All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'casual, retro' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'casual, retro' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'casual, retro' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Monty On The Run 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 Dotstream Dotstream is a racing game, but rather than controlling a car, spaceship, or anything like that, you control a solitary pixel racing against other pixels.

Dotstream is part of the first series of games in Nintendo's bit Generations collection of games for the Gameboy Advance.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 03:40:08 Midnight Mansion Midnight Mansion is a retro platformer based on games like Montezuma's Revenge, Prince of Persia, and Dark Castle. You play Jack Malone, an adventure hunter, who explores several huge mansions in search of gold at the end. You can't kill anything; you simply avoid the bad guys, while you search for keys that allow you to open doors that lead to new areas. Mansions are filled with traps, puzzles, and secrets.
]]> 03 Mar 2007 12:28:38 Jetpack Jetpack is a DOS game that was an immediate hit when it was released in 1993, and a cult following grew internationally. The author received a ton of mail and submissions by people creating their own Jetpack levels. The built in level editor is one of the most popular features - over 1000 levels have been created. Some teachers bought Jetpack because they considered the editor to be educational, encouraging their students' creativity.

Jetpack was the top selling game for both publishers that carried it (Software Creations and Impulse Games). Jetpack runs fine on an 8086, and surprisingly well on today's computers!

Jetpack has been made freeware by its author so it is now free to download.
]]> 02 Mar 2007 05:07:48 Pongo A funny little game as a result from the latest mini competition over at Retro Remakes. Take a made up package shot from a parody of a game review show and make a game from it.

Here comes Pongo! Make your way to the other side avoiding the Pongos. If you do step into one you can clean your shoes on a patch of grass. If you reach the end you are only allowed less than three Pongos.
]]> 24 Jun 2007 07:27:19 LaserAge LaserAge is a retro game similar to Galaxian and Galaga clones. This shooter features power-ups and is highly detailed, combining nostalgia with 24-bit color. Four levels have 100 waves of ships. Destroy 15 enemies with 13 power-ups. You can play in windowed and full-screen modes; then show off your skills to the world with Web-based high scores. Your ship can be controlled with the mouse, which comes in handy when you're trying to dodge enemy fire. The Gold version features a new interface and a massive list of bug fixes.

Genre: Arcade
Developer: Ingava
Version: 2.0A
]]> 07 Dec 2006 08:46:07 One Switch Manic Miner One Swithc Manic Miner is a platform fan game based on Matt Smith's Manic Miner from the early 80's.

You play Miner Willy who must jump around the various levels collecting all the flashing objects to get to the next level.

What makes it different from most MM clones is that it was designed to work with just 1 key as part of a competition to help get more games out there playable by disabled gamers.

Miner Willy is in constant motion and turns when he hits a solid object.
The space key jumps him.

Incidentally, it won the competition ;).
]]> 03 Feb 2007 06:52:24 cavernrescue This is an original game with vector style graphics in the vein of the defender ilk.
The aim of the game is to pilot your ship through the randomly generated caverns, picking up all the wee guys that are waving for help.
You must collect fuel pods or plummet into the ground as you run out.
To make matters worse, you must dodge oncoming fire and missile turrets.
As the levels progress, the baddies get faster and more agressive.

This was an attempt at creating random levels and making a coherent game.
It all gelled together quite nicley and Cavern Rescue was the final product.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:07:54 Dizzy's Bad Day
  • ***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     MILA, O Resgate! Ajude MILA em uma emocionante aventura por um mundo colorido e animado em busca de seu caozinho perdido. Salte pelas plataformas, enfrente os mais estranhos inimigos e utilize veiculos nos mais variados cenarios, como cavernas escuras, selvas traicoeiras, navios, aguas turvas e ate o interior de um monstro enorme, entre outras fases ainda mais emocionantes.
    Sao mais de 100 telas totalmente interligadas divididas em 11 fases de pura acao! Reviva os bons tempos dos jogos de plataforma ajudando MILA nessa grande missao.
    Como jogar:
    - Andar para Direita - Pressionar a seta direcional para a Direita
    - Andar para Esquerda - Pressionar a seta direcional para a Esquerda
    - Pular - Pressionar a seta direcional para Cima
    - Abaixar - Pressionar a seta direcional para Baixo
    - Atirar - Pressionar a tecla "Espaco"

    PLAY ONLINE:
    http://www.orbemidia.com/d_game0005a.html
    ]]>     02 Apr 2007 08:45:26     SlingStar Sling your wingmen to destroy the enemy in this addictive, physics based game.
    ]]>     10 Feb 2007 11:57:25     Hunchback Remake of the arcade classic hunchback.
    Platform game where you must avoid hazards like fireballs, arrows and angry guards on your journey over the castle walls to save your love, Esmerelda.

