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OLD NEWS
08/06/06 - To reduce maintenance on this website, many of the Pea-Guy-only pages have been taken down. Orders, however, are still being taken and all games listed on the order form are still in stock and can be purchased.
08/08/05 - The website has successfully switched servers. Also the ownership has shifted slightly, more news on that to come!
06/29/05 - R.I.Pea-Guy is here. This game officially ends the Pea-Guy series but includes a bunch of games and extra features, more than any Pea-Guy CD before it. Pre-orders have been shipped as of 06/29/05 and now the game can be ordered normally, and will be shipped to you shortly after we receive your order as normal. You can order online or by mail.
Special thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, making the R.I.Pea-Guy pre-orders not only the last Pea-Guy pre-orders, but also the best, selling the most copies before printing of any Pac-Guy or Pea-Guy game's pre-order session ever!
06/20/05 - R.I.Pea-Guy is almost ready to ship, and probably will ship later this week. We're just waiting on some artwork for the cover and the CD itself. Until it ships, you can still take advantage of pre-ordering with a credit card or by check or money order.
06/09/05 - Information and pre-ordering for R.I.Pea-Guy is now here! This is the final CD in the Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy series and includes never-released games, fan-games, secret levels and more! It only costs $9.95 and if you order it before it ships, you don't have to pay shipping & handling, plus you get entered to win a free copy of a long lost CD. Prices have also been dropped for everything, so now Pacula's Curse and Vengeance or Bust cost only $4.95 and A-Sock-Ellipse Now! is only $9.95. Vengeance or Bust and A-Sock-Ellipse Now! no longer come with a CD insert. There are also some T-Shirts from R.I.Pea-Guy to check out, too.
11/16/04 - The copies of Vengeance or Bust with the cover artwork have all been sold. Rather than print more cover artwork, we've lowered the price on Vengeance or Bust by $2.00, permanently, and we won't be selling any more with the cover artwork. You will still receive the full CD-ROM in a mini-jewel case with your order. The same thing will happen for A-Sock-Ellipse Now! if all the copies with cover artwork are sold, so if you want to get a copy with cover art you should order now. USA Orders, International Orders.
The price on Pacula's Curse has also been permanently dropped to $4.95, but you still get the full CD artwork as we have over 200 copies of Pacula's Curse with the artwork remaining.
07/31/04 - Astral Entertainment members Jerry Belich and Brian Quarfoth have produced a full length movie "The Accomplice". It will be screened as part of a film festival this August 11th 8:30pm at the White Bear Township theater, north of St. Paul, MN. Admission to the entire film festival is $3. If you are in the neighborhood please stop by and help support them in their projects!
Address:
White Bear Township Theater
1180 County Rd J
White Bear Township, MN 55110
(651) 777-3456 Ext. 561
06/27/04 - Respected download website tucows has given a 5/5 rating to every game in Astral Entertainment's shareware line! The shareware downloads that received the maximum rating are Pacula's Curse, Vengeance or Bust, The Magic Land, The Secret of Coolness and Defeating Dr. Robotica. This 25 out of 25 rating is a major bonus to the Pea-Guy series, at a time when not much else is looking optimistic. Thanks tucows!
04/16/04 - Two new pages are up that should be of interest to Pea-Guy fans, especially those of you who haven't visited the Pea-Guy Bulletin Board lately. First click here to visit a page where you can download the Pea-Guy fan games that have been made and submitted to Astral Entertainment. Second, click here to visit a page that contains screenshots and descriptions of possible new Pea-Guy games that are in the works. Also Pea-Guy Links has been updated.
03/17/04 - For those of you interested in working on games related to the Pea-Guy series, please visit Creating Pea-Guy Fan Games for more information. Just posted to that website was an art tutorial that should help with drawing 2D graphics.
01/16/04 - We've sold all our copies of Pac Pack, and we're going to let it remain out of print. When "Pacula's Curse 2nd Edition" is released it will contain many of the games from Pac Pack, however, so you will be able to get the games there. For more information on why Pac Pack was discontinued and where you can get the games now, click here. Note: We will still replace copies of Pac Pack that arrive damaged with a copy we make up ourselves.
