And now, here you go:

Bitter Critter Zoo
Something’s gone horribly wrong with your newest exhibit — and only you can restore order and save the zoo! Catch all those Bitter Critters, then convince them there’s still hope for the future. This ain’t no zootopia . . . but it’s still your job to save it!

Error Code 0-4384
You’ve been hired to locate the missing cure to the world’s latest pandemic. But to get the antidote and save the world, you’ll need to find over 2,100 hidden objects and uncover the clues!

Dictator Tots III: Despotato
The tyrannical tubers are up to no good . . . again. It’s up to you to infiltrate their political network and fry these evil potatoes once and for all. But be warned: they have eyes everywhere!

Vicious Unicycle
Spokes fly in this battle for street-performance supremacy! Battle Harpy, the Robot Unicycle in juggling, singing and harmonica challenges. But look out for flying bongos!

SocketMania
Mechanics everywhere call SocketMania “the best game featuring socket wrenches ever!”

Hungry Gourds
From the makers of Plants vs. Zombies comes Plants vs. Zombie Plants! Undead gourds are coming to eat your gardens. Do you have what it takes to squash your competition? (Sorry.)

Nickel & Dime: Private Investigators
Team up with a friend in this co-op detective game. Play in black and white or Technicolor. Rated E-10, for some tobacco usage.

Fiscal Clifford
Histories collide as Martin Short is an obnoxious 10-year-old boy who is adopted by a big red dog named Clifford Geertz. Can you, too, learn the meaning of life?

Sidewalk Gum Finder
Clean up the streets and earn rewards in this action-packed social game. Compete against friends in Timed mode, relax in Zen mode, and for a sticky challenge, take on ABC mode!

Sea Salty: Dog Sailor
Set sail with Salty on a search for the lost treasure of Mutt’s Island! Chart your course and survive storms and Cat Pirates. Look! There’s a dogfish!

Cupcake Overlord
A chemical spill just outside your cupcake shop turned your chocolate treat into an evil Belgian villain! Can you stop the Cupcake Overlord before he turns the entire town into dessert?

Thyme Travelers
The first in our culinary education game series! Join Tina and Timmy on a historical tour about their species. Explore ancient Greece, battle nightmares, and discover natural disinfectant and medicine. Plus, learn to make a killer Espagnole sauce.

Coffee Cops
Coffee crimes are at an all-time caffeine high. Help the Coffee Cops nab all the villains and send them to the Tea Tree. This game is certified fair trade.

Mice Fishing
I love this game.

Well, anyway. Back to Big Money. It is, as were many of our games at the time, based on the idea of matching groups of three or more colored objects together on a board to make them disappear. The objects, in this case, are coins. The more coins you match together, the bigger the payoff and the higher your score. Each level, of course, gets a little bit tougher. The really cool part about Big Money — and the part that is related to real life — is that you have to learn, most of all, when *not* to match the coins. Sometimes, it’s better to let them pile up, rather than match, so that you can clear an even bigger pile as new coins emerge from the bottom of the screen. Sure you can match those three green coins right away, but, if you wait a few more seconds, you may be able to match them to six more green coins, thus garnering an even higher score. To spend, or to invest? This is what it’s all about, kids. Yeah, sure, go ahead and be fast and cavalier about it — match them as fast as you can — but the really big Big Money players know when to be patient, and they know, as Karl Marx would likely confirm, that the rich get richer, always.

And just in case you weren’t quite clear on what the game is really about, your game over screen will find you ranked with specific job titles, depending on how well you did. Fail to play wisely, and welcome to your new career as an assistant fry chief. Play smart and strategically, and congratulations, you are now at the apex of financial success — a videogame blogger. No wait. Sorry. That’s the level right after assistant fry chief. Man, this is one depressing blog post to write.

In any case, I highly recommend Big Money. Sure it’s a little dated looking 10 years down the line. But you know what else is dated looking? The dollar bill.

So go ahead and get it. You’ll have all sorts of match-3 action to entertain you, and you may, in the process, just learn how to have a better career than me.