All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'remake' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Highway Encounter was originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Costa Panayi in 1985. At the time is was a smash hit, and I remember saving up to buy this game. 21 years later I had a good excuse to remake this game... The Retro Remakes Competition 2006. All entrants were given three months to remake an old classic (and some less well know classics). This was my entry.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 01:07:33 Guide Pen-Pen or his sweetheart Deda-Deda (or both in a multiplayer frenzy) around the mazes and try to crush all monsters on screen with the Ice Blocks scattered around. Use the Action button to push the ice block or crush it if it cannot be pushed.
If you face the outer wall and press the Action button then you will start breathing the icy breath onto them which will make them freeze. If there are any monsters walking by the frozen wall they will get instantly stunned and you can use this ability to crush them with an ice block. Try to spell BONUS for surprise, and rack up combo scores by killing Snow Trolls in various imaginative ways.

]]> 30 Jan 2007 12:39:52 You are caught in a strange world. You can move through several dimensions. These are all guarded by a Sentinel. The Sentinel tries to even the energy level on a landscape. If it wasn't for you to disturb his work.

The rules are simple: If you're above you rule. Caught in your body you have to try to utilise soul transfer and your power to create boxes to work your way upwards.

Hint: Create a box, create a reploid on top and transfer your soul. That's the way up. Absorb as many trees as possible to refuel your energy. Once you're on top replace the Sentinel with a reploid and hyperjump from his former position to advance to one of the next floors!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 07:59:48 Jet Set Willy Online is the worlds first Multiplayer Jet Set Willy game.

Featuring original rooms from Jet Set Willy 1 and Jet Set Willy 2 as well as a whole glut of new rooms for you to explore.

Supporting up to 16 players, Jet Set Willy Online is the ultimate retro experience for the 21st Century.

Featuring multiple game modes including Willy Tag, Capture The Flag and Golden Willy (shush at the back!), a choice of over 40 individual Willy characters including Maria, the wicked housekeeper herself.

An internet connection is required to play JSW Online online!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 05:25:26 It's a Homage to the whole Sega Megadrive/Genesis saga.

To remake the game the original sprites have been ripped adding new moves, new enemies and characters have been added respecting the game style.

The stages, some new and some completely redesigned, have new effects, more colors and scroll layers than their originals.

Regarding music, several musicians have helped remixing and improving the original soundtracks.

The game keeps a similar gameplay and was done from scratch, having devoted programming to emulate every one of the main characteristics in the original game.


Current version :
8 characters
43 locations having multi-path splits
52 enemy types keeping all of their moves
37 different remixes
Options and modes not present in the original

]]> 09 Feb 2007 01:12:59 This remake needs no introduction. Jetpac is the addictive shooter that was originally released for the ZX Spectrum (16k in fact). This is one of the most fondly remembered games of that era.

This is one of the few games that I collaborated with other people on. This is not my game but one that also belongs to Steve Watson and Ric Lumb.

]]> 07 Feb 2007 09:45:40 Counterclockwise is a remake of 1983 Spectrum game "Knot in 3D". Your goal is to navigate a mass-trail propulsion craft through zero-G space and survive as long as you can. There are other crafts (chasers) around, trying to cut you off with their trails. Avoid crashing into trails and showoff some fancy flying and shooting skills for extra score.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:37:48 Welcome to Trashman Anniversary, my remake of "Trashman" which was released on the Spectrum in 1984, by New Generation Software (the game is 20 years old). This game was created for the Retro Remakes Competition 2004.

Playing the Game

Take control of your rookie trashman and lead him to the heady heights of head-trashman in a matter of days! You must guide trashman around various streets, locating and picking up the rubbish bins. These must be carried to the truck and emptied before being placed back where you found them.

However, things aren't as easy as they seem! Cars try to run you down, kids on bikes will run over your feet and make you move more slowly. Worst of all, tread on someone's lawn and you may find their dog snapping at your heels!

Each street must be completed within a set time limit, and extra care must be taken to stay off the grass and out of the bushes, as these will both drain your time limit incredibly quickly!

