All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'social' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'social' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'social' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Audition Online Dance Battle Audition Online, also known as Dancing Paradise in Japan, is a downloadable Multiplayer Online Casual Game produced by T3 Entertainment. Audition Online is free to play, using the popular Virtual Asset Sales (VAS) model (as officially called) or a cash shop system that allows users to use real money to purchase ingame clothes, accessories, etc. to dress up their avatars. The game is similar to Bust A Groove, but takes a different approach, besides the fact that it is a multiplayer online casual game.
]]> 28 Dec 2006 07:22:38 The World The World MORPG is a Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game inspired by the popular .hack series.

It shifts between a classic top-down view for exploration and a 2D-sidescrolling action mode similar to that of the "Tales of" series when in combat.

It is currently under development.
]]> 16 Jan 2007 12:31:25 Suikoden II Sequel to the early PlayStation RPG. As a member of the Alliance, a military force only really hinted at in the original, you play the unwitting hero of the game: an orphan who has been raised by a quiet, unassuming battle hero in a seemingly ancient war. Alongside you in the ranks is your best friend Jowy, a boy born of nobility but who has never been able to receive approval in his stubborn father's eyes. As the game begins, you are immediately tossed into a tale of political strife, betrayal and war on a grand scale beyond your scope in the early stages. As the game wears on, the plot will twist, turn and develop in numerous ways that expose the personalities of each of the characters involved. The battle system is turn-based, with the option to equip Runes for special abilities, combine party member attacks to create chain combos or devastating spells, and the option to run the battle in Auto mode.

--Original Source Text: IGN
]]> 24 Dec 2006 11:29:53 Highway Encounter 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 AfterWorld AW stands for AfterWorld, MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) with a 3D post-apocalyptic-style world and elements of FPS (First-Person Shooter) and RPG (Role-Playing Game) merged together to offer a unique gameplay. On release it is planned to implement in AW a RCE (Real Cash Economy).
]]> 05 Dec 2006 01:42:09 MultiMayhem The goal of this arcade game is to score the most points by jumping on, or hovering over the other player's head, dealing damage to him and scoring points. The game includes levels like the Arcade, Fish tank and Forest Valley. You can play against the computer, friends or on a network.
]]> 10 Jan 2007 05:23:32 Clans The year is 2839. Earth has been decimated by a near-by star explosion, two space colonies are all that survive. Six years pass and the groups become hostile against each other. They begin to build armies just in case things take a turn for the worst, and they do. The armies start to claim each nearby planet and use it as an empire. By now there are millions of people fighting on each side. Planets are surrounded by their teams capital ships and on the ground, there are anti-orbital cannons ready to blast any possible attackers away. Once the whole galaxy has been occupied evenly by both teams, they strike.

You play as your own character with hundreds of people on your team at the same time as you. You go from planet to planet trying to take over the galaxy. There are two types of combat, ground combat, which is similar to the gameplay of Starsiege: Tribe's "Capture and Hold" missions. Then there are Orbital Battles. Up to 5 capital ships on each team fight each other with mac guns and automatic AA guns. They can launch waves of bombers and fighters to take out the ships a little faster.

To take over a planet one must stay in the capture zone for up to 6 minutes. This is 3 minutes to remove the other team's influence of the planet, and 3 minutes to make it yours. If the planet is unoccupied, there is no need to take 6 minutes, 3 will do.

The galaxies fate is in your hands.
]]> 27 Jan 2007 08:04:44 Push-Push Penguin 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 The Sentinel Remake 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 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 Blockland The game where you build stuff.

An open-ended, non-competitive, multi-player construction game. You build online with bricks.
]]> 09 Oct 2006 01:38:19 Lemmings Lemmings, a computer game developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) and published by Psygnosis in 1991, was one of the most popular computer games of its time. Several games magazines of the time awarded the game maximum review scores.

