsequent production model, our new Toledo, will write a whole new success story with its clear SEAT identity, its excellent quality standard and exceptional value-for-money.
‘Following the Mii family and the new Ibiza, the new Toledo marks the next wave in our model offensive and growth strategy.’

VW Cross Coupe at 2012 Geneva motor show

This is the new Volkswagen Cross Coupe, which will be unveiled at the 2012 Geneva motor show...

Hang on! Haven’t we seen the VW Cross Coupe before?

Yes, but not in red. Or more importantly, not with a plug-in hybrid TDI powertrain. Volkswagen unveiled the first Cross Coupe at the 2011 Tokyo motor last autumn with a plug-in electric-petrol powertrain; now it sports a TDI system, continuing a preview of VW’s first plug-in hybrid set-up.
The Cross Coupe shown in Tokyo featured two electric motors (one front, one rear) and a direct-injection and turbocharged (TSI) petrol engine. This new Cross Coupe has a similar set-up, only with a direct-injection and turbocharged (TDI) diesel engine. Thanks to its ability to run on purely electric power during the NEDC fuel consumption test, this TDI-powered Cross Coupe will apparently return 157mpg and emit just 46g/km CO2. Impressive, but almost impossible to achieve in the real world, as this is a 302bhp and 1858kg SUV with a 138mph top speed.

302bhp, huh?

That 302bhp power figure is the total system output, the TDI engine aided by the twin electric motors. VW hasn't released any more figures on the specific outputs of the engine and two motors, but the Cross Coupe is four-wheel drive, and the rear wheels aren’t driven by the TDI engine, but the rear-mounted electric motor. When the rear axle is being driven by the rear electric motor, it’s powered by the other, nose-mounted electric motor, acting as a generator fuelled by the TDI engine. Thanks to the flow of electrical engine front-to-rear, there’s no need for a conventional driveshaft, so the lithium-ion batteries sit in that space instead.
What else?

The rest of the Cross Coupe is predominantly unchanged, bar the switch from silver to red paint of course. That means an angular SUV that previews how a more sporting version of VW’s next-gen Tiguan could look – think of this four-seat 4x4 as an X6-style version of Volkswagen’s compact faux off-roader. At 4345mm long the Cross Coupe is longer than a Golf but shorter than a Tiguan, while the width (1868mm) and height (1523mm) also put it between the aforementioned VW pair.
Underneath the red skin the Cross Coupe is based on Volkswagen’s new modular transverse matrix (MQB) and its grey Tokyo sibling was the first model to be publically shown that was underpinned by the company’s clever new flexible architecture.

Mini Countryman JCW at 2012 Geneva motor show

This is the Mini Countryman John Cooper Works, set to be unveiled at the 2012 Geneva motor show. It’s the most powerful Mini so far, with 215bhp, and the first JCW product to boast four-wheel drive. Timed to coincide with much vaunted success in the World Rally Championship… Oh. Wait. That’s been a fiasco hasn’t it. Err…

So if we ignore the withdrawal of Mini’s works WRC team, what can you tell us about the Mini Countryman JCW?

It’s Mini tried-and-tested recipe, slotting a John Cooper Works variant atop a range already sporting Cooper and Cooper S variants – it’s also the sixth JCW model amid Mini’s current line-up. There’s chunky bodywork, 18in alloy wheels, strengthened anti-roll bars, 10mm lower suspension, and a sports exhaust system with chrome-tipped tailpipes.

And inside there are JCW-spec door sills, sports seats with contrasting red stitching, piano black trimmings, a sports steering wheel, and darkened backgrounds for the rev counter and speedo.

But the Countryman JCW is also the first four-wheel drive JCW model, and the most powerful yet. The turbocharged and direct-injected 1.6-litre engine produces 215bhp at 6100rpm (other JCW models currently boast 208bhp) and 207lb ft  – with a 221lb ft overboost function. The All4 four-wheel drive system helps this Countryman to claw its away to 62mph in seven seconds dead, and in normal driving conditions 50% of the power is sent to the rear, but this can be the full 100% in extreme conditions.
A six-speed manual is standard, but a six-speed automatic is available for the first time on a JCW product: both reach 62mph in the same time, the manual is 1mph faster flat out (140mph vs 139mph), and they respectively return 39.2mpg and 167g/km and 39.2 and 187g/km CO2.

Sales of the Mini Countryman JCW start in autumn 2012.

BMW Concept M135i at 2012 Geneva motor show

This is the BMW Concept M135i, which will be revealed at the 2012 Geneva motor show, and it previews a future hot 300bhp-plus 1-series.

So what is the BMW Concept M135i?

It’s a glimpse at a future BMW M Performance automobile. M Performance? It’s BMW M Division’s new sub-brand, to sit above the M Sport kits that adorn most 520ds but below its full-on M-cars. The first M Performance models have been X5, X6 and 5-series models fitted with a complex triple-turbocharged straight six diesel engine, but this is the first petrol-powered vehicle. And knowing the history of BMW show cars prefixed with the ‘Concept’ tag, the hot 1-series you see before you will make production very soon. BMW says this ‘pre-series concept car offers a fascinating outlook on a corresponding offer in the premium compact segment’.

Anyway, the BMW Concept M135i. It’s our first look at the new three-door bodystyle of the 1-series, but more importantly it’s the most performance-focused version of the latest One. The 135i tag signifies a turbocharged 3.0-litre straight-six engine with over 300bhp, of course it's rear-wheel drive (though we hear rumours of a four-wheel drive variant for left-hand drive markets), and BMW says the suspension has been ‘meticulously modified’.
Blue-painted brake calipers (in line with those fitted to the latest M5 and M6) are a move to help differentiate M Division’s hotter models from lesser BMWs, and clamp discs that are part of an M sports braking system. The wheels are 18in alloys, shod with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres, and there’s a full bodykit upgrade too, from bumpers, to dark chrome-trimmed exhausts pipes, mirror caps in Ferric Grey and side window surrounds in gloss black, the latter two both trademark features of BMW M Performance automobiles. The less said about the tricolor stripes the better though

e-cell SLS AMG to impress?

AMG's first electric supercar, the SLS e-cell, will deliver true racetrack performance. That's the promise of Mercedes-AMG boss, Ola Källenius.

The Benz performance arm displayed the chassis and powertrain of the all-electric supercar at the recent Geneva Motor Show. Configured in a carbon-fibre backbone arrangement with four chassis-mounted synchronous electric motors and open-wheeler-style pushrod suspension, the display showed the extent of the differentiation of the electric car from the petrol V8-powered Gullwing with which it will share its styling.

Källenius told motoring.com.au that the e-cell would be offered as a production car and that the company would build it in the "triple digits". He said AMG was serious about the performance and range the car would deliver.

"Here we’re breaking new ground -- a little bit with a philosophy of 'build it and they will come' [but] our e-cell SLS will be on the pricelist, certainly for an exclusive clientele, of course, [but it] will be a product that you can actually buy and drive...

"We will launch the car, its official launch, this year and deliveries will start in 2013," Källenius told motoring.com.au.

According to Källenius many aspects of the car are still not finalised but examples have already been tested at the Nurburgring. He's coy when quizzed on the car's final power and torque outputs and performance claims.

"Well, I looked at the stand out there and it said 392kW and 880Nm. Who knows, it could be more," he teases.

"Actually, we don’t know [the final output]."

Range is targeted at 200km – of "enthusiastic" driving... Though with a caveat.

"We are going for 200 kilometres plus... so that you can actually use the car... "

"Enthusiastic, has, of course, certain definitions. If you drive flat out on the Nordschleife it will be less than that. Then again, if you drive a gasoline car flat out on the Nordschleife you don’t get much more than five laps or so, anyway."

Källenius would not comment on the electric car's laptime at the legendary circuit.