As a bonus, if you empty a house's bins perfectly you may be invited in for a certain amount of bonus time - and you'll need every second on some of the later levels!

Pull down to exit the house, but this can only be done after a couple of seconds inside.

After you have emptied all the bins you must walk up to the very top of the street, to complete the day's work and go home to rest until the next shift.

The game ends when you are run over and killed by a car, if you fail to complete your assigned task within the time limit three times, or if you complete all the assignments.

Controls

Cursor Keys to move the player.

Space Bar to start a game from the title screen.

F12 on title screen to switch from windowed mode to full screen mode, and visa versa.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 07:42:26 Anarchy has broken out on the planet Sentinel 4 and rebels have taken over.

You have been chosen for a mission: break into the rebels' ammunition depot and destroy the entire supply, thus dealing a crushing blow to the rebellion. You have been given an ACE Mk.2 Interceptor tank with which to carry out your mission.

Playing the Game

Shoot the "red boxes of ammo" and the "red pyramid warheads" for points.

You can only fire in the direction you are facing, and if there isn't a space between you and the ammo or warhead, there is no space to turn. Find a way of positioning yourself so that you can face them - they are all possible, but some may be puzzling.

Destroy them all and a beacon will appear showing where to place your tank to be beamed to the next ammo-dump in the complex.

The rebels are trying to destroy you before you accomplish your mission, with their orbital laser, but your jamming device can keep them from getting a lock for a while.

Keep an eye on the timer, when it runs out the jammer will fail, and the laser will be able to destroy you.

There are security droids and enemy tanks in the complex, which will try and tag you with and electronic marker - if you are touched and marked, the laser will be able to lock on despite your jamming-device!

Extra lives are awarded every 50,000 points.

This version (like the original game) has 16 levels. The original crashed after level 16, and didn't have an end sequence, the remake will take you back to level 1 to rack up a higher score.

The top five scores are saved to disk, along with the level reached.

Controls

Cursor Keys or joy-pad to move the tank.
Control-Key or Fire Button 1 to shoot

"P" to pause the game

The game is full screen by default, but if you wish to play it in a window then use the switch "/window" on the command line.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 07:59:39 This is a remake of Monty On The run released on several 8 bit systems.

You must guide Monty Mole to freedom as he has just escaped from the slammer after being wrongly imprisoned.

The game features the same rooms and game play as the original but with MASSIVELY updated graphics by the very talented mister Smila Storey.

It also features a rocking rendition of the C64 theme tune from a real band, Press Play On Tape.
Cheers Guys, it really makes the game !!!

]]> 03 Feb 2007 07:47:00 Author: Smila

The Game: Guide Geordie on his quest to get inebriated

Features: 200 rooms of arcade adventure action, retro styled sprites, alcohol, the colour "orange".

Does not feature: Giraffes, crown green bowling, crayons, guns.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 06:38:37 Pilot your excavation probe, through eighteen platforms that cover the moon of Mitral.

Find where to drill in each region to release a minimum of 60% of the gas trapped beneath. Beware, all is not what it seems..

]]> 07 Feb 2007 04:35:46 This is a DEMO/Prototype!
It is very much unfinished. There is only one level and after you beat the boss it will go back to the title screen.

Axion is a 4 colour (greyscale) shoot'em up made for the Retro Remakes 4-colour TI calculator style competition.

Story

Thousands of years ago the Atlantians built a huge inter-dimensional portal with the intent of trapping a huge foe inside. The portal worked perfectly, but at the last minute the huge beast was able to pull their entire city in with it. Knowing the they were unable to save the city and that the beast would eventually be able to break free without anyone able to watch over it, they sent out their last hope, Axion.

Axion was a specially designed craft known as a "Dimension diver" which made it the only man-made creation that was able to seemlesly escape the pull of the triangular portal.

Thousands of years later after absorbing much of its surroundings including people, ships and planes, the beast was able to take control of its own prision, although it was still not quite powerful enough to escape entirely. Using all the energy it had absorbed over the many years, the beast took control of the portal and projected it into outer space using mankind's own orbiting satillites. The portal was now 50 times its original size, big enough to engulf the entire planet...and this was the plan. If the beast could absorb the entire planet, then it would have enough energy to break free from its Atlantian prision.

After detecting the huge power surge, Axion emerged out of the ocean and blasted off into outer space to stop the beast before it was too late.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 08:16:24 Original game and graphics by John Gymer of Kingfisher Software. This was a originally a Public Domain release for the Atari ST.

Simply collect all the eggs on each level to progress to the next.

When you walk on tiles they become cracked and cannot be used again.

It is possible to scroll the lines/colums of tiles (CTRL+Cursors) so don't worry you cannot trap yourself surrounded by broken tiles.

Careful you don't get caught in the spider's web or you will be stuck for a moment.

Avoid the baddies or you will be a dead duck.

This game is probably more suitable for children, but can give quite a challenge on later levels.

Simple but effective gameplay.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 04:56:05 From Wikipedia: Ghostbusters is a game by Activision based on the movie of the same name. It was designed by David Crane and released for several home computer platforms in 1984.

The player sets up a ghost busting franchise in a city with a rising Psychokinetic (PK) Energy level and has the ability to purchase equipment such as traps, or to upgrade their vehicle.

The player then negotiates a grid representing the city. They need to stop the "roamers" from reaching the temple of Zuul (which causes the PK Energy level to jump). When the player moves to a city block that is flashing red, the game mode switches to an overhead view of the player's vehicle driving to the location.

The player must move left and right to vacuum up the stray ghosts. The player then moves to a screen in which a Slimer ghost must be guided with two proton streams over a ghost trap.

If the ghost is successfully captured, the player's income increases. The aim is to have $10,000 by the time the city's PK level reaches 9999.

In some versions after the first successful game, the player is given an account number, which stores the amount of money the player had at the end of the game. This allowed for purchasing more expensive items for use (faster cars, more traps etc.). In order to win at these games the player was required to have earned more money than their initial account balance.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 01:51:45 The original game is (c) 1993 David Papworth (appeared on an Amiga Power magazine cover disk)

Music (c) 2007 o0Infamous0o

Instructions

This is a simple game - destroy all the rocks (which split) on each level before the timer runs out. Collect powerups (or avoid bad ones) for different weapons, faster or slower shots, shield, etc.

Scoring

Large Rock = 1,000 points
Smaller Rock = 500 points
Even Smaller Rock = 250 points
Smallest Rock = 100 points
Diamond = 250 points

There are four control methods available so try to choose the one that works best for you. They are:-

Mouse Aim and Keyboard

Keyboard Only (using aim lock)

Joypad Control (using aim lock)

Dual Analogue Joypad

To send your highscores to the online board, goto the high scores screen and click on the sync button. Please ensure that you allow the program access through any firewall you may have in place.

Version Log

v1.02 - Dual Analogue deadzone adjustments.
v1.01 - Extra Lives code fixed (Thanks STompy!)

]]> 06 Apr 2007 05:33:26 Tell us about your game here

]]> 14 Dec 2006 07:21:45 The Game

Out in the vastness of space lies the heart of an Intergalactic Criminal Network, TALOS, a man-made asteroid slowly spinning through the void, spreading its evil through the Universe. At the head of this seemingly unstoppable force sits one man, the unspeakably vile Cyrus T. Gross.


A name spoken only in whispered voices, Gross is the embodiment of all that is criminal. Avoiding any attempt to curtail his ever spreading empire, he has crushed all opposition and seems invincible, ruling his depraved Zealots with a fist of iron and a heart of ice.

In a last ditch attempt, the rulers of the Free Worlds have called in the Nemesis organisation, a hardened cadre of humanoid and robotic freebooters who have assigned N.O.M.A.D. 471 (Nemesis Organisation Mobile Attack Droid) to penetrate Gross's heavily armed home world and destroy this vile despot once and for all.

Your mission is to guide N.O.M.A.D. through the four sections of Capital City towards Gross's inner sanctum.

You arrive at the spaceport and must then progress through the slums, into the city centre and penetrate the HQ; "Dun Dentin', before you reach his personal quarters for the final deadly confrontation.

