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]]> 08 Aug 2008 09:39:05 Red Justice Red Justice is a Team-based multiplayer modification for the popular FPS Half-Life. Two races wage war against each other after what started as a peaceful coexistence. The Greys seek to continually expand their territory and grow stronger through destruction of other civilizations. The Humans want only to protect their very existence and will do whatever it takes to combat the invading alien race. Take part in this fast paced action experience in a variety of different game modes including team deathmatch, capture the 'flag', and assault. A wide variety of weapons will be at the player's disposal with each class offering a unique playstyle.
]]> 21 Jun 2007 08:51:38 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 Minetag Minetag is not your average mine game. Find the coins you need for the next level, but be carefull not to step on any mines in the field. For some extra score you can place flags on mines before you exit the level. This game comes with a map editor to make your own maps and share them with your firends. Source code available!
]]> 17 Apr 2007 04:27:42 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 Zatacka Zatacka, also known as Achtung, die Kurve!, is a freeware, multiplayer DOS computer game that supports from two-player up to six-player gaming.

The game bears some resemblance to the game Snake, though in Zatacka the main goal is to make your opponent hit the wall, his kurve or your kurve. As a result, the game resembles closely to the famous Light Cycle of the 1982 movie Tron. You control the kurve by only two buttons: one makes the snake turn left; the other, right. Although the game has primitive graphics, the gameplay is considered very good and the game is loved by many fans worldwide.

There's a strategic and tactical depth that goes unmatched in the small-games-to-play-on-a-break gaming world. Even though the simplicity is striking (anyone can play it) there are an infinite amount of tactics that can be applied in this game.

It takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master! Be warned though - it's addicting!
]]> 23 Feb 2007 01:06:02 KwonHo KwonHo: The Hero of Fist is a Korean online fighting game developed by Radio Games and is currently hosted by Hangame but is in the process of being translated and serviced for North America by their American counterpart ijji (Both of them owned by NHN). In Kwonho, the player has the role of creating his own character, choosing a fighting style and buying (or acquiring) clothing and/or items (such as tatoos, guitars, teddy bears and other miscellaneous items). A player's goal is to gain experience by fighting other players in a variety of game modes, or by fighting computer-controlled opponents in the Mission Mode. By winning these fights, a player acquires credits, which he can use to buy new techniques or items, and train to become the best fighter there is. However, there are items in the game that can only be purchased with Hangame/Ijji coins. These coins are available for purchase in the My Account section of the Ijji website.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 01:09:58 Elephants Save giraffes while jumping on a rolled up squirrel! Watch out for the angry natives!
]]> 06 Feb 2007 11:12:57 CrazyBall More like a SDL Hello World actually
]]> 06 Feb 2007 08:46:43 Kastle Kumquat Kastle Kumquat has always been a long standing favourite of mine from the Amiga days and for the 2006 Retro Remakes competition i helped develop this remake with my skilled partner (the code guru) Edgar M Vigdal. The gfx are by me, the sounds are by me (including the grunts and oofs) and we got some very nice music made for us by the talented "infamous". The tough part is all by Edgar though, without him these games wouldn't happen.

Collect fruits, find keys, press switches and open doors to make your way through the kastle. Dodge the twizzly boxes of doom, jump the lava and watch out for the traps. The remake did ok in the competition but the game turned out as great as i hoped. Its a joy to play, in fact only yesterday i played it through once again.

We are now working on a version which includes the room editor for a collaborative project. A whole new set of user made rooms with some new twists and traps. Hopefully that'll be underway soon.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 12:27:11 Hero Remake Guide R.Hero around the caverns in his tight spandex suit as he endeavours to rescure trapped miners from a fate worse than the Village People.

Is there a fate worse than the Village People? You don't really want to find out so rescue those miners quickly. Or its disco time!