Psygnosis, also known for the Wipeout series, had its greatest success in Lemmings. Famously, the concept for Lemmings came from an animation created by Mike Dailly over a lunchtime, to prove a point about how small a character could be on screen. [1]

The game was unique and based around a concept previously untried. In the original Commodore Amiga version, there are 120 levels, and on each level, the player must guide a group of up to 100 lemmings (or 80 in many versions, such as DOS and Windows) home by giving individual lemmings various commands. The "lemmings" of the game are small, green-haired humanoid beings that mindlessly walk en masse into any danger in their path, following the popular myth that real lemmings behave in a similarly suicidal fashion.

Of the numerous sequels the only one to achieve the success of the first was Lemmings 2: The Tribes, which added twelve specialist tribes of lemmings, each with their own type of level and specialist workers.

The game briefly gave rise to a new genre, described in magazines at the time as the "save 'em up", a joking reference to other popular genres like beat 'em up and shoot 'em up.


Source: wikipedia.com
]]> 15 Jan 2007 07:43:50 total eclipse remake t is written that, in the heart of ancient Egypt hundreds on years ago, the High Priest of the day had become annoyed. His people were revolting and refused to continue the sacrifices to Re the God of Sun. His anger had erupted so he set an ominous curse as punishment to the people.

A great pyramid was erected and at the topmost chamber a shrine was built for Re the Sun-God. The curse was set. Should anything ever block the sun's rays during daylight hours it would be destroyed.

It is now 26th October, 1930 and in just 2 hours the moon will totally eclipse the sun, triggering the curse of Re, causing the offending moon to explode showering the Earth with colossal meteorites thus upsetting the ecological balance, and plunging civilisation into a dark age of starvation and conflict.

YOUR MISSION

It is 8 o'clock, you have just landed your bi-plane next to the great pyramid. Your mission is to reach and destroy the shrine of the Sun-God Re, which is located at the apex of the pyramid.

TREASURE

Collect as much as possible-you're gonna be rich! First day's target #125,000.
YOUR EQUIPMENT

  • A revolver -plus an ample supply of bullets.
  • Your wrist watch -the eclipse is due just before 10 o'clock.
  • A water bottle -keep this topped up-it is very hot! It is not healthy to be without water for long periods.
  • Your trusty compass -an essential item for succesful orientation.
    • ]]>     07 Feb 2007 04:48:16     A Day In The Life Jet Set Willy meets Little Computer People in this fusion of famous games, now with 100% more kitten.

    Written by Trevor "Smila" Storey, can you keep Willy happy and content in his giant mansion and help him in his lifes quest to build the ultimate machine?

    And don't forget the kitten, or the ghosts, or the aliens...

    Its nice to know the mansion hasn't got any less weird over time.
    ]]>     04 Feb 2007 04:54:36     Gwabs Gwabs is the first desktop-to-desktop combat game where you can fight your friends in real-time over the Internet. Use your skills, weapons and intellect to survive this Gwab vs Gwab battle royale. The desktop is your arena: use the windows to gain the high ground, utilize icons in the battle for victory, break off a piece of the start bar to use as a deadly weapon!

    Take on your friends or Gwab community members through the Battle Manager portal. Challenge opponents using a built-in messenger. There are three rounds in each match with three different fighting modes: a fun match (no stakes), a wager match (bet your gwablets), or a death match (pinks slips for your character). Gwablets (the game's currency) are used to resurrect dead characters, purchase new ones, weapons, and for entry into feeding tournaments. Climb to the top of the world wide leader board to become the ultimate feeder. Challenge anyone within the Gwabs worldwide network for immediate desktop to desktop battles.

    This game concept is brought to you by Cory_Ross and _Matt_, Cambrian House community members, and is being developed by Cambrian House in partnership with Hothead Games, along with community members dubbed The Angry Mob.

    This game contains mature content and has not yet been rated.

    For more information on this casual online multiplayer fighting game, visit our website at http://www.gwabs.com
    ]]>     30 Jan 2007 09:55:48     Shufl GBA Fiendishly-difficult sliding-block GBA puzzler. Kiss your sanity goodbye.

