We offer hundreds of games at WildTangent, and while we love to play them, we don't have the ability to offer help on individual levels or obstacles. The best place to get game-related help is through a number of forums (described below).
We do have a series of "walk-thrus" for specific games, giving you basic tips for each level in a game. Here are the games we've covered so far:
Our community forums! You must be over thirteen or have parental permission to post, but you can read through what others have written without becoming a member.
Also, some of the games we offer via WildGames have game-specific forums on the developer's website:
Sandlot Games
- Super Granny, Cake Mania, Slyder, and Tradewinds
I bought the Polar Games CD in the store and only got demos; where are the full versions that I paid for?
If you purchased the Polar Games CD from retail stores and are "out of free trials," please do the following to restore the full version(s) from the CD:
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Click on the following tool and select OPEN or RUN to run it:
Polar Games License Tool
- Once the tool has completed, click on Close.
- Re-insert your Polar Games CD and reinstall your game(s); the CD will now install the full version(s).
How do I unlock lanes or characters in Polar Bowler?
Polar Bowler requires cookies to save open lanes and characters. To learn how to enable cookies, please click here.
Scoring in Polar Bowler
Power Bowling: Standard bowling scoring applies in Power Bowling, with "bonus" points added to your final bowling score. Bonus points are achieved by picking up the "bonus" power-ups that randomly appear in your lane. Each bonus equals the number of pins you knock down on that throw multiplied by the value of the power-up. For example, if you pick up 3X and the knock down 7 pins, you will be awarded 21 Power Bonus Points. Bonus Points add to the total bowling score so scores well above 300 are possible!
Straight Bowling: Standard bowling scoring applies in Straight Bowling, no power-ups or other enhancements for the purists.
Unlocking Lanes and Characters
The player is automatically given one character and one lane to play. After each score of 200 points or better, a new lane or character is unlocked. Each new score of 200 will unlock a different lane until all lanes and characters are unlocked.
Power-Ups
- Bomb: This power-up doubles the power of your bowler, and blasts pins away from the point of impact.
- Bonus: This is a bonus multiplier that gives you a bonus of either 2x,3x,4x,or 5x the number of pins you knock down in that frame.
- Vapor: A guaranteed strike every time, the Vapor power-up is infrequent but turns all pins into harmless powdered water vapor.
- Zap: The Zap power-up will knock down nearly all the pins by delivering a powerful electrical current through them. The thoroughly zapped pins then gently topple to the ground.
Multi-Player
Polar Bowler allows up to 4 players on the same computer to compete against each other on the same lane. When a new player is up the character will change and the player's name will appear in the lower left corner of the screen.
Players are added in the "Select Character" screen by first clicking the "Add Player" button. Players may change their names by clicking the mouse pointer in the text box at the lower left corner, and typing in the desired name.
When the game begins players will take turns until the completion of a frame, then Player 1 will begin a new round.
After all players have completed the 10th frame the High Score screen will appear showing each player's position on the High Score list. Each player will be able to post their scores online to the global High Score Board.
My "Fate" game repeatedly crashes when I descend to the next level.
If you experience frequent game crashes while descending to the next dungeon level, please download and reinstall BOTH the bonus pack and latest version of the game:
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Bonus Pack:
Here
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Game for High-Speed Internet Users:
Here
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Game for Dial-Up Internet Users:
Here
For help saving your existing characters before you reinstall the game, please see below.
How do I back-up or save my Fate characters?
In your Fate folder, there's a sub-folder called SAVE. Inside that folder, your characters are stored as a series of small files. To backup your characters you'll make a copy of that folder.
There are two locations for the SAVE folder. If you have an older version of Fate, right-click on your Fate icon, choose Properties, and then click the Find Target button. That will take you straight to the Fate folder; look for the SAVE folder and make a copy of it.
If you have a newer version of Fate (one you downloaded sometime after August 1st, 2006,) your Fate saved characters will be stored in this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\WildTangent\Fate\Persistent
Again, make a copy of the SAVE folder to your desktop, and you'll save your characters. When you're ready to restore your characters, replace the new Save folder with the backup you just made.