Many dangers await you in all sections of Capital City. In true cowardly style, Gross has installed magnetrons, heat-seeking missiles,
and an infinity of equally deadly obstacles, all of which must be confronted and conquered.

N.O.M.A.D. 471 Specifications

Autonomous war-droid with high-intelligence, Infra-red visual receptors and high-frequency audio-receivers.
Fitted with anti-gravity pods and twin thrusters functional in both forward and backward directions and capable of great speeds with a high degree of manoeuvrability.

Armament

Titanium body shell ... Not totally impregnable. Two magnum 57 calibre blasters. The N.O.M.A.D. 471 series is as yet untested. This is his first and possibly deadliest mission. The chances of survival are slim ...

The freedom of the Universe is in your hands.

We salute you!

]]> 04 Feb 2007 04:07:40 Ghostbusters is a remake of the movie tie available on the 8bit systems in the 80's.

The object of the game is to earn money by catching ghosts.
This is done by moving to a flashing haunted building on the map where the game shifts to a ghost catching scene.
Successfully catch the ghost and you get paid $400.
Fail, you get slimed and loose a man.

While this is happening, the keymaster and gate keeper are slowly moving toward's Zuul's building in the centre of the map.

Once they meet, you are called to the building where, assuming you have made more money than you started with, you must get passed the Marshmallow man for the final battle.

Features:-

.Updated Graphics by Smila Storey
.Two soundtracks kindly provided by Metal band Xentrix and Geekay from Us vs Them.
.Enhanced driving section
.Extra section
.New Cut Scenes
.Hidden car ( 2.21 jigawats anyone ? :) )

]]> 05 Feb 2007 04:45:24 PLAYING THE GAME

On each screen your ship begins in the centre, and you must move and collect all the 80s items that are placed around the grid.

Most levels have holes which cannot be crossed, and must be moved around.

On the four edges of the grid there are moving laser cannons, which will attempt to destroy you with their photon shots. If one of them is level with your ship, either vertically or horizontally, they will open fire. Keep moving!

There is no ingame pause, but you may have a breather between levels, or before retrying a level you have failed.

If you complete all the levels, then you will be returned to the first, but the game speed will increase.

CONTROLS

On the title screen you can access the high-score boards using the cursor keys to move the tabs out from the sides of the screen, and to move up and down through the online scoreboard's four pages.

Also on the title screen, you may press "S" to sync the online board with the scores on my site.

PLEASE NOTE: Some firewalls may kick off or not allow you to post your scores - please make sure you have allowed the file access to the net connection. (you may have to ALT-TAB out of the game the first time you try to sync, in order to do this.)

In game the ship is controlled via any of the following:- Cursor keys, QAOP or Joypad/Joystick.

Spacebar or joystick fire button is used to start a game and also to retry a level, or move to the next level on collecting all the items on the screen.

Please read the readme.txt for more info on scoring, etc.

]]> 03 Feb 2007 06:37:28 On your way through the galaxy you stumble upon the legendary planet Koronis. This planet was used by the ancient people as experimenting ground for technology. These technological modules are incredibly valuable. And you seem to have found the main resort!

At once you let Psytek prepare the rover and beam down onto the radioactive wasteland of Koronis. Too bad that the automatic defense system is still alive and active...

Use your courage and wit, gather as many modules as possible, enhance your rover with them and destroy the defense system!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 06:20:49 Dare you face the corridors of death?

Avoid spikes, and spines and deadly cubes, while crushing all the cylinders contained in each level. When you have destroyed all the cylinders the exit will become open and you can cross the exit to the next corridor.

Score points for distance travelled, and cylinders crushed.

Watch your time, if it runs out then your game is over. More time can be acquired by pressing down the "Green Timer Disks", but beware: Once you touch them and take the prize, they will become "Red Disks of Death" and cannot be touched again.

Extra lives are awarded every 10,000 points.

The original Spectrum game contained eight corridors, who knows what challenging courses could have been built since then!

If you complete all the corridors, you will be returned to the first, but each time you loop around the level set, the time allowed will be reduced.

The top five scores are saved to disk... How high can you score? How far can you get?