    A version for the Nintendo DS is also being developed. Woo! Yay!

    Please note: This game is in Alpha testing, and therefore some levels are unsolvable. Suxs. Sorry about that. There'll be a skin designer and a level editor up shortly.
    ]]>     06 Feb 2007 05:33:52     Chesspark Chesspark was created by chess lovers to bring chess to a wide audience of casual, club, and professional players. Our modern and easy to use interface makes use of the latest technologies for the Web as well as Instant Messaging in order to make online chess accessible to everyone, not just the elite players. However, those elite players will find features at Chesspark that are available no where else and made just for them.
    ]]>     07 Mar 2007 08:08:05     Gears Of War Violent and a feast of bloody images in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth after the Locust Horde have emerged from the ground to destroy mankind.
    Amazing multiplayer, single player, and co-operative play. Gears of War combines the best elements of first person shooters, RPG'S, and squad based teamplay with an excellent arsenal of weapons ranging from the necesity of a pistol, to the amazing Torque Bow, but most importantly the ever popular Chainsaw Bayonet on the Machine Gun.
    Visuals that will keep your drooling, and action that will keep you twitching like a psych patient. This game will Rox Your Sox with the power of the Box.
    ]]>     13 Nov 2006 04:26:16     Worms: Armageddon Team warfare on a worm scale

    Description:
    Worms: Armageddon is a turn based strategy game in a 2d environment. There is a single player campaign, and training missions to complete; but the main attraction is playing against other people locally or over the internet. Games can be played with 2 or more people. The graphics and sound are very cartoonish, and entertaining.

    Gameplay:
    Each player starts with a number of worms on their team. Each worm has a fixed amount of health. If a worm runs out of health, it will die. Once you run out of worms, you lose the match. The game is turn based, so each team gets control of one worm during their turn. You have a limited amount of time to select one of many weapons and inflict damage on another teams worm. There are also other more subtle tools to choose from for more strategic play, such as terrain digging tools, girder construction, and ropes and other means to get around the map. Weapons vary from the ordinary guns and explosives, to odd things like exploding sheep, mad cows, and homing pigeons.

    There are several other popular gameplay types, with specific rules for play.

    Finding online games is easy when you log onto WormNet. It's an irc-like chat interface where you can host or join games.
    ]]>     21 Jan 2007 02:14:34     Wii Sports Tell us about your game here
    ]]>     30 Nov 2006 07:58:26     Dungeons and Dragons This is the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game, the game that defines the genre and has set the standard for fantasy roleplaying for more than 30 years.

    D&D is an imaginative, social experience that engages players in a rich fantasy world filled with larger-than-life heroes, deadly monsters, and diverse settings. As a hobby game, D&D is an ongoing activity to which players might devote hours of their time
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 07:56:12     Trashman Anniversary 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 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     Geordies Ale Adventure 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     natural selection Natural Selection blends first-person combat with real-time strategy. It features intense "marines vs. aliens" teamplay, where one marine can become Commander. The Commander plays from a top-down perspective and leads live players. Aliens, on the other hand, can mutate into more powerful or useful forms.

    NS has atmospheric indoor sci-fi environments full of steam and smoke, and features custom orchestral music from the award-winning Jeremy Soule.

    It is a freely-available Half-life modification, and since its release in October of 2002, has had over 2 million downloads, and has 10,000 unique players every day.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 06:33:14     Driller Remake 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     Duck Dash 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     Gridrunner++ Take a trip to the Zone with Llamasoft, in the twitch gaming shoot 'em up classic Gridrunner++.

    Face wave after wave of increasingly ferocious and insane opponents in glorious, retina scorching, psychedelic themed parallax scrolling levels.