01/09/04 - The demo for the game "The Magic Land", part of the A-Sock-Ellipse Now! collection, has been updated. It is smaller to download and features several improvements including loading time and in-game help tips. Get it here! Also, A-Sock-Ellipse Now! is still on sale, click here to get it for $2.05 off.
01/07/04 - There have been problems with the newsletter so I apologize if anyone has received multiple or garbled e-mails from Astral Entertainment. We are working on fixing this now and won't send out any more messages with it until we are certain it is working.
12/26/03 - The Christmas sale is over, but some of the savings are still around! Visit the order form to see what's still on sale.
12/02/03 - The Christmas sale has begun. Click here to visit the order form for great deals such as A-Sock-Ellipse Now! for $17.95, and Pacula's Curse for $1.00!!!!! These deals are only for a very limited time so get in on them now before you miss out!
11/24/03 - Buy 1 get 1 free week is over. Thanks to all of those who participated. Be sure to keep checking this website and the order form for more special deals, all through December!
11/17/03 - This week is buy-1-get-1-free week!
11/17/03 - 11/23/03 : For any products you buy from our on-line order form we will send you 2 of each item instead of 1! Then you can give the extra CD to a friend! Or if you were already buying an item for a friend, give 2 friends the item! Or if you were buying items for 2 friends...give them to 4 friends!
Legal Note - This offer only applies to PC game CDs purchased from Astral Entertainment. For each one CD purchased, one additional copy (and by license right to install) of the same CD will be shipped. The additional CD must be shipped to the same address as the purchased CD. Please only note the CDs that are being paid for when ordering, do not note the additional CDs or you will be charged for them. The additional CDs will be shipped automatically if your order is valid. This offer only applies to orders received on-line or mail orders postmarked between November 17th, 2003 and November 23rd, 2003. Under no circumstances will the free CD be a different title than the purchased CD, i.e. if "Pacula's Curse" is ordered, 2 "Pacula's Curse" copies will be shipped, a copy of "Pacula's Curse" and a copy of "Pac Pack" will not be shipped.
10/26/03 - I have ended the rebate offer because, even though we got a couple of orders during its period, nobody was claiming the rebate so you've all missed your opportunity to get a free Pea-Gear item. Sorry. :-(
10/18/03 - Get a Pea-Guy T-Shirt, lunchbox, hoodie, etc. FOR FREE!
That's right, to promote the Pea-Gear CafePress store we're offering a 100% rebate (even includes shipping and handling) to the next 4 people who order an item from Pea-Gear Pea-Guy Merchandise!
Here's how it works:
1. Go to Pea-Gear, choose a design, choose ONE item and order it!
2. Send an e-mail to support@astralent.com with your name and address (the one you used for the order). Make sure to include the e-mail that applies to your PayPal account.
3. One week later we'll use PayPal to send you a full rebate of the price you paid!
Please note these restrictions:
* You must have a PAYPAL account to get the rebate. If you've ever ordered something from Astral Entertainment online, you should already have an account.
* Only one rebate per street address allowed (No P.O. Boxes Allowed).
* The rebate doesn't apply to items from the "Rise of Kan Promotional Merchandise" store as this store was created to fund Brian Quarfoth, which doesn't happen if we offer a 100% rebate.
* Only the first four people claiming for the rebate will be honored. Once I get five I'll post here ASAP however you must know that there might be a delay between the fifth sale and my posting that all the rebates have been used up. In that case you will need to contact CafePress for a refund if you don't want to pay for the product. (There is also a small chance that CafePress may have printed your item already, in which case they can't offer a refund, which is why if it turns out that you didn't get the rebate, you need to notify them IMMEDIATELY if you don't want to pay.)
* Rebate not available for Astral Entertainment employees or A-Sock-Ellipse Now! Programmers. Sowry ;(
Legal note: This is a full rebate offer and not a contest. Attempting to circumvent the above restrictions or defraud Astral Entertainment in any way (including in ways we may not have specifically disallowed) will result in the rebate not being paid.
10/05/03 - The sale in Pea-Gear is over but you can still get great deals (generally $2 less than the standard price) on all items in the "Rise of Kan" promotional merchandise store (click here). And get your picture on the DVD too!
