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]]> 02 Dec 2008 05:36:44 Trax

]]> 22 Jul 2008 06:18:53 Air Roar SDL

]]> 17 Jun 2008 09:48:17 The Fluffum War: Base Defense

]]> 09 Jun 2008 03:16:54 Gusanos 3 Arena

]]> 19 May 2008 01:29:35 Sky Falling

]]> 29 Apr 2008 08:10:54 Cell Burst

]]> 02 Feb 2008 07:52:12 Moonlander

]]> 03 Dec 2007 08:40:41 MetaCraft

]]> 29 Nov 2007 07:06:17 Monkey Story

]]> 24 Nov 2007 12:13:05 Simian Escape

]]> 21 Nov 2007 11:09:12 The Spirit Engine

]]> 20 Nov 2007 04:37:57 Bubble Tanks

]]> 28 Sep 2007 03:49:15 Zombie Hord 3

]]> 28 Sep 2007 01:31:44 Laser Guidance

]]> 21 Jul 2007 07:55:09 National Defense

]]> 21 Jul 2007 07:39:37 Nibbles! My implementation of the classic 'Nibbles' or 'Snake' game. The graphics are stylized to look like an LCD display.

I had actually written this game as a tutorial for programmers at the beginner level who are starting out with GDI+ using C++, and who would like to see a simple game as an example.

Controls:
-> Press 'Esc' to toggle the Menu screen on/off.
-> While in menu mode, use the arrow keys to highlight the required option, and 'Enter' to select it.
-> While in game mode, use the arrow keys to control the snake.

Hope you like it,
Francis Xavier
http://francisxavierjoseph.googlepages.com

]]> 03 Jul 2007 01:18:53 Shatterd Dreams Shattered Dreams is a 2D online game developed as an individual project by only a couple of people in their free time. It is currently in development.

]]> 02 Jul 2007 11:35:51 Hurrican 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 Snowball Fight! Hit your opponents with snowballs while avoiding being hit yourself. Pick up Power Ups for special (temporary) abilities. Play against your friends and computer players.

]]> 23 Jun 2007 02:01:50 Metal Slug Special Mission Metal Slug Special Mission, takes shooter enthusiasts to all new heights. With unparalleled game play and special features. This game is in chinese so you have to click the middle button on the start screen. On the instructions screen, click the button in the bottom right hand corner. This is one of the best flash games ever made. The gameplay is unreal!

]]> 22 Jun 2007 12:41:51 Mega Man Project X Mega Man Project X is a flash game based on the 2D classic.

]]> 22 Jun 2007 12:11:10 Contra: Snowfield Battle Classic Contra at it's best. This is a flash game based off of the popular 2D classic. Run and gun in this frenzied button-mashing,twitch-gaming masterpiece.

]]> 21 Jun 2007 06:23:05 Raptor: Call of the Shadows 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 La Ranisima La Ranisima is an open source "Space Invaders" alike game totally written in DHTML (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) that uses keyboard.
This cross-platform and cross-browser game was tested under BeOS, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Windows and others.

]]> 06 Jun 2007 08:44:44 Diggers Diggers is a unique and orginal game in which you control 5 different "diggers" from one out of four different alien races. The gameplay is about setting of the diggers in the different directions in the ground to search for differend diamonds. You compete against other diggers-teams, and will have to avoid them and different monsters in the caves you dig since you cant attack them yourself. Instead you buy items to overcome obstacles. Once a team reach a set amount of gold generated from selling diamonds, that team wins.

]]> 03 Jun 2007 12:57:14 The Strategist The Strategist is a turn-based strategy game were you control regions and Command Centers. Each turn you are given a limited number of actions that you use to defeat your opponents. The actions include attacking, building upgrades and special actions such as "Propaganda" and "Blitz".

In the main campaign you take the role as the "Union's" youngest Strategists. During one of your practise sessions the military base is attacked by gas missiles that brainwash your soldiers and turn them against you! Also, your friend "Strategist Ricks" is captured! During the campaign you attempt to find out who is leading the attack and where they have taken Ricks.

]]> 30 May 2007 04:46:03 Solar Warriors Had to make a remake of an arcade game to test my C++ skills
Ended up with this game .

Note that this is a school exercise . Not a full game . (however it's a game)

1-2 players
5 weapons
optional jetpack
1 Teamdeatchmatch level
1 Bonus map

Contains graphics from the original Xain'd Sleena(Taito) and WonderBoy(SEGA)
(And some sounds from other games)

Enjoy!

Some of the keyboard buttons are mapped to debugging features , press them again to turn off what you turned on :)

]]> 25 May 2007 07:35:30 Snapshot Adventures: Secret of bird island Let me get this out of the way: I consider myself at times a pretty "hard-core" video gamer. I mean, I'm not adverse to hacking and slashing Orcs in fantasy role-playing games, such as World of Warcraft. I can shoot down enemy aliens in Halo 2 and drop nukes on unsuspecting enemies in Supreme Commander. I'm tough, and I'm proud of it. So when my trusty Gamezebo editor asked me to review a "bird watching" game, you can imagine my initial reaction...