Original game (c) John Phillips 1986, Music (c) Klaus Lunde, used with kind permission.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 11:14:42 7 challenges await the brave warrior in Smila's remake of the Cosmi classic.

Dodge spears, rocks, spikes and other things that will chafe your poor player and make your way to safety and freedom.

Duck, jump and dodge your way through the levels. A Retro Remake that contains a muscular man running.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 05:43:50 Zub was originally released for the ZX Spectrum (as well as other 8-bit platforms). This remake is my homage to the excellent authors Binary Design who created it.

It's quite a simple concept actually. All you have to do is get to the top of each level.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:25:57 R-Tronic is Trevor "Smila" Storey's homage to the Eugene Jarvis classic "Robotron".

R-Tronic, originally designed for the Retro Remakes 2003 Competition takes the basic premise of Robotron and expands it into an up to date, gorgeous looking all action shooter.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 10:57:12 This a remake of Raffaele Cecco's 1988 sequel to the 1987 original.

Remake by Graham Goring, John Blythe, Will Morton and Russell Hoy.

]]> 12 Dec 2006 03:09:44 Bounty Bob rides again, a remake of the classic Bounty Bob strikes back! Refreshed graphic, new elements and a built in editor add the little something on top!

Color all the platforms, but don't get caught by the mutants! Or one of the numerous obstacles. Or steep falls. Or moving pads. Or suction tubes. Ever tried to be a cannon ball? This game has it all and more!

]]> 04 Feb 2007 01:41:32 Click the squares to find Avril, blank squares are harmless, arrows point in the direction that Avril is, number squares tell you how close ( or how far away ) Avril is (in rows or columns). If you uncover STompy he will hide all the squares again ( expect for bonus, moves and mines ). Bonus squares give you 500 points and a moves square will reset the number of moves you have for that level.

There are 30 levels in total, and it gets harder and harder each round - less clues, less moves and more STompys :D

]]> 04 Feb 2007 10:35:00 This is a remake of the ZX Spectrum classic Potty Pigeon. Help Percy in his quest to fill the hungry stomachs of his kids by collecting worms and avoiding hazards.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 05:43:25 Sometimes 3d isn't always the best.

G-Force takes the frenetic action of Dave Theurers classic vector shooter Tempest and transposes it into two dimensions.

Described by PC Zone as "...a brilliant remake of the classic blaster", "sickeningly difficult" and containing "Jeff Minter-esque crude humour", G-Force is a game to melt the eyeballs, keep the trigger finger twitching and to keep you coming back for more.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 02:27:14 Former owners of a C64 certainly will remember Sword of Fargoal. It was created by Jeff McCord and released for the C64 by Epyx in 1983. It is a simple rogue-like game (preceding the first official release of Rogue though). And according to http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/150best.htm,
it is one of the best 150 games ever. A summary of its description could read like this:

You are on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Fargoal, which lies between
levels 15 and 20 of a dungeon. The dungeon levels are populated by an
ever-regrowing number of different monsters, the deeper the dungeon level,
the stronger the monsters. By retrieving experience points and collecting
treasures, your own strength will increase as well, while finding your way
down through randomly generated dungeons. With the help of different items
and all sorts of spells, and by escaping various kinds of traps, you
finally can find the Sword of Fargoal in the middle of a labyrinth - which
doesn't mean your done, no way, now the game only really begins. A timer
is started, and you have to get back up to the dungeon entrance again
before time runs out. This isn't as easy as it sounds, because dungeon
levels are newly created and look different every time you climb up or
down, and are now full of monsters waiting to steal the sword from you -
in which case you have to climb down and find it again - but the timer
isn't reset.

For more informations and the complete story, visits these sites:

http://www.fargoal.com/
http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/epyx/swordoffargoal.html
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4527

]]> 06 Dec 2006 08:47:34 This is a remake of the classic Genesis game, Columns.
It's got the same core gameplay, for the most part, but also adds several new bells and whistles, such as a variety of special pieces, Big Gems, an online highscore list, and a brutal AI opponent.

The characters are all members of the website 64digits.
(Any member of 64digits may also add awards they've unlocked ingame to their profiles on the site.)