Beautiful graphics and timeless gameplay, and a bizarre amount of spandex.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 09:49:26 Mouse Puzzle Remake I remade this Creativision title because I just loved it's concept. The mouse ambles along his merry way, and you control his path by shuffling the tiles around appropriately. Avoiding the hungry cats is also a pretty good idea ;)
]]> 06 Feb 2007 08:27:13 Final Approach I loved the idea of air traffic control, but the simulators I tried were too complicated, and quite monotonous. Final Approach is a blend of Air traffic control, and 'Time Pilot'...sort of.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 08:15:44 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 Sudoku You will never get bored with this Sudoku game as it generates proper Sudoku puzzles randomly. On top of that, it provides two different gaming modes. In normal mode, you can play without the limitation of time. Plus, hints are available when you get stuck. On the other hand, the Time attack mode is very challenging. You must solve the puzzle in a limited time. However, you may get bonus time by giving correct answers. Of course, punishment will be given if you make wrong answers.

The game is also featured at eye-candy user-interface. In the near future, you will be able to change the theme as well as the background music.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 06:36:09 Take Two This is a version of Shisen-Sho an ancient tile matching game, remade from the Atari ST version I used to play for hours.

Take Two v1.00 released! Added the normal mode, finally. Fifteen levels of grid from 4x4 to 24x8, with time limits and score based play. Help doesn't have a time penalty here, you have a limited supply of "help tokens" that you can use, one is replaced after each level, to a maximum of three. Also added more information screens, and many little tweaks under the hood.

There is a new tile-set based on Simpsons' characters in this release, very kindly provided by Stompy... thanks mate!
]]> 05 Feb 2007 03:43:53 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 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 Halloween Memory Match A Halloween Memory Match/Concentration game from MindFoolGames.com.
Keeping in mind that this was designed for a younger audience, it's fairly simple but definitely cute.
Match the cards to reveal the Halloween images behind them.
]]> 03 Feb 2007 10:21:27 Gulo For 500 years the Gulo Nation lived in peace. But now a new threat has arisen, and it's time for action once more.

Living in a post-technological Utopian society was nice for nearly 500 years until a meteor storm struck the floating island of the Gulo Nation, wreaking havoc and killings hundreds of Gulos. Not only did the meteors obliterate what was left of the once great Nation, but the Oibri, helper robots designed to help preserve life, became corrupt and started attacking the Gulos.

It's up to one Gulo to take action and save what is left of his people.
]]> 02 Feb 2007 07:34:02 Cookie Cruncher 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 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 RaidenX RaidenX follows the same formula of virtually every other shmup: Powerful weapons, lots of enemies, plenty of powerups. Collecting powerups of the same colour in a row will make your weapons more powerful!
]]> 02 Feb 2007 04:00:19 LinCity

Overview


LinCity is an open-source free city construction game. Unlike SimCity, players build specific industries, rather then zones. The game focuses heavily on managing an economy and research development, the first leading to the latter. The game also differentiates itself through finite natural resources, such as ore, that players must extract.

Gameplay


Players begin the game with only a few buildings unlocked, residential sections, farms, and communes (charcoal burners). By managing this limited economy, the player must earn money to run an education system. Once this is developed, more complex structures become unlocked such as blacksmiths, manufacturing plants (light industry and mills), steel mills (heavy industry), hospitals, cricket fields, and universities. The end-game goal of LinCity is to construct space shuttle launchpads and evacuate the planet, before resources run out. However, an alternate "victory" can be won through the construction of renewable energy power plants and recycling centers, if a sustainable economy independent of coal and ore is acheived.
]]> 01 Feb 2007 05:15:55 Bubble Fun In Bubble Fun you have to try to sweep the board by converting all of the bubbles to your color. To do this you click on one bubble on your turn. Bubbles will flash when they are close to popping, and when a bubble pops it infects the bubbles that surround it, changing them to its color.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 03:26:25 Tilt! A simple puzzle game that lets you tilt the board to the left or the right in order to group the critters in the play area.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 02:57:15 Easter Avenger The temible easter rabbit has chocolated your father, and you will have to help Pascual, an easter egg, to avenge his horrible fault. Easter Avenger is a platform game, when you will have to defeat the Easter Rabbit camarades through 3 diferent worlds composed by 12 stages. Awesome boss battles, power ups, many different weapons. A great challenge for the gamers. The game is completly freeware and it wons a lot of awards including the sony playstation artfutura "best finnished".
]]> 31 Jan 2007 11:10:26 Laser Dolphin Laser Dolphin is a fun underwater action adventure game. Leap out of the water and do crazy tricks with your dolphin. Blast away enemy sea creatures. Race against the clock in racing mode. It's up to Laser Dolphin to rescue the abducted Prime Minister and restore nice dolphin justice to the land.
]]> 30 Jan 2007 03:20:44 Orbital Trader As planets rotate on their orbits, you must choose the most profitable trajectory. But beware: to win the millions of billions of dollars you deserve you'll have to make sure the planets prosper as well. The definitive space trading game.
]]> 30 Jan 2007 02:47:49 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.
]]> 30 Jan 2007 12:07:07 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 Word'Em WordEm is an elegant, arcade-style word puzzler that combines the best of both worlds; this game tests your speed & dexterity while challenging your vocabulary & thinking skills!

