Most of the games below can be downloaded from the same webpage, which I’ve posted a link to below. Each game looks very simplistic, but each has it’s own merits. I was quite impressed with and intrigued by a few of the games, one of which I posted on Sunday (Strategic Oil Reserve). Because most of the games were on the same download page and that they are all small file sizes, I though I may as well post them all in one go. The author also has a few works in progress such as a 3D version of chess that are also available as demos from the website.
One of the games I’ve posted called Valence, although a full version, comes with nag screens as the author wishes for contributions. Paying a small fee gets rid of the nag screens and allows you to play any level in any order. I’ll certainly be thinking of sending a few $ as I love to support the independent games industry. I hope you enjoy these simple looking games.
Cathode Raygun (3.3Mb)
An old-time sideways scrolling shooting game, grab the pointy pods that drop from the eye creatures, to advance the progressive difficulty. Defeat the boss eye thingy to beat the game. This can be done in less than 5 min. however, it will take you longer if you are destroyed and made to restart.
CONTROLS: [ not told in game ]
END to restart the game
SPACE to pause
PAGEUP/DOWN to set volume
ESC to exit
REQUIREMENTS:
win98 or higher, 1ghz CPU, 800x600 video card.
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Forward Always Forward (1.7Mb)
Try to clear the 3 levels with 100 percent in this fast thinking Action Shmup. Strategy is as important as fast fingers here, as your adversaries will close in on you if you get to deep into hostile territory. To end the level just move forward off the top of the room, in this way you are able to skip ahead a level, although you don't get 100 percent this way.
Requirements:
win98 or higher, 1ghz CPU, 800x600 video card.
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Fuel Oil (3.5Mb)
This is an old resource management shooting adventure game ( build in 03 ) that was never quite finished, its a bit more low tech but quite fun to play. The game play is a bit complex, see if you can clear the 3 levels! The online game play and game save ability has yet to be added.
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Wizard of Wor Remix (2.7Mb)
Here is a Re-Mix of the arcade classic Wizard of Wor. It features some of my best sounds, two player co-operative play, and an interesting A.I. in single player mode. Dedicated of course to my boy George jr.
REQUIREMENTS:
win95 or higher, 300mhz CPU, 640x480 video card.
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EMPIRE DOWN - The Battle of the Five Towers (5.43Mb)
"Listen, I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not like I like the Empire, I hate it, but there's nothing I can do about it right now. It's all such a long way from here."
- Luke Skywalker
The power is in the hands of us the people. It's in the choices we make every day. The human creations we are willing to accept. The sick greed of Empire should not be one of them.
The game is an action shooter done in an abstract style with an ANTI-EMPIRE theme. Read the instructions on screen then try to play. The goal is to knock down the five towers. Then press the ENTER key to try the next level with taller towers.These are the criminal pirates appearing in game. We need to get together send them to the Hague.
Senator Palpatine, er,. I mean George Bush Jr. -AKA The Uniter not the Divider, AKA The Shrub, AKA The Man Who Would Be King. An Evil Robber Barron, and Sociopath
The Cronies:
Karl Rove - AKA Bush's Brain, many blame him for the ideas behind the actions of this Junta, he is Bush's Chief Advisor.
Big Dick Cheney - Vice Pre$ident and every military contractor$ be$t friend.
Donald Rumsfeld - Defense Secretary, oh what powerful thumbs.
Condoleezza Rice - Former National Security Advisor, now Secretary of State.
Paul Wolfowiz - Former Defense Secretary, currently President of the World Bank, nice not to have to be elected.
Bill O'Reilly - Neo-Con mouth piece and media whore. Spin this,. you sicko.
Ann Coulter - Neo-Con mouth piece and media whore
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 800mhz CPU, 16mb 3d video card.
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The Life in Matter (2.16Mb)
This here's a game you only need press one key to play. I made this for two main reasons; accessibility for people who may use different interfaces to the game, and as a game design challenge. For more such games OneSwitch.org
The game is very simple to play; the player controls a mono-eyed creature, as it moves Clockwise it also moves in towards the Core, Anti-Clockwise and moves it away from the core. Landing it on the Core increases the Level as well as generates a Level up Bonus. The hi-score is saved.
If you have a slower system, you can toggle off/on some of the graphic effects using the 1-6 keys. This i029b is a bug fixed version. If you have the old one with out the 'b' you have to press the 2 key to get the nice blue trails!
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 800mhz CPU, 16mb 3d video card.
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From the Bamboo Bong - a Lunar Rescue remake (2.59Mb)
Lunar Rescue is a remake of a classic Taito arcade game, it features some very nifty hand drawn pixel art from Gabe Brooks.
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 800mhz CPU, 800x600 16bit display.
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100 Invaders (4.27Mb)
The 100 invaders where created by Graham Lackey,. and i made a game around them. it starts a bit like the classic game then goes berserk, try for yourself its free. the game remembers your high score, and don't forget to turn the sound up.
This is the lowest rez game I've made yet, ( 240x240 pixels ) however it requires the highest spec. machine! It's a new engine and hasn't been tested on many different setups, give it a shot if it don't work for you, email me with your spec’s and i will update the min. spec’s posted here. Have fun, Cheers.
