Dilbert's Desktop Games

Dilbert's Desktop Games
Developer(s)	Cyclops Software
Publisher(s)	DreamWorks Interactive
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	NA: October 1997[1]
Genre(s)	Puzzle, action
Mode(s)	Single-player

Dilbert's Desktop Games is a collection of Dilbert-related games for Windows.

List of games

Can-O-Matic 2

Employees are fired out of a cannon at various gadgets, some of which malfunction badly.

Elbonian Airlines

Similar to Can-O-Matic; managers are fired from a large slingshot and must land on various cities and modes of transportation.

The Techno Raiders minigame.

Boss Evaders

A Space Invaders take-off; Dilbert must avoid the pink slips shot at him by fleets of descending managers while attempting to hit them with reports.

Project Pass-Off

A game similar to air hockey; Dilbert must face off against Zimbu the monkey in an attempt to gather good items thrown by a boss, while fending off bad ones.

Enduring Fools

Shock and hurt people saying inane things with a phaser borrowed from Dogbert.

CEO Simulator

Take the role of a CEO in charge of a business, hiring/firing/motivating employees to help the company grow.

Techno Raiders

The main game of the collection. Dilbert must search for gadgets and donuts and work his way from floor to floor in the office building, all the while trying to avoid or hurt co-workers.

The Jargonator

Allows the user to input a text passage and have it padded with adjectives and jargon in an attempt to make it sound smarter.

The Final Word

Allows the user to stamp assorted business phrases onto the screen and save the result as a desktop background.

Intrusive Mode

Causes various characters to wander around the screen and speak lines from the comic strip.

Completing a particular goal in each of the first seven games above awards a component, such as a microchip, capacitor, or piece of wire. Once every component has been found, the player can enter his/her name on a printable certificate award that lists the total amount of time spent playing the games.

Reception

In Spain, Sergio Zazo of the magazine PC Manía gave Dilbert's Desktop Games a score of 81 out of 100. He wrote that it provided "great moments of fun".^[2]

References

1. "Dilbert's Desktop Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 21, 1998. Retrieved July 22, 2024. Released: 10/97
2. Zazo, Sergio (March 1998). "Pantalla abierta; Dilbert's Desktop Games". PC Manía (in Spanish) (65): 217.