7 Old Childhood Games On Android

No doubt that everybody miss his/her childhood, like I do. I also miss those old classic games I used to play with my friends, brothers and sisters, and that precious time I spent with them. I used to love playing games with them.  When the school’s last ring goes on, I rush back to home and spending less than 15 minutes there I rush to my friend’s house asking him to pull the game out of the closet. We used play about 2 to 3 hours daily. It used to be a really Great time, or I can say Best time. “No Tension and No Worries, Just fun”. Also not forgetting the games we used play in the class room on the last pages of our note books.

So just while I was missing those days, I thought to search for some of those old games on the Google Play Store. Luckily I’ve found seven of them and now I play each of those seven games with my friends almost daily. It’s like Old Days are back. So if you too want to have that old childhood fun again with your friends the check out this list below of “7 old Childhood Games on Android for you to download for free.

Battle Ludo:

Ludo: old childhood game

Remember that “Ludo” game? Players take their turns to throw a die and move their pieces respective to the number your die shows. The player who completes the journey of his/her four pieces first wins. A total fun game it is. No matter that you’re a child or an adult, this game is enjoyable to all.
Ludo game is known as Flying Chess in China and at some other places it may be known as Mens-erger-je-niet, Fia med knuff. This game is similar to Sorry!, Parcheesi etc.

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Features:

  • Manage Difficulty
  • Multiplayer Game (4 Players)
  • Play against Computer
  • Great Sound Effects
  • Great User-friendly Interface
  • Classic Themes
  • Supports Multiple Languages
  • Auto Save
  • Support Apps2SD

Snakes & Ladders:

Snakes and Laders

Another childhood fun game is “Snakes & Ladders”. Similar to Ludo, you have to throw the dice and move your piece ahead. Ladders take you above to a higher spot on the board and snakes bite you down to lower spot. The player who finishes the journey first wins.

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Features:

  • Multiplayer Game
  • Manage Difficulty
  • Multi Tap-able Rolling Dice
  • Play against Computer
  • Easy to Use: One click to Start and Stop the Game
  • Nature Background Theme
  • Peaceful Background Music

Carrom:

Carrom

I used be an expert in this game. You have to shoot the pieces in the holes at four corners of the board to earn points. You earn 10 points for a black piece and 20 points for a white piece. There’s also a Queen for 50 points. This game is quite similar to billiards, snookers and shuffleboard; just instead of any stick we use fingers to shoot the pieces.

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Features:

  • Manage Difficulty
  • Multiplayer Game: Using same device or different device by using WiFi or Bluetooth
  • Play against Computer
  • Easy to Play: Just like Angry Birds, Pull and Shoot
  • User-Friendly Interface

Tic Tac Toe:

Tic Tac Toe

Now I start with games we used to play on the last page of our note books. “Tic Tac Toe” is the game in which you have to manage the “X” or “O” which ever you choose in a line whether straight or cross in a 3×3 box. A total time killing game and I’ve filled half of the pages of my many note books during School time to play this game. This game is also known as tis-tat-toe, Noughts and Crosses, Wick Wack Woe, X’s and O’s etc.

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Features:

  • 128 Levels
  • New Tic Tac Tor Board Design
  • Neon Glow Graphics
  • Nice Background Music

Bingo:

Bingo

“Bingo” has been quite popular and still people love to play this game. It includes 5×5 matrices of numbers and players match the numbers of their matrices with a randomly drawn number. After a player achieves a specified pattern by matching the numbers of its matrices, he/she says a word “Bingo” to show that he/she’s won the game.

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Features:

  • Different Levels
  • Nice Sound Effects
  • Easy to Play
  • Nice Graphics

Hangman:

Hangman

Guess the word or you lose. “Hangman” is the game in which we have to guess the word. It could be anything like a movie, actor’s name, serial name etc. You’ll have some chances to guess the alphabets of the word. This game is also known as “Hollywood” in some places where it is limited only names of movies. This fun game is for people of all ages.

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Features:

  • Multiple Themes
  • Thousands of Words
  • Achievements to earn
  • Badges to earn
  • User-friendly Interface

Dots and Boxes:

Dots and Boxes

The old “Dots and Boxes” game is the one in which you have to join dots by drawing lines and making boxes. The player who makes more boxes wins. This is a really fun and time pass game. This game is also known as Boxes, Squares Paddocks, Pigs in a Pen, Square-it, Dots, Smart Dots, Dot Boxing and Dot Game.