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Hive Mind (4.3Mb)
A trippy space shooter,. combining 3 distinct modes of play, progressive difficulty levels, and an advanced control system that jumps off from Rotate right, Rotate left, and Thrust. Adding Strafing, Flipping (180 degrees), and a Lock On system with self guiding missiles. This version of Hive Mind is an unfinished one. There linger in the code some unfortunate errors. As well the balancing is unfinished,. i.e. the number of Jellyfish spawned goes up each level, however they should not all spawn at once as the level starts,. issues like these are being fixed however,. if you wish to play this early ver. the link is here.
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 800mhz CPU, 16bit color 1024x768 display.
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Valence (5.2Mb)
There’s a nag screen with this game. To get rid of it you have to pay the developer $5, but I though it was still worth adding to today’s games list. It also gets rid of the logo on the play screen, as well as providing you the ability to jump to any level. Of course your code will be good for all future versions.
Valence is an odd sort of video game. Set deep in the Void,. under the reverberating Towers of Dub, where digital Life struggles to Survive.,
Evil doing bugs attack your only source of energy; you must defend it.
Valence is an abstract retro-style meditation / tactical action game. The player controls a glowing golden sphere creature evolved with three sets of wings. She uses these wings to funnel and focus energy allowing her to move about. The player creature has but one big eyeball blinking out at the surroundings, constantly looking to the nearest threat. Touching the elemental Energy Well charges the player with energy,. this energy can be re-routed back into the world in the form of offensive and defensive foci. ( Pulse Energy Shots,. and the damaging Lancer Shield. )
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 500mhz CPU, 16bit color 1024x768 display.
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Sub Atomic (7.4Mb)
Sub Atomic started as a remake of an obscure Taito arcade machine called The Electric Yo-Yo (1981). This release is a traditional remake of the game, that once beaten will un-zip the next game.
Don't run this from the compressed folder, put it somewhere, i.e. desktop, games folder, etc. as it will decompress the Sub_atomic.exe in that same place.
I have been told that this 3 level intro. is a bit tough to beat for some people,. and as you don't use the same skills in Sub Atomic I'll tell you a code to skip a level; when playing the game, HOLD down the INSERT key and then press PAGEUP. Using that trick you can unlock Sub Atomic straight away.
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 500mhz CPU, 16bit color 1024x768 display.
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JOUST 3 - Revenge of the Lava Troll (1.76Mb)
This one is a fan remix of the two classic arcade games from the early 80s. The game re-mix features 7 levels, insainly tough game play, most of the creatures from the two original arcade games, and a huge boss battle on the last level.
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 233mhz CPU, 16bit color 800x600 display.
Download Link:
http://www.iterationgames.com/main.html
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Seeds - The Three Birds of the Apocalypse (<1Mb)
Seeds is an Artificial Life game,.. well not a normal game, more of a system you can mess around with. A digital sand box if you will, with lots of sex and death. No!, not the human type, just little blips and blops.
Seeds is a single .exe file; no install program is needed and NO changes will be made to your registry or system settings.
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 233mhz CPU, 16bit color 1024x768 display.
Download Link:
http://www.iterationgames.com/seeds.html
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lock On (3.47Mb)
lock On looks and feels like an arcade machine from the mid 80s, only this game you have never seen before now. The game features progressive levels increasing in difficulty, a Zen like intuitive style of play, and it saves the highest score to keep track of your best game. The sound design / music produced by Zug Island!
Lock On is a single .exe file; no install program is needed and NO changes will be made to your registry or system settings. The game will simply create a file for high score in whatever folder it is in. To remove lock-On just delete the game .exe file and the high score data file.
The game play of lockOn is very simple. The object of the game is to survive long enough to get the high score. You do this by avoiding shots and shooting back!
Use the ARROW keys to move around.
Use the 'F' key lock onto the nearest Target.
Use the 'G' key to fire a Missile at Current Target.
Use the 'H' key to fire the Forward Gun.
Press the SPACE bar to Burst Attack. Lose one Power Level!
Press the ENTER key Pause the game.
Press the ESC key to leave the game, twice.
Avoid all Target's shots as being touched by these will, lower your Power Level. Some shots will chase you so stay very alert. If you are at the lowest Power Level when hit you will lose a life.
Power Level is shown by the color of the Player, and increases from WHITE to PINK to ORANGE! Power Level is increased by picking up Power-Ups. One Power-Up is awarded every time a wave of Targets is cleared.
- Moving past the edges of the screen will cause the Player to 'wrap around' to the opposite edge.
- A red dot on the Player shows the direction to the Current Target. A Cross Hair appears on the Current Target.
- The Forward Gun is a bit tricky to use as it fires in the direction you are facing at the speed you are moving, If you are stopped, firing it is not so useful. The facing direction is shown as a white line on the Player.
- the Wind will push the Player around slightly, and can be seen by the movement of the smoke, fire, and other particles. The Wind strength increases with each progressive level!
REQUIREMENTS: win98 or higher, 233mhz CPU, 16bit color 1024x768 display.
Download Link:
