http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/2d/core/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged '2d, core' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/2d/core/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.

Most important features:

It's free to play

Game environment based on real physics rules

Over 18 weapons available: - guns like MP5, Ak-74, M79, M249 Minimi, Barret M82A1, XM214 Minigun

Multiplayer network game over the Internet or LAN

Intelligent bots

7 game modes:

- Deathmatch

- Pointmatch

- Teammatch

- Rambomatch

- Capture the Flag

- Infiltration

- Hold the Flag

51 different maps

Editors: Soldat Map Maker and Interface Maker

Lobby server and dedicated server for Windows and Linux

* Large community creating mods, maps and tools

]]> 02 Dec 2006 05:17:22 You can explore a totally new and unknown world you have never been to, put on beautiful clothes and gorgeous accessories, and even attract other users in the process. You may begin the journey to explore the world of unknown alone, but you may come out on the other end with numerous new friends through hunting and chatting. If you're tired of hunting and competition, how about playing minigames with a friend for a change?

You'll become a brave adventurer protecting the Maple World, and if you're exhausted from all the intense battles and competition, you may one day build your own house at a quiet rural village, enjoying the life of a recluse who welcomes visitors.

At Maple Island, you will learn from the NPC's simple hunting skills and basic control of the game to help you ease into the game. Then, you'll board the ship that heads to Victoria Island, and that's where your journey REALLY begins.

From Lith Harbor that welcomes you from a long journey from Maple Island, you'll run into such fascinating towns as Henesys - the village of bowmen with comfy mushroom-shaped houses gathered together; Ellinia - the village of magicians with mysterious spells embedded between tall trees; Perion - the village of warriors with the fighting spirit typical of the Indians living in highlands; and Kerning City - the village of thieves that reminds you of the back alleys of dark cities.

You'll be playing the game at Victoria Island where all these diverse and unique towns and fields coexist.

Here, you are going to be just a regular gamer hunting down monsters and protecting yourself in the process. You'll be given 4 paths to choose from, 4 that will define your life in MapleStory: Warrior, Bowman, Thief, and Magician. Through leveling up and meeting some requirements, you'll be able to make job advancements and nurture your character in your own, unique way.

]]> 26 Nov 2006 07:31:06 Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows by Black Isle Studios. Released on December 12, 1999, the game takes place in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Planescape campaign setting. Unlike other computer role-playing games, such as Baldur's Gate, Torment places emphasis on conversation and storyline instead of combat.

The game begins in Sigil, where the protagonist, an enigmatic and heavily scarred immortal dubbed The Nameless One by the game's interface, wakes up in a mortuary with no memory of his identity and past experiences. Assuming the role of The Nameless One, players embark on a quest to solve the mysteries surrounding him.

Torment received almost universal critical praise, and has since become a cult classic. The game was added to Gamespy's "Hall of Fame" in August 2004, and to Gamespot's "Greatest Games of All Time" list in October 2005.

(from the Wikipedia page on Planescape: Torment)

]]> 04 Dec 2006 09:51:58 The third game in Quest for Glory series is set in the Africa-like world of Tarna, where you travel with your new liontaur friends you have met in the second game. Shortly after your arrival, you learn about the conflict between the liontaurs and the neighbor Simbani village, populated by the leopardmen. It is now time for our hero to become a skillful diplomat and to prevent an upcoming war between the two nations.

The gameplay system of "Wages of War" is the same as in the two previous games. The game plays like an adventure, with puzzles to solve and characters to talk to, with the additional of RPG elements: combat (action-based) and character development. You can play as either a fighter, a thief, a mage, or a paladin, and raise your skills directly after battles or by performing various actions. Graphics and interface underwent a major change. This is the first 256-color Quest for Glory game, and the first one to utilize the new, icon-based interface.

(from the Moby Games QFG3 page)

]]> 05 Dec 2006 11:32:14 Moonbase Commander is a turn-based strategy game where players compete to spread a web-like base across a lunar battlefield while annihilating their opponents. Players can select from four factions each of which has a unique look for it's units and a specifically voiced adviser (although all four have identical capabilities) and compete alone or in teams against other humans (locally or via the net) or the assorted Bots that are included. Competition takes place on a variety of terrain, sometimes barren and empty sometimes green and full of rivers.