Each face of the 3-dimensional game cube contains a unique letter and it's up to you to rotate the cube to select the letter you want. Once selected, position the letter to create high-scoring 3 to 9 letter words using high-point value letters.

Create a WordEm on each of 6 tricky levels to advance, and to ultimately prove your skill as the fastest wordsmith around!
]]> 30 Jan 2007 06:50:37 Trouble In CloudLand Trouble In CloudLand is a 2D game that features star-shooting mayhem and powerup collecting goodness. Conquer three unique worlds populated by troops of loveable but devious foes. Simple controls put you right in the action, while allowing for multiple play styles. Evolving gameplay will challenge even the most experienced of players. Trouble In CloudLand was developed over four months by Joshua and Jony. It was programmed using Python and Pygame in Eclipse.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 02:15:01 Attack of the Killer Swarm! A relatively simple game where you control the killer swarm to throw people up into the air... inevitabley falling to their horrible deaths. The goal is simply to make sure that their deaths are as horrible as possible.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 06:05:06 Ball 4 Revamped Guide your ball through 100 small levels, attempting to make it through in the best time.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:51:59 De-Animator De-Animator is a simple flash game, "based on stories by HP Lovecraft". The goal of the game is simply to fend off the zombies as long as possible, with help of your Revolver and Shotgun. The gameplay may be simple, but it might provide a good distraction for a few minutes.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:38:43 Rotation! There's a fair few "reaction tests" across the internet, and most of them follow one cliche idea or another - click at the right time, click the right amount of times and so on. This one is slightly different, and requires a bit more thinking than the standard methods.

There are two things to focus on, each of them a ring with 15 circles. You can rotate the outer ring with your mouse. When the colors of each of the circles match up, click the left mouse. If you've aligned them properly, you'll get points and extra time. Otherwise, you'll just lose some points. Then, the colors reset and you try again. Try to get the most rings possible in a minute and earn yourself a highscore!

There are 3 gamemodes, and 8 "skins".

Also, the song featured is named Obscurity, written by Dark Nebula.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:01:31 Rag Doll Kung Fu Rag Doll Kung Fu is a game that introduces an intuitive new way to control your characters: You pull their various limbs across the screen with your mouse to pull off any number of non-scripted attacks - it's all up to you. To walk, you have to literally pick up one foot, then place it in front of the other. It may sound hard, but it won't be long before you're spinning in the air like a Russian gymnast.

There's a bunch of multiplayer/singleplayer gamemodes available to keep you entertained, along with a "Story Mode" to introduce the player to the game.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 01:43:33 Galaxy Lander Galaxy Lander is a mix of the game Thrust from c64 and moon/Jupiter lander from the arcade machinest.
The game features 10 levels of action. Fly through different caves and bomb enemy Bearmer, deliver cargo to a collector and much more
]]> 29 Jan 2007 12:25:20 BowWow Black holes suck.
White holes blow.
Arrows are sharp
and stick in your toe.
]]> 26 Jan 2007 04:51:10 Wind The moon has fallen out of the sky. Play as the Wind to take it back to it's rightful place.
]]> 26 Jan 2007 05:51:22 Get a Life Show Get a Life Show is a PC game that represents the hottest TV Show of this season. The player get inside a reality show in which the entrants have to compete like they never did before. The winner will be the best in managing an equilibrate lifestyle with success and charisma.

