All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'puzzle, core, platform' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'puzzle, core, platform' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'puzzle, core, platform' on The Great Games Experiment en-us God of War 2 Armed with all-new brutal combat moves and magic, players retake the role of Kratos and embark on a new epic adventure to change the fate of mortals and Gods alike. The original God of War saw Kratos, a mortal warrior, set upon an epic quest to dethrone a God. But his journey did not end there. In God of War II, Kratos sits atop his Olympus throne, as the new God of War – far more ruthless than Ares ever was. To end his continued torment, Kratos must journey to the far reaches of the earth and defeat untold horrors and alter that which no mortal, or god has ever changed: his fate. God of War II sets an epic stage for a devastating mythological war to end all wars.
]]> 03 Apr 2007 12:31:44 Impossible Mission GAME INFO:
(copied from back of Sega Master System cover)
Agent 4125... Half the threat of world annihilation posed by Elvin Atombender from his underground laboratory. Penetrate his stronghold an dodge or deactivate the guard robots whilst unscrambling the secret code that will allow entry to the control center. The world awaits in FEAR. Your mission is stamped 'IMPOSSIBLE'

THE GAMEPLAY:
It's a very difficult game. Each of it's thirty-two rooms are unique(only two rooms are the same), and each one has many pieces of furniture which need to be searched to get pieces of code, in which must be put together to divine the password and open the control centre doors.
The robots, of which there are many in each room, all act differently, some attacking on sight, and some are speeding back and forth, waiting for you to mistime your jump over them and kill you.
Other things include lifts which are essential to getting all the items in a room, and computer terminals which allow you to reset the lifts or freeze the robots(this is temporary) in a room.

INTERESTING TRIVIA:
The main player sprite for the C=64 version is an unused sprite for Summer Games.
It is being remade for the Nintendo DS, and is rumoured to be coming to the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console in the near future.
]]> 03 Feb 2007 10:13:36 Lost Vikings In The Lost Vikings, players must employ the skills of 3 unique Viking characters cooperatively to solve puzzles, conquer enemies, and navigate their treacherous voyage back home. The game provides hours of arcade-style action with over 35 levels, numerous enemies, and hundreds of mind-bending puzzles to solve.

In order to advance through levels, players must learn to master the abilities of the powerful runner Erik the Swift, burly defender Olaf the Stout, and the unyielding swordsman Baleog the Fierce. As the adventure continues, players will encounter many different worlds to explore including Prehistoria, Egypt, The Great Factory and Wacky World. The Lost Vikings is currently available for Game Boy Advance in retail chains everywhere and from the Blizzard Online Store.
From Blizzard.
]]> 20 Jan 2007 07:19:14 Professor Fizzwizzle Professor Fizzwizzle is a fun, mind-expanding puzzle game, where you take control of the diminutive genius, Professor Fizzwizzle. You must help the professor use his brains and his gadgets to solve each exciting level. Do you have what it takes to get past the Rage-Bots and bring the prof back to his lab?

The game includes:

- Over 230 exciting levels, with something for everyone! "Regular" levels to help beginners learn the ropes, "Advanced" levels for the brainy among us, and even "Kids" and "Alphabet" levels for the young in years, or the young at heart!

- A full featured level editor! If solving puzzles isn't enough for you, make your own masterpiece with the easy-to-use level editor!

- Exciting unlockables! As you solve puzzles you'll earn photos to add to the professor's gallery. You'll see the professor and his Friend-Bots in photos from all over the world!

Professor Fizzwizzle has something for everyone to enjoy; download it for FREE, today!
]]> 27 Nov 2006 03:48:47 Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
"The Bad Boys of Magic" make sure their interactive multimedia debut is everything a video game isn't supposed to be (Including a game that you just can't win)

Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors was a 3D0, PC and Sega CD game that was never officially released. The Sega version is said to have been the only version completed, but even that was in doubt for many years until some back-up copies were given to website editor Frank Cifaldi, who received them from a reviewer of the original product who had kept them salted away for so many years.

Owing to this, over recent years a lot of cult enthusiasm has been generated, most particularly over the hilariously minimalist premise of "Desert Bus", one of the mini-games within the title. As some available links make apparent, the game, or at least parts of it, are being played as a result of file-sharing and emulation.

Essentially the game, as in their video of the time "Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends", is farce and satire, and the minigames themselves are a series of pranks upon other gamers, or even the gamer himself, but all within the brand of "fun cruelty" that is a trademark of the pair.

Developer: Absolute Entertainment
Publisher: Originally intended for an April 1995 release, the game never reached publication. It's original release was planned by Absolute Entertainment and later EA Games.

"It's not that different from the spirit of our live shows," explains Penn Jillette, "except you won't be able to smell us."
]]> 07 Jan 2007 01:41:36 VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple 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 Fade to Black Fade to Black is the sequel to Flashback, again letting the player control Conrad B., the hero from Flashback. Instead of the side view that Flashback had, Fade to Black features third person 3d gameplay, not unlike Tomb Raider (and in fact, this game predated Tomb Raider by a year).
]]> 06 Feb 2007 04:35:08 Crush Crush is set in a 3D world, where you use the game's unique crush mechanic to crush the environment and transform it into a 2D platformer. Once flattened, you can solve challenges and unlock secret items that were previously unobtainable in the 3D environment. You then uncrush the 2D environment and return to the 3D world.
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