Once a battle is started, players take turns using a limited supply of energy to launch weapons against their enemies or launch new buildings to expand their base. Both are done with a simple aim and force interface similar to Worms or most early golf games so it takes some skill to land a building exactly where you want it. Because buildings are connected to your main hub with a web of power lines, careful planning is required to avoid leaving important nodes unprotected. There are 18 different weapons and buildings each with an energy cost based on how powerful and useful it is. Ultimately, you must destroy an enemy's main hub unit to eliminate him from the battle.

Moonbase Commander has a minutes to learn, lifetime to master quality. There's never enough energy to do everything you want to and your opposition is always breathing down your neck. Should you risk a tricky shot to place an expensive shield generator by your hub or just settle for launching waves of cheap cluster bombs at those enemy anti-air batteries in hopes of overwhelming them. Maybe you should just bide your time and send up a few more observation balloons. The possibilities are surprisingly limitless in this simple yet complex game.

(from the Moby Games Moonbase Commander site)

]]> 09 Dec 2006 08:55:01 Playing with fire and murder in the eyes.
Keep squeezing that trigger and never let go.
If it moves, shoot it.
If it doesn't move, shoot it anyway just to be sure.

]]> 09 Dec 2006 09:14:23 An adventure; an epic! Frostwinds is a massive multiplayer online roleplaying game with players from all over the world. Make new friends, join a party, travel as pack, and unite to take down mythological creatures of legendary strength! Featuring dozens of monsters, hundreds of items, and endless quests for hidden treasure and glory, Frostwinds players will always find an adventure waiting for them in this vibrant community. Join Frostwinds today, and let the adventuring begin!

]]> 30 Dec 2006 03:50:18 Steam Brigade is a 2D side scrolling real time strategy game. In an alternate steam-punk history you take on the roll of General Mackenzie's son getting revenge and stopping the evil Garr and his band of robots. The gameplay is unique and addictive, the story is thought out and well presented and the art is great.

Give the Steam Brigade demo a try and I'm sure you'll fall in love with it.

]]> 05 Jan 2007 01:01:48 Crimsonland is a fast paced 2D arcade shooter. Reminiscint of games like Smash TV, Crimsonland has you killing in 360 degrees. The graphics seem low tech at first but when you see things like the flamethrower they look great. The sound is entertaining and the controls are spot on and feel great.

]]> 09 Jan 2007 08:02:16 After the horrible 3D Contra games, Konami finally decided to go back to 2D.

Konami not only created Contra: Shattered Soldier as a 2D game, but at the same time, they've also created one of the hardest 2D action game in the genre.

You begin the game with all three weapons: The machine gun, a flamethrower and an explosive weapon. Each weapon has its own unique characteristics.

However, what really sets this game apart from all other action games is the ranking system. Each stage has only a set amount of enemies which appears in sequence. Basically, if you want to finish with the highest rank (Rank S) in a stage, you have to kill all the enemies and at the same time survive the stage without dying. You can do this by memorizing when each enemy will appear and its corresponding bullet path.

This game, is without a doubt, hardcore.

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start



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]]> 17 Jan 2007 08:53:54 As Yoshi, transport the younger versions of classic mario characters across dangerous landscapes to save Baby Luigi and the other babies from evil. Use Yoshi's amazing abilities such as, eating your enemies, throwing eggs, hovering in the air, and stomping the ground.

You can even use the babies to your advantage! Use Mario to make special blocks visible. Peach to use her umbrella to ride on the winds, Donkey Kong to swing on vines, and more!

]]> 25 Jan 2007 03:43:45 Fowl Prowl is an addictive single player game that marries themes from duck hunt and big game hunter into a brilliant masterpiece.

Players will choose from three available hunters and four weapons. Each hunter has a preferred weapon so aiming and speed are always combining for different skill and techniques.

Travel across the globe hunting fowls, but don't shoot their babies, or you might get a visit from the local authorities.

COMING SOON

]]> 27 Jan 2007 01:11:16 SunAge is a new breed -oldschool- 2D RTS with revolutionary graphics and supersmooth balanced gameplay, while being playable on a vast range of PCs. The game will include the full set of a singleplayer campaign, skirmish as well as multiplayer battles (LAN & online).

SunAge runs on an indie developed engine that had been in development in-house at Vienna based Vertex4 for some time; recently the transfer to Direct X 9 has been made, resulting in better looking environments and vastly improved effects.

]]> 30 Jan 2007 06:25:37 "The Masters" have taken two combatants from around the universe and placed them in a battle against each other for their enjoyment. Jake Hunter is a human from Earth, and Garathe Den is a minotaur creature from Kullrathe. You must survive through levels, avoiding security robots, traps, and your opponent. As you go through levels, you will eventually gather the pieces to your vehicle which will allow you to escape.

Hunter Hunted is different from a normal side scroller in that horizontal is not the only direction that you are able to move. There are hallways and doorways you can enter which allow you to move into or out of the screen. There is also a split screen multiplayer deathmatch mode that lets you play against your friend.

]]> 30 Jan 2007 04:55:56 Sega's main mascot is back and ready to race once again in Sonic Rush for the Nintendo DS! Fly through eight new worlds, and fight new bosses to save the world from Dr. Eggman (Robotnik) and recover the Chaos Emeralds. Utilize new powers such as the dash, and new characters like Blaze the Cat, and get a better view of every level with the dual screen functionality. You can even race your friends wirelessly with a single card.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:33:49 Kastle Kumquat has always been a long standing favourite of mine from the Amiga days and for the 2006 Retro Remakes competition i helped develop this remake with my skilled partner (the code guru) Edgar M Vigdal. The gfx are by me, the sounds are by me (including the grunts and oofs) and we got some very nice music made for us by the talented "infamous". The tough part is all by Edgar though, without him these games wouldn't happen.

Collect fruits, find keys, press switches and open doors to make your way through the kastle. Dodge the twizzly boxes of doom, jump the lava and watch out for the traps. The remake did ok in the competition but the game turned out as great as i hoped. Its a joy to play, in fact only yesterday i played it through once again.

We are now working on a version which includes the room editor for a collaborative project. A whole new set of user made rooms with some new twists and traps. Hopefully that'll be underway soon.

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Developer: Iguana Entertainment, Atomic Planet

Publisher: Sunsoft, Metro 3D

Release date: October 1993

Mode: Single player

Platform(s): Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, GBA

]]> 13 Feb 2007 03:16:47 Developer: Gremlin Graphics
Publisher: Gremlin Graphics
Release date: October 1992
Genre: Platformer
Mode: Single player
Platform(s): Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES, Master System, Amiga CD32, PC, Acorn Archimedes, Jaguar

]]> 13 Feb 2007 03:26:23 Jumper Two is the sequel to Jumper (obviously), and continues the story of Ogmo, the horrible experiment gone wrong, as he attempts to evade capture by various forces which want him for various reasons.

You'll have to get Ogmo through 60 of the most devious single-screen platformer stage designs ever in his quest for freedom, using the various kinds of jumps at your disposal.

Also included is the Jumper Two Editor v4.06, which lets you create your own 10-stage 'Sectors' with a variety of game objects, some of which exclusive to the editor, and even lets you edit the game physics!

]]> 19 Feb 2007 11:52:14 Jumper: Redux is a remake of the original Jumper. In it, you must guide Ogmo, a failed secret experiment, out of the abandoned lab he has found himself in.

Features the complete original game (all 7 sectors of it) with completely redone visuals, as well as a brand-new full-length set of more devious level designs for the truly hardcore.

Plus, you can challange up to 3 friends in a 4-player online race mode through any of the single-player sectors (TCP/IP or LAN connection).

]]> 20 Feb 2007 10:52:32 In a 2D side scrolling strategy game, you will lead King Arthur's army into a battle against evil. You will travel to many worlds and use the various skills of your troops to fight dark knights, underworld orcs, and cloud giants.

]]> 14 Mar 2007 09:48:54 Help LarryBoy, the plunger-headed crime-fighting cucumber, free his friends from temptation by navigating through puzzle platform levels and defeating bosses with old-school video game challenges.

]]> 16 Mar 2007 09:14:55 Old-school 2D racing game in a plug & play steering wheel, sold by Radio Shack.

]]> 16 Mar 2007 09:50:34 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 is the second game in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. The basic gameplay is: you build a theme park with rides and shops and scenery. There are many scenarios to play each with the own goals and challenges to complete.

There is also a editor, where you can design your own scenarios. This game adds a few things to the first game, the obvious: new scenarios, slightly improved graphics, more rides, shops and scenery. But other than these there wasn't much this game has to offer that the first one didn't. Even so it is a very good game, with a lot of replayability.