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Features:

  • Multiplayer Games: Online up to 8 Players
  • Accelerated Start
  • Pass and Play
  • Manage Difficulty Levels
  • 6 different Dots to choose from
  • Customize Boxes
  • 16 achievements to earn
  • Play against friends and or random opponent

These were 7 old childhood games available on Google Play Store for free. So what you’re waiting for guys? Grab these awesome fun and time killing games and bring that old fun with your friends, brothers and sisters. If you think any game is missing in this list then must tell us in comments.

Make Older Gingerbread Android Device Look Like Ice Cream Sandwich [Without Rooting]

Holo LauncherDo you own any older Android device running on Froyo or Gingerbread? So it’s better to have at least Ice Cream Sandwich in this era of Jelly Bean. I’m not saying that you can change the operating system to Ice Cream Sandwich, but you can change the looks of your operating system. Yes, I am going to tell you how to make older Gingerbread or Froyo android devices look like Ice Cream Sandwich, without rooting.

What I’m talking about is “Holo Launcher” made by a senior member mobint at XDA-Developer. This Launcher is a simple, powerful, fast and highly customizable home replacement launcher. This launcher neither needs a rooted device to run nor consume much battery. It also uses very low memory of your device. The average rating of Holo Launcher at Google Play Store is 4.6 with 17,878 “5 star” ratings out of 23,793 which itself is a proof of its popularity.

It works smoothly on devices with operating system of Android 2.2 or above. You can download it from .

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Holo launcher covers most of the features (in looks) of ICS.

Features of Holo Launcher:

Full ICS Style:

ICS Icons, Folders, Outlines, Drawer Tabs etc.

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Custom Desktop Pages/Grid:

Up to 9 desktop pages and 10 x 10 grid. Select Edit Screens from settings, you can set number of pages.

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Custom Drawer Portrait/landscape Grid

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Scrollable Dock:

Up to 7 icons per page and up to 3 pages. From Dock settings, you can set number of dock pages, dock icons, change vertical and horizontal margins, scrolling speed, indicator settings etc.

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Infinite Scrolling:

From Desktop Settings in Launcher Settings, you can check box the “Infinite Scrolling” option. You can also choose the “Elastic Scrolling”. The other options like Transition effects, Scrolling speed, Wallpaper scrolling etc. are also there.

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Gestures:

Swipe up/down on desktop to launch apps quickly. Go to Launcher settings>Gestures and Keys. There you can change the settings for Swipe up/downs gestures and also some other settings like Home Key action, Home key to default screen and Long press menu key.

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Apply icon packs, Support ADW icon pack and Launcherpro icon pack:

Just long hold any icon and then drag it over the icon you want to pack it with.

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Desktop Previews:

Pinch to access desktop previews.

Backup and Restore:

Backup and Restore your settings and shortcuts.

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Other customizable options:

Keep in memory, Home Key action, Hide apps in drawer, hide labels etc.

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So overall this launcher is amazing and makes Gingerbread look like Ice Cream Sandwich. If you buy the “Holo Launcher Plus” from you can add more features to this launcher. The Plus Features are listed below:

  • Unlimited configurable drawer tabs
  • Unread count notifications for call, sms, gmail and K-9 mail
  • Customizable notifications badge color
  • More desktop gestures:
    Pinch in/out, Two Finger Swipe and Double-tap
  • Dock icon Swipe up/down destures
  • Support Go Launcher icon pack
  • More transition effects
  • Widget overlapping
  • 1×1 widgets in dock
  • Other enhancement and customization options

And if you want to get the old look back, you can simple change the default launcher in Android. For more information or any problem visit Application Thread here.

So what you guys think about this launcher? Will you use it change Gingerbread in to ICS? Do share with us in comments.

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Gaming on budget: Play old school legacy games with DosBox on your computer.

There are many people, who just can’t forget that sweet era of classic computer games, when there weren’t that many computers, people came together to play the newest and coolest Warcraft installation, or to shoot a few more aliens with Duke Nukem. For me the golden era of computer games was in the middle of the nineties. I remember that we were amazed by the “superior” graphics, the humor, and if we played an RPG, the deep storyline. I still cherish these times. The days are long gone, when a bunch of us gathered to play a game, the sole computer in the room evolved to a LAN party, then network game. Heck, if I would play a game nowadays, I would never see my opponents face, the most of I would get is an avatar, and I believe kinda hard to befriend with a picture. However if you still want some old-school fun this is possible in a cross-platform way. DosBox is an emulator which makes running old games a breeze. Actually, the software is made for running DOS games easily across multiple platforms, unlike FreeDos, which is a complete operating system, and makes possible to run legacy applications. DosBox runs on Linux, MacOS X, Windows, and a couple of other systems. [Read more…]