09/21/03 - Back to school sale! Now, for the next 2 weeks we've reduced the price on the shirts and caps in the Pea-Gear CafePress store so that they're only $0.50 over the base price. For some items this is stacked upon CafePress' own sales, so these items are approaching the prices of the blank versions. Every item is of very high quality and is printed in as many colors as appear on your monitor.
If you have ever wanted a Pea-Guy t-shirt or baseball cap, get it in the next 2 weeks while it's dirt cheap!
09/21/03 - Back to school sale! Now, for the next 2 weeks we've reduced the price on the shirts and caps in the Pea-Gear CafePress store so that they're only $0.50 over the base price. For some items this is stacked upon CafePress' own sales, so these items are approaching the prices of the blank versions. Every item is of very high quality and is printed in as many colors as appear on your monitor.
If you have ever wanted a Pea-Guy t-shirt or baseball cap, get it in the next 2 weeks while it's dirt cheap!
09/21/03 - Back to school sale! Now, for the next 2 weeks we've reduced the price on the shirts and caps in the Pea-Gear CafePress store so that they're only $0.50 over the base price. For some items this is stacked upon CafePress' own sales, so these items are approaching the prices of the blank versions. Every item is of very high quality and is printed in as many colors as appear on your monitor.
If you have ever wanted a Pea-Guy t-shirt or baseball cap, get it in the next 2 weeks while it's dirt cheap!
09/21/03 - Back to school sale! Now, for the next 2 weeks we've reduced the price on the shirts and caps in the Pea-Gear CafePress store so that they're only $0.50 over the base price. For some items this is stacked upon CafePress' own sales, so these items are approaching the prices of the blank versions. Every item is of very high quality and is printed in as many colors as appear on your monitor.
If you have ever wanted a Pea-Guy t-shirt or baseball cap, get it in the next 2 weeks while it's dirt cheap!
08/31/03 - WE NEED YOUR HELP! Unless we start seriously selling games in the Pea-Guy series or start to see serious interest from fans then the Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy series WILL END with either A-Sock-Ellipse Now! or at most, one more game resulting from a contest. If we see no interest then the independant Pea-Guy movie in production, The Rise of Kan might not be finished and, even if it is finished, might never be offered publicly for sale. It will probably also be THE ONLY Pea-Guy movie ever made if this happens. We have plenty of plans for future Pea-Guy games and movies, but unless enough people care about the current ones, we see no reason to continue.
Because of this we are offering a call to action! If you have ever been a fan of Pac-Guy, a fan of Pea-Guy, or just have enjoyed the games in this series, then now is the time to act! Go to, and tell your friends to go to www.astralent.com/promotion.php today! Here find information on how you can help the series and, not only might you help it continue, you might also be rewarded! Get us in contact with a publisher and we'll reward you with free merchandise! Buy an item from The Rise of Kan Store and Brian Quarfoth promises to reward you with your picture on the DVD!
Also, if you are a fan of this series, get up and start posting at the forum! The new Pea-Guy forum is the perfect place to discuss the series, and the perfect place to bother us about it too!
08/31/03 - WE NEED YOUR HELP! Unless we start seriously selling games in the Pea-Guy series or start to see serious interest from fans then the Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy series WILL END with either A-Sock-Ellipse Now! or at most, one more game resulting from a contest. If we see no interest then the independant Pea-Guy movie in production, The Rise of Kan might not be finished and, even if it is finished, might never be offered publicly for sale. It will probably also be THE ONLY Pea-Guy movie ever made if this happens. We have plenty of plans for future Pea-Guy games and movies, but unless enough people care about the current ones, we see no reason to continue.
Because of this we are offering a call to action! If you have ever been a fan of Pac-Guy, a fan of Pea-Guy, or just have enjoyed the games in this series, then now is the time to act! Go to, and tell your friends to go to www.astralent.com/promotion.php today! Here find information on how you can help the series and, not only might you help it continue, you might also be rewarded! Get us in contact with a publisher and we'll reward you with free merchandise! Buy an item from The Rise of Kan Store and Brian Quarfoth promises to reward you with your picture on the DVD!
Also, if you are a fan of this series, get up and start posting at the forum! The new Pea-Guy forum is the perfect place to discuss the series, and the perfect place to bother us about it too!