    Think you've got what it takes?
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 11:28:36     Sopwith Sopwith is a sidescrolling shoot 'em up created by David L. Clark of BMB Compuscience. It runs on the IBM PC under DOS but there is also a port to the Atari 520ST. The game involves piloting a Sopwith biplane, attempting to bomb enemy buildings while avoiding fire from enemy planes and various other obstacles.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 10:18:00     N.O.M.A.D. 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     Day of Defeat: Source Day of Defeat: Source is a FPS style gamed themed about WWII with emphasis on the fight between Germany and the USA. This source version includes major upgrades to the physics and graphics engines with the port to the Source Engine by Valve. Though it is still very similar to the original. Combat takes place in several locations presumably in Germany. There are 2 main modes for playing. The classic Capture the Flag and the new Plant the Bomb style. Both modes carry the same risks with constant fire from either side. Each side has 5 types of soldiers: Assult and Support to name a few. Each type has their own specialty from sniper to machine gunner. Each map generally has 5 flag locations or 2 bombing targets. The goal is to either capture all flags or destroy all targets. Once you die you must wait a certain length of time then you are placed back in your spawn location and allowed to rejoin combat.
    ]]>     23 Jan 2007 07:22:34     EVE Online One of the most rich and complex multiplayer environments available, EVE Online offers players the opportunity to inhabit a single-sharded world with a wider range of gameplay choices than most MMORPGs. Monthly fee.

    A number of community created videos can be downloaded from the Community Videos section. The "Great Northern War (Timeline)" is highly recommended.
    ]]>     09 Dec 2006 09:27:34     Marble Blast Ultra Marble Blast Ultra is the latest in the classic Marble Blast series. Get ready for an arcade action masterpiece with stay-up-all-night gameplay and an insane level of visual polish.

    Suitable for players of any age, Marble Blast Ultra transports you to a futuristic 'astrolab' arena suspended high in the clouds. Compete against each other by navigating your marbles through moving platforms and dangerous hazards, while collecting rare gems and power-up enhancements, in an effort to complete each course in record time. Compete head to head in Xbox Live Arcade multiplayer.

    Dale Nardozzi - TeamXbox said,
    Marble Blast Ultra is one of the more entertaining Xbox Live Arcade games; it stands alone in its genre.
    ]]>     26 Sep 2006 04:25:14     VECK Veck is an entry for a vector minicompetition on the Retro Remakes forum. It won, with more than 50% of the vote! Yay!
    ]]>     02 Feb 2007 10:33:52     Transversion EX 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     Koronis Rift Remake 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     Impossaball 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     TradeWars 2002 TradeWars2002 was played over Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) from the 80's to the early 90's. It is 100% text based with ASCII art and graphics mixed in. In Tw2002 you are a trader in a giant universe looking to gain power in any way possible.

    You can trade to gain money, establish planets, build giant sectors with flourishing ports of call, and planets to produce goods. Take a trip to the Stardock and watch a beautiful 5 seconds ASCII movie.
    Buying ships, encountering aliens, choosing to be good or bad. The options and ways you could play this game are endless.

    The game was way ahead of its time, and to this day is still played by hundreds of people from around the world.
    ]]>     30 Jan 2007 04:29:24     Over Over is an MMORTS set in a sci-fi environment where, as the commander of your space fleet, you will lead it during missions against the antagonist factions dwelling the galaxy. As the game progresses, you will increase your commander skills and expand your fleet by trading the earned points with new units.
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 04:02:06     Tugapod Tugapod is a MMORPG created by a portuguese team. Unlike other games from the same style, Tugapod is free, so you don't need to pay a monthly fee to play. You only need an account, which will have capacity to store one game character.
    ]]>     23 Jan 2007 05:20:41     The Pits This was an entry for the gamedev.net 3 hour competition. The topic was "The Pits" and a requirement was to use ASCII.

    This game emulates ASCII to avoid flickering.

    You're the master of razors and you need to shave your customers. Apply foam and shave with a steady hand. If you cut the customers too much you're fired.

    20 customers await you with varying body parts in dire need of shaving.