OK, so call me what you will, but after playing Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island, I'm not only sold on the concept, but completely hooked.

At the start of the game you find out your grandfather -- a famous bird photographer and naturalist who went missing six months ago -- left you a shoebox with your name on it. Inside you find a map of the U.S., his beloved camera and a half-empty field journal that alludes to a mystery (and uses your real name in the cryptic passage, since you typed it in when you started playing!). And so you decide to visit his old friends and colleagues, beginning in Pennsylvania, to find clues leading to his disappearance as well as learn the craft of nature photography in the process.

In fact, you're asked to snap photos of birds for magazine covers and your field journal, and receive advice along the way. For example, you'll get more points for your photos if they're close-up, unobstructed and centered shots, and if the bird is orientated well, such as looking at the camera or caught in the act of singing, eating, flying or preening.

Game-play works as follows. After you get your mission, such as take five photos of a Blue Jay in-flight or three photos with quality of at least 3 stars, you're presented with a landscape such as a forest, parks or shoreline (while you're on a moving boat). You can move the mouse side-to-side to see even more of the environment. Your mouse cursor is now a magnifier, so as you move it around to see subjects to photograph, you will see a larger view of the bird when your mouse is placed over top of it. Take the photo by pressing the left-mouse button. If you've earned the zoom lens you can use your mouse's middle-scroll wheel to zoom in closer; other tools you can unlock for completing missions include an infrared scope, bird seed (to get them to eat), bird identifier (which tells you what kind of bird it is), a "Flight Stimulator" plane (to make birds fly), camera auto-winder, and more.

Bonus points are awarded at the end of the level for finding other species (such as a Baltimore Oriole or red-winged blackbird) within a predetermined amount of time (and only if you have film left).

Developed in collaboration with experts at Cornell University, this game features authentic-looking birds and animations, and realistic birdsongs. You can unlock additional birdsongs as a reward for taking good photos.

The big payoff is seeing your photos at the end of each level. You must choose between two side-by-side photos and once you do, the points are revealed for both so it's almost like a mini-game to choose the best one (and see if the game agrees!). You can see your best work as a cover of a magazine and in your field journal (which you can view at any time from the main menu) or with the click of a mouse you can email a photo to a friend right from within the game.

As you travel throughout the U.S. to photograph new birds, you will receive clues and other information that will eventually unravel this grand mystery.

A wonderful addition to Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island is an unlockable Bird Creator mode. With this clever in-game tool, you can create any bird you like. You begin with a basic shape -- such as an owl, gull, loon or hummingbird - then begin to tweak the wingspan, body size, beak length, eye style, field marks and color, and so on. Then you can name your bird (mine was called the Toronto Tailfeather), add other info if you like, and then upload to the Net for other gamers to download and photograph. I also downloaded close to 200 other custom-made birds to photograph in various locations.

As fun and unique this game is, there are a few faults. For one, it's far too easy to unlock the Bird Creator mode, which only took about 30 minutes or so. It would be a better dangling carrot if it took longer to achieve this bonus. Secondly, the feedback doesn't always match your performance; in one instance, a magazine editor told me "An excellent collection of new photographs!" yet I failed the mission and had to start it over again.

Even with these minor shortcomings, Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island may be the most refreshingly fun casual game of 2007. Seriously, yes, a bird photography game. But before you turn your beak up in disbelief, download this iWin game and give it a spin.

Written by: Marc Saltzman/Gamezebo

]]> 24 May 2007 05:48:53 The Outcast This is an alternative implementation of a client that uses Tibia protocol. Tibia is a MMORPG developed by a company called Cipsoft; this client contains no Cipsoft code, and is in active development

]]> 22 May 2007 08:34:26 Galaxy-Sim Create your own galaxy in this management title. Define planet properties in an attempt to create the most suitable habitats, and watch as the various inhabitants colonize the planet, make war on each other and battle for dominance.

]]> 13 May 2007 09:48:26 National Defense 2 Use your varied resources to defend the city against the endless assaults of the enemy. Face multiple classes of enemies, ranging from powerful armoured fighters to flimsy scouts and blimps. Perform special combat feats to earn extra money, and use your hard-earned cash to purchase better weaponry.

]]> 11 May 2007 10:22:29 CaveDays Two prehistoric buddies. One feels there must be more in life than just hunting dinos, while the other enjoys every tasty bit of it. Thats when a woman comes in. Meet Ugo, Dawson and friends in a 2D action platform game packed with a humorous storyline.

CaveDays is a platform game where players can be on Ugo and Dawson's feet trying to survive in the cave age.

30 areas packed with challenges, puzzles and a fun storyline where we can see that the cave days life was not that different from ours.

Features
Explore 30 levels filled with dangerous dinosaurs, dive into the pre-historic ocean, savage trough the wild jungle, climb mountains and avoid burning lava balls that emerge from lava reefs.

In CaveDays you will be able to jump, swim, swing your clave, bite dinos, get bitten by them, hang on wines, get swallowed by carnivorous plants, get pushed by geysers, fly through wind tunnels, carry big dinos, eat delicious and not so delicious fruits.

]]> 04 May 2007 11:27:12 Tombclimber TombClimber is a 2D Platform-Labyrinth Jump and Run Game. You have to find your way through labyrinths, fight monsters, avoid traps and colleact treasures. Discover completely unexplored, subterranean tombs of the old forgotten Pharaohs!

]]> 23 Apr 2007 02:44:18 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 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 Phase Pong

This game is currently under development

Features C++, DirectX 9.0, XACT, AI, and BOIDS

Phase Pong is a pong clone I am currently developing. It will Eventually have all of the gameplay you would expect from a pong clone, along with some special features that will take this classic game to the next level.

]]> 04 Apr 2007 09:18:18 Tropa Orbe Simple action in a fast scroll game. Many levels and a history. Choose beetween 3 characters and go to the mission. Just play with mouse, good for casual gamers.

]]> 04 Apr 2007 06:41:32 Silent attack 2d This is small prototype version of the game, free for all.
The game is fully playable. but there is small amount of enemies.
You have a turret, you must survive as long ass possible..
There is 3 things that you must worry about - energy, shield, health.
Fire canon with LMB, fire rockets with RMB.
Tips:
- holding LMB increases damage of the canon shot
- holding cursor over enemy for 0.5 sec - locks target for rocket
- press LMB on bonus to pick up it

]]> 28 Mar 2007 01:57:25 Paper Chase 2 Paper Chase 2 is a stick figure brawler which takes place on a sheet of notebook paper. Unleash a torrent of deadly combos on your hapless foes in your quest for revenge.

Highlights of PC2 include awesome combos and ripping off enemy heads, legs, and arms and then using them as weapons!

]]> 19 Mar 2007 11:01:30 Gesundheit! Help an allergic pig save a city from snot-eating monsters using a clever combination of brains and boogers.

While keeping out of sight, you must lure your enemies through each single-screen level with your delicious nasal discharges. Objects scattered around town provide your pig with different ways of solving each puzzle. Control is simple and intuitive, requiring only a two-button mouse.

]]> 13 Mar 2007 12:32:37 AstroBall AstroBall is a kind of space air hockey. There are 2 players. Each controls an asteroid by setting an initial power and angle at which it will be fired. The aim is to hit your opponent's goal with your asteroid. The asteroid must then cross a sun field without hitting any of them. But the suns attract your asteroid with their gravity pull. The winner is the first player to score 5 points.

]]> 04 Mar 2007 07:12:52 Last Alarm Last Alarm is a visually stunning 2d vertically scrolling shooter that challenges the player in his Arrow prototype fighter to escape the ARGUS complex, a computer AI that has assumed control of the solar system. The player will travel through the galaxy fighting off the ARGUS systems' agents to reach station IO and survive to free humanity another day.

]]> 28 Feb 2007 08:17:57 Sparks

This game is currently under development

Sparks is a 2D Space shoot em up game filled with action.

You are a spaceship that can move around and aim at 360 degrees.

The game have two game modes:
Arcade Mode (currently under development)
Time Challenge (not yet added)

In Arcade Mode, you play through the game and try to complete each level, or swarm. The game is over once you either run out of lives, or you finish the last level.

In Time Challenge, you play through the game like in Arcade Mode. If you die before you finish the last level, you will not be ranked in the highscore.

You will be able to view an online highscore list. In Arcade Mode you will be ranked by Score, Completed levels.
In Time Challenge you will be ranked by how long time you used before completing the game.

]]> 26 Feb 2007 06:34:11 The Avenge This really simple game based on a few warriors, wizards, archers, and paladins set out to avenge there alleged kings death, King Ferdinand of Seria. Your the main character and you set out to accomplish quests to complete the tasks at hand. This game is a bit like the classic Zelda games, gameplay wise. Its all 2D and midi music, which adds to the classic environment. Come join us in the world of Severty.

]]> 25 Feb 2007 10:46:35 Jumper: Redux 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 Jumper Two 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 Halo Zero Halo Zero is a fan-made PC game featuring characters from the original Halo, and 2D gameplay much like the old PC game Abuse.

]]> 18 Feb 2007 10:16:22 GunBound GunBound is a turn-based multiplayer game, where the players control tanks and try to eliminate each other by aiming and shooting at each other. It is similar in its gameplay to Worms and Scorched Earth. However, GunBound is completely online, and has no single-player game mode.

]]> 16 Feb 2007 06:41:35 Zool 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 Aquaria Lonely, restless Naija has spent her entire life wrestling with questions about her identity. We join her as she takes her first steps away from the comfort of home and into new, potentially dangerous waters. Through exploration and magical combat, Naija will unearth the history of Aquaria and connect with beings lost in the depths of time. On the search to discover the fate of her people, her destiny and that of Aquaria's will be forever altered.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 05:49:13