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GAME DESIGNER:Gustav & ZeroTau
GAME DEVELOPER:Fallen Angel Industries
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Fallen Angel Industries
Dr. Doc is a cool top-down action/brainteaser from Fallen Angel Industries. Although the game was coded in a hurry for a Klik competition, and as a result is missing music and proper menus, fun gameplay more than [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Daniel Remar
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Daniel Remar
Castle of Elite is a great 2D puzzle game similar to Chip’s Challenge. The plot: “You are stuck within the midst of an ancient castle, and you must get out. However, it’s not going to be easy. The castle is made [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Unknown
WAtomic is a nice Windows remake of Katomic, which itself is a clone of Atomix by Thalion (except boasting many more difficult levels than the Thalion original). My own review of Atomic, another Atomix clone on this site, applies to this newer game [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Gaping Wolf Software
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Gaping Wolf Software
Adagio is a great horizontal shooter from Gaping Wolf Software, maker of the excellent HalfLight game. The plot: “you are Karth Solemu, test pilot. Your world is in danger, and the only functional warship lies in your hands. What [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Zachary Norman & Sean Vesce
GAME DEVELOPER:Activision
GAME PUBLISHER:Activision
Copyright 1998, Activision
One of the best and most atmospheric action-driving games ever made, Interstate ‘76 is a great game that evokes the 70’s atmosphere like no game before or since. There are many great reviews of this gem on the web, [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:John Edwards
GAME DEVELOPER:Pistachio Productions
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2004, Pistachio Productions
A great game that has been selected as one of ten student showcase winners at the Independent Games Festival, Mutton Mayhem, in the author’s words, is “…a multiplayer economics simulation disguised as a fast-paced action game, involving sheep. The object [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Deepend
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, UN World Food Programme
One of the best freeware edutainment titles I have seen in a long time, Food Force is a great game for kids developed by Italy-based Deepend and UK-based PlayerTree for the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP). Developed for kids [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Jetro Lauha
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Jetro Lauha
Light Warrior is a fun “shooting gallery” game developed by Jetro Lauha, of “Dismount” series fame. The game is simply: shoot all the light fixtures you see on the screen by moving and pressing mouse button. Graphics are very nicely done, [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Mikko Oksalahti
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Mikko Oksalahti
Kumoon is a well-deserved winner of the Assembly ‘05 party. A unique “shooting gallery,” your goal is to finish all the rooms by having “…0 or positive points when you have tilted over all the red/green boxes. Normally you cannot complete [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Eric Miller
GAME DEVELOPER:Norland Software
GAME PUBLISHER:Norland Software
Copyright 1983, Norland Software
Norland’s Hangman series is a fun PC adaptation of the classic Hangman game in which you attempt to guess a word by picking individual letters, with a predetermined amount of incorrect guesses allowed. Although done fully in ASCII, the [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Tom Kristensen
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1984, Tom Kristensen
A decent Nibbles/Snake clone done in CGA, the game has few actual features but is nevertheless a nice clone. With customizable game speeds, three static walls to turn on or off and squares (food) of various sizes made the game a [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Jim Bates
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1988, Jim Bates
Prisoner is a fun and (at first) rather difficult puzzle game. It was written by Jim Bates in 1988, and was done as an experiment with EGA graphics, then released as a Christmas present for The POWER Tower Bulletin Board which [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1983, Unknown
Pitfall is a loveable old ASCII game. It’s a horizontal faller (aka “Wrist Killer”) in which you use your arrow keys to maneuver your ever-falling ship through a corridor of walls and enemies (Burning Faces). While you cannot move upwards you can use [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:E. Hashimoto
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, E. Hashimoto
Guardian of Paradise is a great Japanese action/RPG hybrid in the same vein as Zelda games. Created by E. “Buster” Hashimoto, the same designer behind superb Akuji the Demon, this game offers the same excellent blend of plot, graphics, and action/adventure [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Aeju Murasame
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Aeju Murasame
Jabberwock from Japanese programmer Aeju Murasame is a great action/RPG hybrid that fans of Smash TV and Zelda games will enjoy. Your goal in the game is to escape from a labyrinth full of weird fantasy creatures. You fight monsters by [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Justin Kim
GAME DEVELOPER:Pistachio Productions
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Pistachio Productions
Ocular Ink is hands down one of the most fun and unique freeware games I’ve played in the past few years. Just reading the official storyline will already give you a clue as to how wacky this game is: “…In [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Kei Mesuda
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, Kei Mesuda
Nomltest FS is one of the best Space Invaders clone you’ll ever play, although you won’t think it likely from looking at the screenshot. Although the graphics are nothing special (with “ripped” sprites from Space Invaders, no less), what makes Nomltest [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Juan Prez
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2004, Juan Prez
Holotz’s Castle is a neat Lode Runner-style game that combines the key-collecting, hole-hopping fun of Lode Runner with an interesting plot that features some funny dialogues and interesting NPCs. Your goal in this 2D side-scroller is to find and collect all [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Guzu Ligo
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2004, Guzu Ligo
Cave of Monsters is a fun platformer coded with Game Maker program. Darthlupi (of Mage Craft and Legend of Shadow fame – see reviews of his games on this very site) gave it a very favorable review and a score of [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Patrick Hackett & Joe Bourrie
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2005, DigiPen Institute of Technology
One of the more unique beat’em up games you’ll find, Rumble Box is a fun little game from Patrick Hackett and Joe Bourrie, two graduates of DigiPen Institute of Technology. In the authors’ words: “[the game] [...]