More than 500kg of the pure-electric plug-in e-cell's final kerb weight will be battery. However, the new chassis arrangement effectively lowers the centre of gravity of the electric car a further 27mm when compared to the hardly top heavy standard SLS, explains Källenius.

There's no gearbox; rather, the four electric motors drive a wheel each via short and stout driveshafts. Braking is via a mix of electrical regeneration and carbon-composite four-wheel discs. Unsprung weight is kept to conventional levels, AMG claims.

Källenius says the car is also a technology 'step-change' for the company. Indeed, he termed the e-cell: "a double step forward in one go".

"With the power and torque available from the first millisecond, [that] the e-cell car will have, the driving experience is absolutely mind boggling. But it’s not just a quest to make the best and most fascinating high-tech, supersports electric car, it’s actually the foundation, in terms of building up the know-how for performance electrification inside the company.

"It’s [also] our first hybrid body construction with carbon-fibre married to an aluminium space frame.

"Electrification will enter into the performance segment at some point in time. We decided we will use the e-cell project to build up the technical knowledge inside the company.

"[With that knowledge] Then you can combine it in any shape or form you like further on. Whether you do a small add-on, like a KERS [Kinetic Energy Recovery System], or if you go full-blown into a plug-in hybrid...

"The market environment will decide when the time is right to do that," Kallenius said.

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NEW YORK MOTOR SHOW: Toyota large sedan concept

Only a teaser sketch of the back end of this new Toyota concept has been revealed, but it has sent media outlets into a frenzy of speculation, particularly in the USA, where the suggestion is that this vehicle is our first look at a new-generation Toyota Avalon.

However Toyota Australia’s Manager, Public Relations, Mike Breen, told motoring.com.au this is not the case, "However we understand some publications have been speculating on this."

Breen did hint that the new concept wasn’t created just to sate the wildest fantasies of its designers, and could indeed be the precursor of an all-new global model from the world’s second largest car maker.

"Toyota has many design centres around the world, including Australia, each working collaboratively to predict, as best they can, future design trends. The primary purpose of a 'concept' car is to use the feedback from the media and consumers to confirm the company's future design direction," said Breen. "The outcome is to provide a design which will appeal to a global market."

So all eyes will be on the New York Motor Show next week when the concept breaks cover, and though likely to be less extravagant than the teaser sketch, the Toyota show car may have taken a leaf out of the Kia design book (which in turn took some of its cues from Audi). The concept will feature a smoothly sloped rear end that looks more like an Audi A7 or a Mercedes CLS-Class than a traditional Toyota sedan.

The company calls the new styling "elegant yet athletic".

If Toyota did decide to build a new global model in the next half decade, roughly the size of a Holden Caprice, Breen said it would be too early to say if such a vehicle would arrive Down Under: "We have insufficient information to provide an informed opinion."

"There is no suggestion this model, if it were to reach production, would be considered for the Australian market," Breen elucidated.
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Motoring iPad issue 19 out now

Issue number 19 is here for your motoring enjoyment with more interactive doodads, widgets and cool stories and photography to pore over – all in stunning HD on the iPad. It's great to keep the iPad App magazine from motoring.com.au as your own guilty little pleasure, but if you like it, let your iPad toting friends know about it as well.

This fortnight we take you through a day-by-day diary of a Swiss Alp trek in the new Volkswagen Passat Alltrack. More than a family wagon, it's jacked-up and ready to take on the world. And wayward hunters in Liechtenstein...

For those who like things a bit more sedate, slip into cruise mode with the Morgan Plus 4, a classically styled roadster that offers the reliability and performance of a modern car.

And then it’s over to the whitegoods: Toyota are optimistic of breaking sales records with their new Camry Hybrid, and we put it through it's paces in a road test to see what all the fuss is about. A Camry drive maybe within our reach, but the chance to get behind the wheel of the new Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Black series is rare – but you can ride shot-gun with us through every exhilaration.

Then for something completely different, feel the force from a dozen feet above the ground in a 46 wheeler big rig! The power and handling of a 12-speed Scania R 730 'B' double gives a great insight into the daily drive of a longhaul trucker.

Issue 19 of the motoring.com.au App is informative and entertaining… It’s totally interactive, free, and it’s waiting to be downloaded at the App Store now.

Savage Rivale conjures up four-door convertible

The folding metal hardtop for convertibles is hardly a novelty these days, having been around for the past 15 years, but have you ever wondered why there aren't any four-door versions of the same in existence?

The answer lies in the obvious packaging difficulties of stashing a huge lid in the vehicle's hindquarters if the traditional three- or five-piece arrangement were used.

Well, the puny and obscurely named Dutch carmaker Savage Rivale has pioneered an ingenious solution, which it plans to demonstrate on its equally peculiarly named Roadyacht GTS sedan.

The vehicle, which makes its public debut (albeit in fixed roof form) at next month's Top Marques show in Monaco, is equipped with a novel Retractable Telescopic Multi Panel (RTMP) roof mechanism, developed by Inalfa Roof Systems, and the beauty of said system is that it splits the folding roof into several glass panels, enabling it to retract within a compact space.

You can see how the system works via an animated video below.

If the clever roof system finds acceptance among mainstream manufacturers, it could potentially create a whole new genre as it doesn't seem that far-fetched to imagine there would be a ready and willing market for a convertible that offers four doors as well as the security and refinement of a hardtop.

In the meantime, Savage Rivale stands to gain a jump on the field if the innovative sedan/drop-top makes it to production. That said, most of these projects never make it past the rendering or scale-model phase, so we're not holding our breath.

For what it's worth, the car looks decent in the rendering and video sequence, with rakish lines that appear inspired by offerings from the likes of Pagani and Koenigsegg.

Technical details about the Roadyacht GTS are sketchy, but as far as we know, its carbonfibre body is draped around a chrome molybdenum frame, while propulsion duties are taken care of by Corvette-sourced 7.0-litre LS7 V8 that's been tweaked to pump out just shy of 450kW and 750Nm, relayed to the rear wheels by a six-speed auto.

The car allegedly features height-adjustable Koni dampers and a tailor-made air-suspension system, while stopping power comes from huge discs with eight-piston calipers up front.

Although there are no images of the cabin, there are said to be multiple touch screen displays that enable control of the doors, climate controls and entertainment. And, befitting the car's nautical moniker, the floor is decked with wood.

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Volkswagen to buy Ducati for €750 million?

Italian newspaper Correrie di Bologna is reporting that the Volkswagen Group has officially made an offer to buy Ducati, putting €750 million on the table for the well-known motorcycle brand.

Current Ducati owner, Investindustrial, owns a 70 percent majority stake and has previously suggested it would be willing to sell Ducati Motor Holdings for between roughly €850 million and €1 billion.

Investindustrial bought the company for roughly half of the €750 million it may end up collecting from the VW Group, a buyout which occurred in 2005 when Ducati was sold off by Texas Pacific Group.

The German-based Volkswagen Group has the first right of refusal on any deals conducted with Ducati, and has until the end of April before other bidders can enter the fray.

In 2011 Ducati saw a 43 per cent increase in global sales in what was a tough year for motorcycle sales. The gains were largely fuelled by American demand for the Diavel power cruiser (pictured).

VW overlord Ferdinand Piech's first motorcycle was a Ducati. And indeed, Piech has made no secret of his desire to acquire the company for some years now.

A contingent of Volkswagen Group engineers has reportedly visited the Ducati manufacturing plants in Borgo Panigale, Bologna already. Ducati wouldn't be the first Italian brand under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, which also owns exotic car marque Lamborghini, which it acquired in 1998 and whose Sant'Agata base is not far from Ducati HQ.

But don't expect any VW-badged motorcycles just yet. In 2006 Volkswagen revealed the VW GX3 reverse trike but if Volkswagen did buy the company it would likely keep the motorcycle research and development separate from its other brands.


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