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Coming after 2009′s “Epiphany in Spaaace!”, but before 2010′s “Breath of Death VII” and “Cthulhu Saves the World” (and, therefore, well before 2012′s “Penny Arcade’s Rain-slick 3″), Robert W. Boyd of Zeboyd Games released “Molly the Were-Zompire”.
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A pseudo-simulator of what the most expensive LCD handheld on the market might have played like in the ’80s, a pseudo-sequel to “Torque Quest”, and much more… “Ajare&Watch” is full of humour, and references to things as modern as Mass Effect, and as old school as the Atari Lynx (and even older).
The game actually poses an interesting idea: what if, back in the day, they had incorporated (more…)
I have no idea how I missed this one. No idea at all. Way back in 1989, before “Breath of Death VII”, “Cthulhu Saves the World”, “Penny Arcade’s Rain-slick 3″, Robert W. Boyd created “Epiphany in Spaaace!”. He did so without his Zeboyd Games collaborator, Bill Stiernberg. From what I understand, Robert writes the story and does the coding on their games, while Bill creates the art. How did Robert create a game without Bill, you ask? By making a text adventure, naturally. And it’s awesome.
The game plays very much like a (more…)
Today’s game is like Pong, except…
Just kidding. Yes, you’ll be happy to know I didn’t do a Pong-related game for a third day in a row. Far from it. “Field Archer” is an impressive attempt at an archery simulation. This is (more…)
I spoke too soon. I spoke WAY too soon. Just yesterday I said that I couldn’t imagine what else could be added to Pong, that “A Game of Tennis” didn’t offer. Well, now I do. “Kube Ball” adds a tonne of personality, and some innovative features, that it make it a very different game.
For one, (more…)
Do we have any Gundam fans in the audience? If you’re familiar with the original Gundam continuity (Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam 0080, Gundam 0083, Zeta Gundam, Double Zeta Gundam, etc.) then you’ll know that, in addition to new mobile suits, they like to throw in some ridiculously upgraded renditions of nearly antiquated mobile suits as well.
Today’s game is a ridiculous upgraded rendition of a nearly antiquated game but, like those mobile suits, manages to be worth putting into the field.
First, let’s call a spade a spade. “A Game of Tennis” is Pong. *But*, it’s Pong with system link, global leaderboards, AI opponents, multiple difficulty levels, Xbox Live online multiplayer, and more new things that take Pong to heights never dreamed of by (more…)
Genre mash-ups are all the rage these days, and some of them are brilliant. It’s interesting to speculate what might have been created had they been popular in the ’80s. We had Pac Man Jr. (video game/pinball hybrid), but we never got that “Double Dragon” “Tetris” mash-up that the world was (probably not) waiting for.
“Fish Bait” is a mash-up between two ’80s favourites: Arkanoid (it’s closer to Arkanoid than Breakout because there are power-ups) and Galaga, but with an aquatic theme. Like Arkanoid, you’re trying to destroy blocks with a “ball” (though, in this case it’s actually a fish), but like with Galaga there are enemies. The enemies don’t (more…)
This idea is too crazy to be made up! Well, I guess someone did make it up… but you know what I mean. As for who is doing the “making this up”, it’s Stegersaurus Games
Death Closet, “Lots of Guns”, “Tank Strike”, “Mega Monster Mania”, “This is Hard”, “Baby Maker Extreme 2″, “Blow Me Up”, and (possibly my all-time favourite indie game, go download it now!) “Battle Beat”.
“Jetpack Rapture” is a (more…)
From the creators of the “Trailer Park King” comes. “Cherry Poke Prison”. It’s actually a side story to that series (with the King actually making a cameo at the beginning).
The game is full of (more…)