Controls:
Menu
Arrow keys - Move selection
Enter key - Ok

Player 1
Left / Right arrow keys - Move piece
Up arrow key - Cycle piece
Down arrow key - Drop piece
Enter - Start

Player 2
A / D - Move piece
W - Cycle piece
S - Drop piece
G - Start

Developed with Game Maker 6.1

]]> 16 Jan 2007 06:31:32 Blue Twilight combines elements from the 3D Mario titles with the classic 2D gameplay that fans have come to know over the years. Speech samples can also be heard throughout the game, along with a suitably, Halloween-themed soundtrack. The game is also set in Halloween-themed levels.

]]> 02 Apr 2007 05:06:19 From the box description:

You're the ultimate thief, racing underground through the Evil Empire to regain your people's treasures. You'll be a rich famous hero-if you're not ripped to bits by the deadly Mad Monks, that is.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 06:12:09 Welcome to Cookie Cruncher, my remake of "Yoshi's Cookie" which was released on the SNES. This game was created for the Retro Remakes competition 2004.

Playing the Game

Ten challengers await, each with ten cookie puzzles. Can you become the cookie eating king?

On each level you will be given a set number of moves in which to remove all the cookies from the puzzle board. The puzzles range in size from 2x2 up to 8x8.

To remove cookies you must make a complete row of column of the same type. This is done by scrolling them up, down, left and right.

The cookies are wrap-around - the one you move off the board will appear on the opposite side.

If all cookies are removed, you will move onto the next puzzle, and if not then you lose a "retry" and must attempt the stage again, or press escape and go back to the title screen.

When the game begins you have ten "retries" and five more are earned for every opponent you defeat.

There are passwords every ten stages, at the beginning of each new opponent.

Sounds simple? Well it is to begin with... But it get a little tougher as the levels progress.

But that's the way the cookie crumbles. Good luck!

Controls

Cursor Keys to move the cursor.
Space Bar (held down + cursors) to scroll a column or a row of cookies.

F12 on title screen to switch from windowed mode to full screen mode, and visa versa.

History

v1.0 - Initial release. Coded for the Retro Remakes Competition 2004.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 07:32:28 Operation Wolf was a one-player shooter arcade game made by Taito in 1987. It featured a large gun mounted on the cabinet, which was used to clear each stage of soldiers & vehicles.

Operation Block is freeware tribute to Operation Wolf, using Lego characters, vehicles and scenery.

Development began in June 2006.
Alpha testing began in April 2007.

Release date? "Before DNF!"

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

May 15..
OpBlock level 1 alpha previewed on Arsecast podcast.

Well, that wasn't so bad was it?

The AC reviewer, Graham (known for his "direct reviewing style")
only used the word "sh!t" once.

Mind you - it was proceeded by the phrase "pure, pure..."
so perhaps he didn't like my explosions after all.

Perhaps. ;-)

]]> 03 Feb 2007 06:08:51 The aim of the game is to clear all 20 levels of droids, by either taking control of each one, or destroying them. Gaining access to higher level droids allows you to inflict more damage (and sustain less).

]]> 07 Feb 2007 04:55:52 Ultima V: Lazarus is an exceedingly ambitious project that greatly improves the graphics and sound of the PC version of Ultima V. However, that's not all. Rather than releasing an "upgrade patch," as happened with Ultima IV, what we've done is a true from-the-ground-up remake of the gaming classic, Ultima V.

]]> 27 Nov 2006 11:44:10 Modernish graphics for an old arcade classic top-down racer. Simply race around the track, collect the flags, and avoid or confuse the following race cars.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 07:38:14 Mt. Drash: The Roguelike, is a roguelike game based in the ancient game Escape from Mt. Drash; it takes the main idea from the original and puts fast paced gameplay on it.

In the game, the Stranger from another world, is caught by evil garriontrots, a race of interdimensional beings, and given a chance to gain your freedom by fighting your way through different levels fulls of monsters and dangers.

Drash Roguelike is a fast paced roguelike game in which both strategy and tactics are very important to survive, you must carefully decide how you want to shape your character, as the options are limited. There are no experience points or levels, all advancement is made by transversing the levels of the Arena. There are combat tactics and magic spells for a great variety of interaction types.