08/31/03 - WE NEED YOUR HELP! Unless we start seriously selling games in the Pea-Guy series or start to see serious interest from fans then the Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy series WILL END with either A-Sock-Ellipse Now! or at most, one more game resulting from a contest. If we see no interest then the independant Pea-Guy movie in production, The Rise of Kan might not be finished and, even if it is finished, might never be offered publicly for sale. It will probably also be THE ONLY Pea-Guy movie ever made if this happens. We have plenty of plans for future Pea-Guy games and movies, but unless enough people care about the current ones, we see no reason to continue.
Because of this we are offering a call to action! If you have ever been a fan of Pac-Guy, a fan of Pea-Guy, or just have enjoyed the games in this series, then now is the time to act! Go to, and tell your friends to go to www.astralent.com/promotion.php today! Here find information on how you can help the series and, not only might you help it continue, you might also be rewarded! Get us in contact with a publisher and we'll reward you with free merchandise! Buy an item from The Rise of Kan Store and Brian Quarfoth promises to reward you with your picture on the DVD!
Also, if you are a fan of this series, get up and start posting at the forum! The new Pea-Guy forum is the perfect place to discuss the series, and the perfect place to bother us about it too!
08/31/03 - WE NEED YOUR HELP! Unless we start seriously selling games in the Pea-Guy series or start to see serious interest from fans then the Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy series WILL END with either A-Sock-Ellipse Now! or at most, one more game resulting from a contest. If we see no interest then the independant Pea-Guy movie in production, The Rise of Kan might not be finished and, even if it is finished, might never be offered publicly for sale. It will probably also be THE ONLY Pea-Guy movie ever made if this happens. We have plenty of plans for future Pea-Guy games and movies, but unless enough people care about the current ones, we see no reason to continue.
Because of this we are offering a call to action! If you have ever been a fan of Pac-Guy, a fan of Pea-Guy, or just have enjoyed the games in this series, then now is the time to act! Go to, and tell your friends to go to www.astralent.com/promotion.php today! Here find information on how you can help the series and, not only might you help it continue, you might also be rewarded! Get us in contact with a publisher and we'll reward you with free merchandise! Buy an item from The Rise of Kan Store and Brian Quarfoth promises to reward you with your picture on the DVD!
Also, if you are a fan of this series, get up and start posting at the forum! The new Pea-Guy forum is the perfect place to discuss the series, and the perfect place to bother us about it too!
08/20/03 - I've been getting a lot of questions about a "Pac-Guy movie" so I just thought I'd clarify. First, the character known as Pac-Guy has had his name changed to Pea-Guy and is now green colored, so the movies are "Pea-Guy movies". There is one short (approximately 12 minutes) Pea-Guy movie included on A-Sock-Ellipse Now! titled "The Search for Kodoe". There is also a longer Pea-Guy movie in the works titled "The Rise of Kan". This is a personal project by Brian Quarfoth and you can find information about it on his homepage. If "The Rise of Kan" is released it will not be anytime soon, but you can check its homepage and Pea-Guy Links for updates.
07/31/03 - A-Sock-Ellipse Now! is here! If you pre-ordered, then you will receive this game in the mail soon. If not, then you can order now and have the game shipped to you right away. A-Sock-Ellipse Now contains 3 Pea-Guy adventures, similar to the previous game "Vengeance or Bust", but the three new adventures are longer and have better graphics. The full A-Sock-Ellipse Now! CD also contains a bunch of extras, including the exclusive mini-movie "The Search for Kodoe". This website has also been updated extensively; every game's demo download has been updated to a newer version, the screen shots webpage has been updated with new shots of every game, and Pea-Gear has been updated with "The Mortuator" T-shirts. While you're here, why not also check out Pea-Guy Links.
07/31/03 - A-Sock-Ellipse Now! the sequel to Vengeance or Bust has been released!
07/31/03 - The latest game in the Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy series has been released. Visit the website for A-Sock-Ellipse Now! to see it!