    Caution: Some people might get offended. This game is not for them.
    ]]>     02 Feb 2007 06:58:27     Deluxe PocMon Deluxe PocMon is Edgar M Vigdals Deluxe Pacman remake for the PC and MAC. Deluxe Pacman was a very popular Amiga shareware game that garnered many many addicted fans. Now, on both the PC and MAC, it includes all the old bonuses like glue, extra time, guns and gems, but now it is bigger and better than ever. There are many new modes of play and skill levels. Over 100 levels including bonus rounds and even some secret levels too. There are also even more bonus pickups of course, and the graphics and eye-candy have had a nice boost. Profiles make the game even more addictive and we hope to add even more very very soon. This is a much more recent release from us and so is still in active development but it is already at a fully playable, stable and bugfree stage. I played a much larger part in this games development, doing the usual testing and QC, but i also recorded the entire voice set, created all the levels and many of the tilesets are my own. Of course being a part of this one from the start also made it easier to implement many of my own ideas for the game of which many are in :) One of the great bits is in duel mode where you can come back as a ghost and chase round your rivals for some revenge... Great fun. A must try, so grab the demo now !!
    ]]>     03 Feb 2007 02:23:23     Love Me Do Love Me Do was created for a small ASCII programming contest. It's a jump and run and collect: Find all the new powers to be able to collect all 2000 hearts. For fairness' sake you're able to save the game at certain points.
    ]]>     04 Feb 2007 06:53:10     Jet Boarder This is Jet Boarder, a freeware racing game with an interesting twist: it uses just one button for control. It was created for the One Switch Competition, a compo for one switch games by Retroremakes and One Switch UK. The idea is to make gaming more acessible for people with disabilities (this doesn't mean that Jet Boarder is easy). Press space to turn right, release to turn left. In menus, press space to change options and hold it to select. Try finishing the tracks in the least possible time and watch your energy that runs out when colliding with obstacles!
    ]]>     05 Feb 2007 09:37:30     Gemini Match-3 goodness for the GBA - written when Match 3's didn't suck, come on, give me a break! If you break level 20 in Time Trial, then you're a GOD.
    ]]>     05 Feb 2007 10:27:35     Aztec Challenge Remake 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     Deadeye Deadeye is Redpoints tribute to the arcade shooters of yore.

    Risky action reaps rewards. Use your shield to absorb bullets and raise the multiplier. Get high scores.

    So authentic you can almost smell the smoke and Tango of the local arcade.
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 10:49:13     Moves This is a very simple board game for 2 players (or 1 player versus the computer). Both players get 7 pawns and 1 king on a 8x8 board. The goal is to get your opponent's king or 6 of his pawns. Each turn, the player may select 1 stone and move it straight or in an L-bow. You cannot jump over stones, but you can step onto your opponent's stone to take it. The numbers on your stones indicate the number of tiles they can move in a turn. When the Mastermind option is selected, the stones change in value when you move it. Pawns can get numbers 1-4, while the king only gets 1 or 2. A challenging game!

    Setting the Mastermind option (to change the alue of your stones each move) will show numbers on the board so you will know the number you will get when you move a stone there.

    This games comes with 5 imaginary friends of fine-tuned artificial intelligence to play offline against your computer.
    ]]>     17 Apr 2007 04:47:13     Lego Star Wars 2, The Original Trilogy Lego Star Wars II is the sequel to Lego Star Wars.

    You will make your way through the different episodes, collecting Minikits, Power Bricks and Studs. And also unlocking new characters to use or to buy.

    The place where you buy things is in Mos Eisley Cantina, as Dexters Diner is not in the trilogy.
    ]]>     02 Jan 2007 10:17:49     Flash Element TD This addictive little flash game uses the Warcraft defensive towers to protect your little strip of land from wave after wave of "creeps".

    Place your towers around the track to prevent the creeps from reaching the end. You earn interest based on the amount of gold you have left at the end of each turn, so place your towers sparingly.
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