This game has an active web community at http://www.santiagoz.com/web

Thereby you can share your comments and ask questions about the game and download the latest version.

]]> 09 Mar 2007 11:31:26 The game is a remake of Crillion. It features all the classic stages as well as over thousand user made sets.

You control a ball that bounces up and down on its own. Steer the ball left/right and hit colored blocks. If the colors match you can destroy the block.

Enter: color changers, deadly skull blocks, moving enemies, keys, doors, bombs and many more.

An editor to create your own sets is included. You can also upload your set from inside the game and have it immediately available to other players.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 06:05:41 Save yourself and an varying part of the level area from the flood. Build walls to stop water and defend the valuable trees!

This game has been published as a type-in for the C64 in a magazine.

The game field is filling up with water and it's up to you to save as much dry area as possible! Build walls to keep the water outside. Once you keep a certain percentage dry you advance to the next level.

An additional element: If there are trees you need to keep those dry too. The water doesn't want to stop. Can you stop it?

Aquantor comes with 20 prebuilt levels. With the editor you can build new tricky traps with just a few mouseclicks.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 06:33:16 A remake written for the Retro Remakes Competition 2004. Imagine a musical themed pacman which lets you fight back!

Clear all the notes without getting caught by the enemies!
16 single player stages, 10 multi player stages and an editor for even more!

]]> 03 Feb 2007 02:49:44 Typhoon 2001 is a freeware rail-shooter game inspired by both the Atari Jaguar hit game Tempest 2000 and the arcade hit Tempest. You guide your ship along one end of the "wire" (level) while enemies are sent towards you from the other end. A graphical update and a few new features, including a built-in level editor, give a great old game due improvements and longevity!

]]> 28 Feb 2007 02:36:53 Skooter is a freeware puzzle game. This is a remake of an old game for the MSX 8-bit computers. This remake was made in the most possible faithful way, with slighly modified graphics. The objective of this game is simple: control your Skooter robot and get the four screen items to complete each one of the sixteen levels that compose the game. A great puzzle!

To play Skooter, use arrows and space (joystick also supported). Space destroy green blocks. Red blocks cannot be destroyed. Arrow blocks move by themselves. Diamond blocks can be pushed. Blue arrows push items (only when they are not blocked).

Thanks to Ronald Pieket Weeserik (author of the original game) for his support.

]]> 05 Feb 2007 09:47:32 Sopwith XNA is a remake/update of Sopwith II. I have tried to keep the fun simple gameplay intact, whilst adding a few extra bits and pieces of my own. This was a small project designed to let me learn better game development using XNA, as well as trying to keep focused on a single project through to completion.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 10:43:01 Manic Miner needs do description, neither does Mario. This is what happens when too much alcohol mixes a hybrid of these 2 iconic games.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 07:25:28 Updated but faithful Space Invaders clone for XNA (both Windows and Xbox 360). Full source code available.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 11:54:09

***FIRST OFF UNDER 18 OR EASILY OFFENDED PEOPLE DON'T PLAY****

Dizzy's bad day was my entry into the 2003 Retro Remakes remakes competition.

It won the comedy prize due to it's rather adult take on the Dizzy series.

It is an authentic style Dizzy game with coins to collect, characters to interact with and puzzles to be completed.
Puzzles may involve dildos, drugs and huge false moustaches but it's all in the standard Dizzy format :D.

The flimsy plot is that Dizzy's porn shop has exploded, scattering his wares accross the land.
His parents are coming to visit so he must gather everything up before they arrive and save his embarrasment.

The game is NOT for the easily offended, as the big 18 signs on the title screen may indicate.

Look out for a cameo by Magic Knight ;)

]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:20:20 WIP Asteroids inspired vector style title.

When learning a new system the first thing you do is remake a classic. When I wanted to do hardware accelerated glowy vectors I turned to one of the greatest (and also most remade) games of them all asteroids.

RoidRage isn't going to be a clone of asteroids but a game in the style of asteroids, with powerups and more enemy types for starters.

Currently undergoing development.

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