Archive for June, 2008

Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: Sands of TimeLooks like we didn’t write about any bigger games for a while. So what am I playing now except flash games (addiction to Dolphin Olympics 2 continues) and of course what would I recommend you to try, too? Last few day’s I’ve got very little time, so it’s not much, but because there are many rumors about new Prince of Persia games, I finally tried the last PoP trilogy. And of course I started with the oldest episode - Sands of time.

And I must say, that I was quite surprised. And fortunatelly in a good way. As you maybe know, I’m big Lara Croft’s fan and I must say, that Prince is a really good artist too. Of course he’s missing something, that Lara has, but at least there’s a nice sidekick:o)

And of course I finally got a chance to play with my new gamepad and the feeling is much better then if you play on your keyboard. But you sure know that:o)

So, a small recapitulation - the game is really good and I’m looking forward to finish it and continue with it’s sequels, which are said to be even better. And because it’s a quite an old game, you can play it even on older computer and it still looks great. It’s good to look back and play games that you forgot about when they were new.

Skywire 2

Skywire 2Let start at the end of traditional review. I like this game very much and Iam going to tell you why. This game is just perfect, have great music (and I do not laud game music very often), have nice graphics and contains mechanical animals!

Really, there are robotic parrots, snakes, octopuses, camels just name it. Each animal have some special move and it takes a while (and couple of lives with characteristics “not again” sound) to learn it. Level design is nice too, couple of levels at the beginning of the game are easy and game is also quite difficult later.

Your objective is very simple: you will grab three people at the beginning of the level and drive cable-way through the level. Each time you hit some robotic animal one passenger died (or in fact just jump from the window).

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Grid 16 - show your gaming experience!

Grid 16Today’s game is pretty crazy. And it’s even not from Japan, where almost every crazy game comes from:o) And the craziest thing is, that there’s almost anything new in this game. In fact, it’s a compilation of oldest game designs you’ve ever seen. But the thing is, that you’ll play another game every five, ten seconds. And trust me, it can make you a little dizzy.

In the beginning the game notices you, that you don’s have to panic. No tutorial, no explanation, nothing. You must use just your gaming logic and your gaming experience what’s your task in the moment

If you lose a game, you won’t see it again. And if you’re good enough, everything is getting faster. In the end you’ll see, in what are you good - for example my prioritizing skill is good but my reflexes sucks:o)

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Reaction effect

Reaction effectYou’ve seen here many games that you can play only with one mouse button or key. But a game in what you need only one click to play? Okay, there was one - few months ago Dejv wrote about Boomshine. And today I’ve got for you very similar game, just a little easier.

In Boomshine there were many levels and in order to get into another level, you had to make a long enough chain reaction. In this game - Reaction effect - there is only one level and your only task is to make a huge score.

On the screen you can see a very easy game plan with lots of quartcircles. In the beginning you just pick one and click it. Then it turn around a little and if it touch another quartcircle, it takes it’s energy and moves to. And agai and again. You just sit and watch. It’s easy, oh yeah! But it’s kinda hypnotic.

And just a little advice - if you want to get a big score, don’t play twice on one board. Use reload or reset function of a game and begin with a clear one.

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Link Post: Arcade Machine Restoration

I found interesting article about restoration of 25 yrs old Pac Man machine. As you probably know, I am interested by this things and I can resist to share this link.

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