Get a Life Show has 3 impressive TV studios that represent real urbanizations where the competition is transmitted to the world. Each TV studio recreate a hole virtual life in there. The sets available are Paris, New York and Buenos Aires.

The main objectives of the competition consist on reaching the highest levels of education, career, cash, health and happiness.

To reach that, the players have to live their lives using complex electronic systems in which they will take important decisions of their everyday actions. Those devices will be the access to the different locations available on the show, like your own home, a bank, a shopping mall, even a casino (in which the player can play some games trying to win easy money, or lose easily the money already has), between others.

The players also can learn special abilities, buy unusual items and use those to interact with their rivals, helping or obstructing their way to success. The elimination system will allow to vote your rivals to abandon the show. The public will decide who stay based on they actions during the game.
]]> 25 Jan 2007 05:44:11 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 Day of Defeat Day of Defeat is a FPS style gamed themed about WWII with emphasis on the fight between the Axis (Germany) and the Allies (USA and UK). Combat takes place in several locations presumably in Germany. The main style of play is detonating targets with TNT. Each side has 5 main types of soldiers: Assult and Support to name a few. Each type has their own specialty from sniper to machine gunner. 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 07:07:55 Galcon Galcon is an awesome high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. You send swarms of ships from planet to planet to take over the galaxy. It's arcade action risk with planets! Anyone can play - only takes 30 seconds to learn. Multi-player network game for up to 12 players with teams. 15 different single player missions against 7 different computer players. Attack planets with thousands of swarming ships! Short battles, epic warfare - only 5 minutes per round. Net ranking of all net players. Good times guaranteed!
]]> 23 Jan 2007 06:58:24 Lords of Everquest Lords of Everquest (c 2003) created by Rapid Eye Entertainment and released by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a real time strategy game based on the popular MMORPG Everquest (EQ) created by SOE. This game takes its roots from EQ in most ways from creature design to player class and races. Though it tries to stay true to its roots this spin-off doesn't contain many of the elements of EQ due to its very nature of being a single player, or multiplayer through the online service, strategy game and not the MMO thats its predecessor is. Lords of Everquest has many elements that link it to the real time strategy genre including: active time battles with point and click action, spells and units that can be upgraded and improved upon, and the need to collect raw resources to maintain your army.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 02:04:37 Legend of the Red Dragon It could be said that LORD, created by Seth Able Robinson, spawned the popularized concept of the MMORPG. Created long before the Internet MMO, LORD was a BBS door game that involved true multiplayer interaction.

Though some limited MUDs and door games had multiplayer support before this point, few enjoyed the popularity and longevity of LORD.

The game also featured a primitive Mod capability, where crafty Sysops could develop their own additions to the game.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 02:03:19 Heroes of Might and Magic V Heroes of Might and Magic V (c 2006) was developed by Nival Studios and released by Ubisoft. This game continues with the success of the previous 4 installments of the series and adds its own unique styling. This version includes many improvements on the previous versions including: most importantly the change from 2d graphics to complete 3d, a new active time battle style bar in the combat screen, progress campaigns requiring you to complete the previous ones to continue, and the new duel multiplayer mode. Nival Studios with Ubisoft have released 1 expansion so far (Hammers of Fate) with plans on expanding the Might and Magic Franchise through titles like Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (c 2006). If you haven't ever played a version of Heroes I would highly recommend trying one out.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 01:25:47 heroes of might and magic iV Heroes of Might and Magic IV (c 2002) was developed by New World Computing and released by 3DO. This game continues with the success of the previous 3 installments of the series and adds its own unique styling. This version includes many improvements on the previous versions including: turn based combat allowing the Hero of the army to participate, the ability for creatures to be controlled without the need of a Hero, caravans allow the safe transportation of Heroes and creatures between castles and dwellings, and a rich upgrade to the graphics. New World Computing with 3DO managed to release 2 expansions, The Gathering Storm and Winds of War, before 3DO filled for bankruptcy. Luckily for fans of the series the franchise was bought up by Ubisoft, and Heroes of Might and Magic V (and its expansion Hammers of Fate) were release in 2006. If you haven't ever played a version of Heroes I would highly recommend trying one out.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 12:53:32 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