Gamenerdery

Space Invaders keeps on blasting

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:01:00 +1000

Space Invaders keeps on blasting: Happy birthday to Space Invaders (or near enough to have one ;)...

After sharing enough of other people’s projects over the...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:58:22 +1100

After sharing enough of other people’s projects over the last few years, I finally get to share one of my own!

It’s an arcade-style (read hard, but probably not Nintendo-hard) air combat game titled Pocket Dogfights, and is currently out there for iOS and Android devices.

I’m currently looking to expand that, as well as the game itself in the near future - but if you’re a fan of this style of game, check it out (or at the very least check out the trailer :))

Totally have a need to fire up Rescue on Fractalus after reading...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:13:03 +1100

Totally have a need to fire up Rescue on Fractalus after reading today’s news about the closure of LucasArts.

sadface

Quite an excellent breakdown of the process involved with...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:51:01 +1100

Quite an excellent breakdown of the process involved with translating Retro City Rampage down onto the NES (which of course, was part of it’s original inspiration).

I happened to find it a great watch, primarily from a sense of the work it takes, along with the the types of tooling it takes to be able to do it in this day and age.

goodgameget: Starshock Space station problems. Those...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:49:48 +1100

goodgameget:

Starshock

Space station problems.

Those screengrabs look amazing (but I am a sucker for chunky pixel graphics). Totally want to play this one.

I’m filing this one under so insane it’s...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:37:07 +1100

I’m filing this one under so insane it’s brilliant.

Essentially, an emulation of the Arcade version of Asteroids running on a humble little C64.

Considering the relative power of said computer, it’s impressive to just see it work, let alone be reasonably playable.

The legendary Sid Meier’s advice on being a better game...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:29:00 +1100

The legendary Sid Meier’s advice on being a better game designer.

Short, sweet & perfect.

Futuridium is a fun little arcade blaster. Even better,...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:48:27 +1100

Futuridium is a fun little arcade blaster. Even better, it’s filled with lovely colourful low-polygon graphics.

From the brief stint I played so far, it’s very much a brutal arcade blaster. But as far as I’m concerned, if you’ve got a small amount of time for some gaming, it’s the type of game I’m most likely to want to play.

Certainly going to try and put a little more time into this when I can.

I love this trend of demaking modern indie classics onto much...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:25:12 +1100

I love this trend of demaking modern indie classics onto much more primitive machines. In this case, here’s a play through of indie classic Super Crate Box in action on the trusty Commodore 64.

Really darn impressed at how the developers were able to get it running on 8-bit hardware. Let along being able to squeeze it into a mere 16kb.

I feel a little weird posting a video for a Kickstarter, but...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:38:22 +1100

I feel a little weird posting a video for a Kickstarter, but after watching the campaign progress over the last few weeks, I’m actually starting to get a little excited for Elite: Dangerous.

Looking at this trailer, it certainly is starting to come together, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who actually would be disappointed if it happened to not make it’s target.

Talk about wow. I have plenty of fun memories going through...

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:03:30 +1100

Talk about wow. I have plenty of fun memories going through & playing Descent back in the day - and to see one person attempt to remake it is quite impressive. The video isn’t much, but that feeling of tumbling around seems to be intact so far.

I’m certainly looking forward to watching this project develop - which you can do on it’s site.

dunk3d: Mashup of the Super Hexagon trailer (great iOS game by...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:45:45 +1000

dunk3d:

Mashup of the Super Hexagon trailer (great iOS game by Terry Cavanagh) and The Hexagons (Look Around You). Music by Chipzel. Voice by Jenn Frank.

This little mash-up certainly put a smile on my face. Super Hexagon and Look Around You - quite a couple of excellent bits of entertainment :) Enjoy, and then grab Super Hexagon (for you iDevices), or failing that - play the original Flash version instead.

Borderlands Demake

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:48:25 +1000

Borderlands Demake: What can be said for officially sanctioned demakes. Sure it’s just...

Delver is this fun little spin on both the Rogue-like RPG games,...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:22:46 +1000

Delver is this fun little spin on both the Rogue-like RPG games, mashed up with the first-person RPG elements of Ultima Underworld.

I’ve not played much more than the first few levels, but it’s definitely a nice spin on a bunch of older genres :)

Happy (slightly belated!) 20th birthday to Wolf3D. If...

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:44:28 +1000

Happy (slightly belated!) 20th birthday to Wolf3D.

If you’ve not caught it already - sit back and enjoy the history trip with John Carmack himself doing a director’s commentary as he replays the original Wolf3D..

Oh. The memories.

Amazing highlight reel showing the entire Wipeout series - from...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:55:31 +1100

Amazing highlight reel showing the entire Wipeout series - from it’s beginnings back on the original Playstation, all the way up to its modern incarnations on the PS3 and PSP.

Incredible watching the evolution - from both a technology perspective (with the increasing graphics capabilities), along with the gameplay (from the increasing use of weapons, and other features).

So much nostalgia.

Portal. Mashed up with the original Super Mario Bros....

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:35:23 +1100

Portal. Mashed up with the original Super Mario Bros. That’s Mari0 in a nutshell. Play through the levels of Super Mario Bros. but armed with a Portal Gun straight out of Portal.

Mashups are always an interesting think to take a look at - and this one is definitely one of those which does what it does rather well.

The story of Mass Effect as retold in 10 minutes, and in such an...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:23 +1100

The story of Mass Effect as retold in 10 minutes, and in such an excellent way to convey the scope of it’s story.

Maybe I’m guilty of falling for the hype for Mass Effect 3, but as a fan of the series (and of SF/Space Opera), there has always been that element to the series as a whole which I find somewhat appealing.

(There’s also one for Mass Effect 2 here - to save me from a little bit of spam ;))

Nice bit of co-op footage from caper ‘em-up Monaco with...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:20:48 +1100

Nice bit of co-op footage from caper ‘em-up Monaco with narration from the developers.

Always great to see this type of description about how the gameplay works - and I won’t lie, it’s bumping my anticipation for it just that bit further too :)

Rad tribute to Space Quest III - showing the vector approach...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:39:15 +1100

Rad tribute to Space Quest III - showing the vector approach that was used to draw up some of the rooms from the game.

It’s quite interesting seeing them come out this way - as the various PC’s I played it on over the years were more than fast enough to render each scene in the blink of an eye.