    Updated graphics and funky sound track gives the game a fresk lick of paint but the same game play that made it a "one more go" game remains.
    ]]>     05 Feb 2007 05:07:13     Montys Pesky Kids Oh no! Montys kids have done a legger and ran across town.

    Help Monty get them back before they get up to too much mischief. It looks like they've already wedged themselves into awkward places, so you're going to need to be nifty in your timing to get them back.

    Get them back in the pram before Mrs Mole notices they've gone.
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 01:02:32     VectorBlast VectorBlast is a single player arcade style space shooting game which borrows entertaining concepts from a number of memorable classics. Although the game is of RETRO nature, the playability, audio and visuals are more modern by design.

    -Features-

    Single Player game
    Gamepad support including Xbox360 controller
    Six stages with giant boss encounters
    Skill Reward system (unlockables)
    Unique scoring and multiplier system
    Online Leaderboard system
    PC and MAC compatible
    Vectorblast is powered by Garage Games Torque Game Builder.
    ]]>     25 Dec 2006 12:29:07     Tetrageddon Although the controls take on the basic "pentomino" controls (Up, Down, Left, Right, Space for "drop", and Q to submit your high-score), the game-play takes a very unusual spin that tickles the "nonsense" nerve. You are presented with a quiet city scene where you control heaps of rubble dropped from the sky by a tiny alien (Minibyte), who decided to "pick on the big people" by planting his "Portable Entertainment System" (a giant crane) over Earth. The goal of the game comes in three tiers: to score by squishing people, play pentomino, and challenge your reflexes as blocks fall at random speeds. The traditional set of blocks are mixed with "surprise blocks" which you have to quickly find a place for in the grid. Even the individual block tiles are purposefully vague and hard to distinguish to add to the chaos. The game is very challenging to ones reflexes. The goal is to keep your grid under control as long as possible so that you can continue scoring on pedestrians. Only those with quick fingers can survive.
    ]]>     07 Jun 2007 06:06:37     Yum-Yum This was an entry in the third 72 hour GDC, which means of course it was made in under 72 hours (about 10, to be exact).

    The goal is simple - catch the plumbers as they fall from the pipes (remind you of anything?) by holding UP as they hit the giant plant's head. Catch a set amount before they break your pot to continue on.

    The game was made as a retro-themed title, imitating the classic, badly-translated, super-odd Japanese games.

    The game is still under construction, and after the upcoming Hedonism Games title is completed, it will be updated, as well - numerous problems exist in the game, primarily the lack of sound, lack of variety, the fact the enemies are still visible when they run off the screen and the inability to move while eating plumbers. The other big update will be commenting the code better! As it was made in so few hours, it's rather unclean code...

    Note: Open Source Game

    This game is open source: if you want to change or edit this game in any way, or even keep it the same, then reuse it anywhere, go right ahead! Acknowledgement would be wonderful, but is not necessary; at the very least, I'd be honored if you just let me know it helps in some way!
    ]]>     23 Jan 2007 06:17:58     Shitcatcher We have mini forum competitions at Retro Remakes every now and then. At the time of writing (6/2/07) theres a calculator b+w jobby on the go. Some cracking stuff coming from that too... anywho, a while back we had one to create oldschool LCD handheld remakes. Well, this is my personal effort. Turned out pretty neat i think, and it shows how super amazing my leet coding skills are :)

    Catch the falling poops and protect your 5 sims. Miss a poop and you lose points. And all the while it gets faster and faster :)

    5 minutes of fun and a diggy tune.
    ]]>     06 Feb 2007 05:47:43     Plink
    ]]>     24 Nov 2008 01:22:34     Monkey Story
    ]]>     24 Nov 2007 12:13:05     Skin & Bones
    ]]>     13 Jun 2008 05:11:00     Trax
    ]]>     22 Jul 2008 06:18:53     Cosmic Sunder Elements
    ]]>     17 Aug 2008 04:22:29     AllBinary SantasWorldWar Demo
    ]]>     22 Aug 2008 12:58:59     AllBinary Game Development Kit Showcase
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