07/31/03 - The Astral Entertainment website has been updated! The new format should make the website easier to use and work in a more logical fashion. There have been a lot of updates so look around to see them all! First and foremost, A-Sock-Ellipse Now! has finally been completely released! Lots of things have been updated on its website so check it out soon. Second, we have ANOTHER new CD available called Astral Arcade! Third, there's a new T-Shirt in Pea-Gear featuring everyone's favorite Peatorian wrestler. So take awhile and see what's new!
07/08/03 - It is known now that the games listed as "Tenative" will not appear on "A-Sock-Ellipse Now!" as they will not be ready anytime soon. They may appear on a later Pea-Guy collection when they are finished, but will not be released this summer. This means that "A-Sock-Ellipse Now!" will contain 3 games, "The Magic Land", "The Secret of Coolness" and "Defeating Dr. Robotica". In addition, the CD will feature a mini-movie; "The Search for Kodoe".
06/16/03 - The screenshots for the tenative game "Return of the Pea-Guy" have been updated. Please visit the screenshots section to see them.
06/10/03 - There is now a demo of The Magic Land available to download. Please go to the downloads page to get it!
06/01/03 - The A-Sock-Ellipse Now! website has been updated with pre-ordering, free demo downloads and new screenshots.
06/01/03 - It's official, A-Sock-Ellipse Now! will be finished, and it will be released soon after. It will contain 3 to 5 original games, the winners in the contest. Please visit the above links for pre-ordering, demos and screenshots!
05/08/03 - This is just a little update - while we are committed to releasing A-Sock-Ellipse Now! in June, several factors may delay the release past June 1st. I apologize for this but many things are out of our control. However, on June 1st we will make available pre-ordering for the game, as well as downloads of as many demos as we have. Currently it looks like there will be 5 complete games plus one short movie on the CD. Sign up to the mailing list to be notified when everything is available.
04/02/03 - The contestant whose game was to feature the Nasty Lord Stu Pidd unfortunately will not make the final deadline to have his game included with A-Sock-Ellipse Now!, so he has been removed from the list above. We finally have a release date for A-Sock-Ellipse Now! !!! Unless we encounter big problems, A-Sock-Ellipse Now! will be released on or before June 1st, 2003.
03/06/03 - The news pages for the games Pacula's Curse, Vengeance or Bust and A-Sock-Ellipse Now! have been updated. Also (as you have undoubtedly noticed) a description has been added to the top of this webpage so that you know just the heck what kind of website you're visiting! :-)
03/06/03 - Want to see a cool Pea-Guy fanpage? Check out PG World for all of your Pea-Guy needs. (Um, except for A-Sock-Ellipse Now!, that'll be here.)
03/06/03 - The programmers working on A-Sock-Ellipse Now! for the contest have been given more time to finish their games, so A-Sock-Ellipse Now! will take longer than originally planned. Look for it right here, between May and June of this year. Future updates will be posted here, please also check the websites of the contestants for more specific updates.
2/20/03 - Pacula shirts are here! These high quality Cafepress shirts feature the big, blood-sucking Pacula making a clever quip from the game. Please visit Pea-Gear to order them!
02/02/03 - The contestant who was making Pea-Guy 3D:The Squeezening dropped out of the contest as a virus destroyed the files on his hard drive. To the best of our knowledge the downloadable files from his website were free of viruses, however for the sake of being safe we will no longer link to them here. The contestant making the game featuring Dr. Voodoo also appears to have dropped out of the contest. Finally, the name of the entry "Sun of a Witch" has been changed to "The Secret of Coolness".
01/21/03 - The A-Sock-Ellipse Now! programming contest is nearing completion. If everything goes according to our plans, A-Sock-Ellipse Now! should be completed in April, 2003, and should be available to purchase shortly after. The number of games that will be on the A-Sock-Ellipse Now! CD is unknown at this time.
01/21/03 - The new design for the Astral Entertainment website is online! Please take a look around the new format. The Pea-Guy store Pea-Gear has been updated.
01/21/03 - The new design for the Astral Entertainment website is online! Please take a look around the new format. The Pea-Guy store Pea-Gear has been updated, as well as the webpage for the game A-Sock-Ellipse Now! to include a list of finalists working in the contest to make the next Pea-Guy game.
07/08/02 - Several people have now entered the programming contest. As they release information about their games links will be placed above.
04/22/02 - This website has been updated and the bad news displayed, along with a programming contest for people outside of Astral Entertainment who may want to make Pea-Guy games.
03/26/01 - We have just released Vengeance or Bust, and put up this webpage to its sequel, which may or may not be made, depending on the success of Vengeance or Bust.
08/27/02 - A larger, more comprehensive update that will be made in a month or two. Pea-Gear is a store powered by the magic of CafePress where fans of Pac Pack, Pacula's Curse and Vengeance or Bust can finally purchase Pea-Guy T-Shirts and other accessories. Check it out! The shareware and full versions of Vengeance or Bust have now been updated to be 100% compatible with Windows XP, as well as all previous Windows versions down to Windows 95. You should ensure your Windows is up to date by running "Windows Update" from Internet Explorer. Pea-Guy is now the correct green color in all versions of Vengeance or Bust that you can download here, and in all copies of Vengeance or Bust that will be sold. Also related to Vengeance or Bust, the shareware version has been updated to include one more level in "The Escape from Castle Ernie" and three different matches in "Arena". This is well worth checking out if you do not own the full version yet.
05/31/02 - The help forum is back up! Please post any questions or problems you have with Vengeance or Bust on this forum instead of sending us an e-mail.
04/01/02 - The help forum is down! Please send an e-mail to support@astralent.com if you have any problems.
11/20/01 - If you visited this site on 11/19/01 and an "adult" web page appeared our sincerest apologies. This was the result of piracy and was not our fault, I repeat, it was not our fault so please don't send angry e-mail. Instead send your angry e-mail to the proprietors of WebCanny.Com who spontaneously asked us to change our domain servers and then told us they were deleting our account. We maintain that this is a website SAFE FOR CHILDREN and we intend to keep it that way!
3/23/01 - Vengeance or Bust is here! You can now either download the shareware versions of the games in Vengeance or Bust, or you can order the full version. The complete shareware is 6.46 MB to download (less for individual games), and the full version only costs $14.00 US. We apologize if you attempted to sign up for the mailing list for this game and were not notified when it arrived, we were having problems with our servers.
08/27/02 - A larger, more comprehensive update will be made in a month or two. Pea-Gear is a store powered by the magic of CafePress where fans of Pac Pack, Pacula's Curse and Vengeance or Bust can finally purchase Pea-Guy T-Shirts and other accessories. Check it out!
05/31/02 - The help forum is back up! Please post any questions or problems you have with Pacula's Curse on this forum instead of sending us an e-mail.
04/01/02 - The help forum is down! Please send an e-mail to support@astralent.com if you have any problems.
11/20/01 - If you visited this site on 11/19/01 and an "adult" web page appeared our sincerest apologies. This was the result of piracy and was not our fault, I repeat, it was not our fault so please don't send angry e-mail. Instead send your angry e-mail to the proprietors of WebCanny.Com who spontaneously asked us to change our domain servers and then told us they were deleting our account. We maintain that this is a website SAFE FOR CHILDREN and we intend to keep it that way!
03/23/01 - Vengeance or Bust, the sequel to Pacula's Curse, has been released and is now available for download (shareware) and ordering (full version). Check it out at www.AstralEnt.com/VorB/
01/08/01 - This website has been updated, with more information about Pacula's Curse added to it, including a picture of the jewel case's cover. The download locations are now all correct. In addition, the information on Vengeance or Bust, the sequel to Pacula's Curse, has been updated to include screen shots and a mailing list. The prequel to Pacula's Curse, Pac Pack, is also now available for general ordering once more.
09/03/00 - The error in the shareware downloads has been fixed, so if you downloaded one of the shareware versions of this program before 9/3/00, then it should work if you download it again.
08/31/00 - Pacula's Curse is finally here! After a long wait, this game is available to both download as shareware, and buy the full version! Feel free to either download the shareware from us(completely free of course), or if you already know you want to buy it, go directly to our online order form, and order it online!
08/27/02 - The website has been updated! This is, actually, a temporary update before a larger, more comprehensive update that will be made in a month or two. The main new features you will find are Pea-Gear, a store powered by the magic of CafePress where fans of Pac Pack, Pacula's Curse and Vengeance or Bust can finally purchase Pea-Guy T-Shirts and other accessories. Check it out! The shareware and full versions of Vengeance or Bust have now been updated to be 100% compatible with Windows XP, as well as all previous Windows versions down to Windows 95. You should ensure your Windows is up to date by running "Windows Update" from Internet Explorer. Pea-Guy is now the correct green color in all versions of Vengeance or Bust that you can download here, and in all copies of Vengeance or Bust that will be sold. Also related to Vengeance or Bust, the shareware version has been updated to include one more level in "The Escape from Castle Ernie" and three different matches in "Arena". This is well worth checking out if you do not own the full version yet. The Pac Pack has also been updated to work better with Windows XP, and also to include the updated versions of Pac-Guy 2. This update will be in all new copies of Pac Pack sold.
07/25/02 - The games Pac-Guy 2 and Pac-Guy 2, Part 2:Pagoon have been updated to "Collector's Editions", available here for free. These updates add high score tables and speed modes (similar to The Escape from Castle Ernie), and if the previous version of Pagoon had problems with crashing on your computer, this edition will fix that problem. These "Collector's Editions" should be in copies of Pac Pack being sold here by September. For now Pac Pack will have the regular edition, but the "Collector's Editions" are downloadable (in full) for free, anyway. If you use Windows XP, Windows NT or Windows 2000, and have had problems with Vengeance or Bust or Pacula's Curse, please visit the help forums for these games. A version of Vengeance or Bust (but not Pacula's Curse) fully compatible with Windows XP should also be released in September, however if you follow the guidelines in the Help Forums you should be able to play the current version without any problems. If you have any other problems, please post them on these forums. A message has been sent to the A-Sock-Ellipse Now! mailing list, so if you didn't get it you're not on the mailing list (and should e-mail sock@astralent.com if you want to be). Several links to contestants' entries are now on the A-Sock-Ellipse Now! main page.
07/08/02 - The webpage for A-Sock-Ellipse Now! has been updated and will soon include links to screenshots/information/wallpapers that people taking part in the A-Sock-Ellipse Now! Programming Contest choose to release. The first link is to Pea-Guy: The Magic Land.
05/31/02 - The pages for Pacula's Curse, Vengeance or Bust and A-Sock-Ellipse Now! have been updated. The A-Sock-Ellipse Now! page features a programming contest where you can win a prize for creating a game with Pea-Guy in it. It's worth checking out if you've programmed games before and as there are two levels of prize and multiple winners for each, it might be well worth your time.
04/01/02 - Four old freeware games have been updated with several improvements, Demolition Derby, Fruit Picker '99 and Brian vs. the Aliens (2 Editions). These will probably be the last updates of old freeware games, barring bugs or other problems. Because we can no longer keep up with where download websites put our files, most downloads on this website will now link directly to WinSite, because they list most of our files. This shouldn't be an inconvenience because you only have to go through one page on their website to get to the download you want, the same as you had to when we listed all downloads ourselves. Finally, for your amusement, we have added a section to the website called Old Stuff, which contains removed and uncompleted games. Check it out!
11/20/01 - If you visited this site on 11/19/01 and an "adult" web page appeared our sincerest apologies. This was the result of piracy and was not our fault, I repeat, it was not our fault so please don't send angry e-mail. Instead send your angry e-mail to the proprietors of WebCanny.Com who spontaneously asked us to change our domain servers and then told us they were deleting our account. We maintain that this is a website SAFE FOR CHILDREN and we intend to keep it that way!
06/30/01 - We have several new releases in freeware for you this month. Red Tank, Blue Tank is a new freeware game that is very customizable and involves tank combat. The freeware games Big Bug and Space Battles have also been updated, and their updates are available to download here. Have you ordered your copy of Vengeance or Bust yet? Sales of it support our freeware efforts.
03/23/01 - Vengeance or Bust, the new arcade/puzzle game featuring Pea-Guy, is here! Visit its website at www.AstralEnt.com/VorB to download the shareware versions of it, or order the full version. Also, this website has moved to new servers, so hopefully it will remain on-line now without too many problems or any downtime.