]]> 15 Apr 2007 11:10:22 Mischeif Makers is a little known game for the N64 about a robot girl named Marinia on a mission to save her maker from the Clancers. There are good Clancers and bad Clancers, but you can beat up both of them. To fight you pick up your opponent and shake or throw them. By shaking somone you can steal their gems. While the game looks like nothing more then a young child's game, it is actually wicked difficult in later levels, a great game for all ages.

Since it is a 2D game, you move with the D-pad instead of the analog stick. You do actions and jumps with the C and A-B buttons. Each level you must reach a warp star at the end to complete it, and once you complete about 10 levels you move on to the next section of the game. This is not a short game.

It has a good sense of humor during the game, and varied bosses and levels to play through.

]]> 04 May 2007 09:38:09 Raptor: Call of the Shadows (often Raptor for short) is a 2D raster graphics vertical scrolling shoot 'em up single player game for the x86 PC written for MS-DOS, by Cygnus Studios (which has since changed its name to Mountain King Studios).

Raptor: Call of the Shadows was originally released on April 1, 1994. There is a shareware version available for this game which includes the first sector, the Bravo Sector. The full version can still be bought today

As in all shoot 'em up games of this genre, there is a vast number of enemies to kill, both on the ground and in the air. At the end of each wave, and often halfway through the more difficult waves, there is a "boss" which is a single enemy of great size and whom can take a lot of fire before succumbing.

For each target destroyed the player earns credits, with the amount of credits earned per enemy destroyed is proportional to how tough the enemy ship is. Most of the ground objects (buildings, vehicles, turrets) can be destroyed as well. Between new waves and sectors the player can use credits to select among 16 different equipment upgrades (various weapons, "shield-packs", bombs, etc) to be bought for his own aircraft.

The game is divided into three "sectors": Bravo Sector, Tango Sector, and Outer Regions, all of which have nine sub-missions called "waves", making for a total of 27 levels.

(Quoted from Wikipedia)

]]> 11 Jun 2007 11:15:52 Hironobu Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy... the first of one of the longest role-playing game series known to mankind. Final Fantasy is the game for the NES console that started it all.

The world is veiled in darkness. Winds don't blow, the seas are stormy, and the earth rots. All people can hope for is that the ancient prophecy will be finally fulfilled. "When the world is veiled in darkness, four warriors will come..." And indeed, they come - the four characters you have previously chosen. Their first quest is to free a princess from the evil Garland.

Final Fantasy uses a turn-based combat system. The enemies wait until all of your party members have performed their moves, and the ATB (active-time battle) system is not used. You can buy weapons and rest in the towns, and the world map is populated by monsters, with which you will be engaged in random fights.

Before the game starts, you choose four characters from six different classes: Fighter, Thief, Blue Belt, White Mage, Red Mage, and Black Mage. Which four classes you choose for your character is entirely up to you. You also give the characters names. And then the classic quest for the orbs begins....

]]> 22 Jun 2007 03:45:49 Hurrican is a freeware jump and shoot game created by Poke53280 that is based on the Turrican game series. Blast your way through nine action-packed levels filled with different enemies and powerups.

]]> 24 Jun 2007 04:37:39 This is a two-dimensional RPG for the PSP in 2005, a port of the Japanese-only PlayStation game which was released in 1996. It follows the story of Prince Pietro (of the kingdom of PoPoLoCrois) as he goes on a quest to awaken his mother, Queen Sania, from a deep sleep. He finds allies soon in the journey, including a witch and a knight.

Battle system
The battle system is similar to the active time-based structure seen in the Final Fantasy series and in Chrono Trigger. However, in PoPoLoCrois, battles can be set to an Auto mode in which the characters will follow a set of AI instructions, such as Assault (which attacks and uses special skills), Attack (which attacks but uses no special skills), and Defend (which has characters try to keep their HP as high as possible). The battle system is fought in a way which could be seen as a scaled-down version of the battles in tactical RPG's such as Final Fantasy Tactics. The game's battles are generally very easy when compared to other RPG's.

Pricing
The game is normally found at about $19.99, but Gamestop is having a sale until July, 2007 which has the game priced at $9.99. With the coupon code "SAVER", you can get free shipping on the Gamestop website, meaning you pay only $9.99 + sales tax and the game is shipped right to your door. Link to Gamestop sale (click PSP): http://www.gamestop.com/gs/gamedays/

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