02/14/01 - We are finally able to bring the website back on-line after a week of problems with our server. We are in the process of moving to a new server, and are attempting to recover any e-mail sent to astralent.com while we were down. A notification will be placed on this website when we are able to receive e-mail again without problems, but until then any messages you send or have sent may be lost. This does not apply to orders, so you can still order Pac Pack or Pacula's Curse without problems. We have finished Vengeance or Bust but these problems with the website have delayed its release, which should occur as soon as we have switched to a new server. Also, a note to international users; if you want to order Pac Pack or Pacula's Curse online, you must register at PAYPAL.COM first! Then go to the order form, but rather than filling it in, log in with your PAYPAL account! This will allow you to order it on-line from a country other than the USA. It's not that hard!
01/08/01 - Download locations for all games have been updated. The website for Pac Pack has been updated and it is now available again for ordering. Information on the upcoming game Vengeance or Bust has also been updated, with a e-mail list added so that you can be notified as soon as this game is available. Also, international orders for Pacula's Curse are now possible on-line with a credit card.
08/31/00 - Pacula's Curse, the sequel to the Pac Pack CD-ROM and the series of Pac-Guy games ending with Pac-Guy 2 Part 2 Pagoon, is here, available to both download and buy! Pacula's Curse is an excellent arcade-style maze game. To download, purchase or get more information on Pacula's Curse, Visit its website!! Also, Klik & Freedom has been removed because it had too many bugs, and not enough people were interested to justify our fixing it. If you still want it, then please get it at WinSite.
07/14/00 - A new freeware game has been added, Happy the Coin Collecting Penguin, which is worth checking out. Also, the sequel to the Pac Pack, Pacula's Curse, will be released soon. For information on how you can be informed the moment it becomes available to download (shareware) and buy (full), visit its website here. Four old games, Frank Cook:2042 Private Detective, Fruit Picker '98, Redemptor and Two Tail have been updated with many improvements, especially in Two Tail and Redemptor. If you have old versions of these games we think that you'll enjoy the updates, and if you don't have the old versions of these games then these are four popular freeware games that you can download! Also a Freeware Applications section has been added to this website, containing Astral Entertainment's new freeware program Klik & Freedom.
03/30/00 - We must apologize for the lack of new freeware on this website lately, this is because two freeware games that were expected in January have been pushed back so that Pac-Guy 2, Part 3:Pacula's Curse can be completed on schedule. It's impossible to say when the two freeware titles in the works will be released. On a positive note, Pac-Guy 2, Part 3:Pacula's Curse is progressing and due to popular demand a slideshow preview has been posted on its website here. That website may be updated more than this main page, so you should watch it regularly for updates.
11/29/99 - A new update of the Pac Pack has been released containing four new games and 25 more levels! Users who already have the Pac Pack can download two new Pac Pack Add-Ons, Pac-Guy 2:The Lost Levels and Pac-Guy Scrambler. Also related to Pac-Guy, Pac-Guy 2, Part 3:Pacula's Curse is coming on a new CD with two other completely original Pac-Guy games, and many more Pac related things! Release date is the summer of 2000! Also look for more original freeware games this coming January.
07/20/99 - Two new freeware downloads have been added to this site. Salameanderer is a fun new PitFall-like game in which you are a salamander, and the full version of Fruit Picker '99 has been made freeware in anticipation of the release of "The Space Empires Collection", a new Astral Entertainment CD-ROM, coming soon. Software distributors who are interested in "The Space Empires Collection" can now go to the Distributor's Information Page.
06/25/99 - New download locations have been added for four Astral Entertainment games. Alien Hunt, Annihilator and Fruit Picker '99's shareware version each have one new download location, and Pac-Guy:Christmas Edition has three new download locations. However the "Astral Entertainment" download locations for Alien Hunt, Annihilator and Fruit Picker '99's shareware version have been removed. In general any "Astral Entertainment" download locations are temporary until FTP and download sites pick up the files.
06/2/99 - The new Astral Entertainment website is finally online! This website has been updated so that it takes less time to load, and so that it's easier to use. Also screen shots have been added, as well as four new games that you can get here for free! See the "How To Use" section for information on how to use the new website, and the "New Games" section for direct links to the new games.
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