Posted by Derek Yu Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:01:00 GMT
Something Awful’s Flash Tub is usually one of the more worthwhile features on that site, and this week is no exception, because everything else is pretty crummy. The Stupid Room is kinda-fun adventure game that features some not-too-annoying voiceovers and some decent video game references. Two very mediocre thumbs sideways!
(Actually, to be honest, I thought it was pretty amusing.)
Posted by Derek Yu Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:07:00 GMT
Since we’ve been on kind of a roll with updates recently, here’s another browser-based Samorostlike (a genre I’m coining here and now), called Haluz. The game itself is fairly charming, although the hotspot hunting drove me mad at points. I’m at the last part right now, and even though I know exactly what to do I still can’t advance! Bastard!
EDIT: Ah, nevermind, I just beat it. It still ain’t Samorost!
MORE EDIT: derek likes to taunt people by talking up games and not providing links to them. [Thanks! -Derek]
(Source: Sensible E [NSFW])
Posted by Derek Yu Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:50:00 GMT
Wogger is a flash-based surrealist adventure game that involves a lot of hotspot hunting. It’s kind of like Samarost, but minus the bucketloads of charm (and the graphics are much worse, too).
I give this game 2 NHP’s out of 5.
Posted by Derek Yu Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:55:00 GMT
Sushi Samurai is a Japanese-themed Burger Time you can play in your browser. But you can’t drop enemies when they’re walking over the ingredients! Argh, why would you leave out the funnest part of the game!
(Source: Insert Credit)
Posted by Albert Lai Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:22:00 GMT
Flow is made by the same guy who made Cloud. Similar to his other game, Flow is an idyllic and rather soothing way to pass the time. The gameplay is an intriguing blend between Pacman and Snake.
By using the mouse to pilot, you gobble up segments that cause your body to grow as onscreen visuals ‘ping’ to let you know where the nearest ‘elevator’ organism is. (Eating elevator organisms cause your snake to go up or down a level). As you progress, you eventually start bumping into other organisms. After defeating these organisms, swallowing the small + sign allows one of your body segments to evolve.
At this point, I was considering putting something like "The time will just flow by", but that would result in the immediate invalidation of my journalism license.
Posted by Albert Lai Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:35:00 GMT
Dungeon Escape is, in the author’s words:
[My] very silly and very low-budget flash tribute to the classic laserdisc games like Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, and Super Don Quixote (well, that last one’s not quite so famous, but it holds fond childhood memories for me).
The game, though admittedly linear, is surprisingly immersive. Maybe just the thing to spend an hour or so killing time, eh?
Posted by Tim Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:14:00 GMT
As a kid, I used to spend plenty of quarters on an old arcade machine called Kung Fu Master. The game was about fighting your way to the top of a pagoda, much like Bruce Lee’s Game of Death but with a damsel in distress.
Babarageo’s remake does a great job of updating the classic, featuring a female lead with deadly moves to take out opponents of any size. Land a number of attacks in succession and you will execute some devastating attacks. Fireballs and dragon punches can be done without the need to wrestle a joystick.
Not too sure if the yellow tracksuit makes an appearance here. Stephen Chow and Quentin Tarantino couldn’t resist, wouldn’t be too surprised if Great Kung Fu includes it as well.
Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:42:00 GMT
I didn’t think too much of Orbox B when I first started playing, but a few levels later and I was like, “hey, this is pretty neat!” Then I beat this one particularly challenging level, and the feeling of satisfaction I got was pretty good. Somewhere between clipping my toenails and kissing a girl for the first time.
(Source [including image]: Sensible Erection [NSFW-ish blog that sometimes has porn in it])
Posted by Albert Lai Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:48:00 GMT
Oh, man, those dastardly indie developers. They’re always going after your hard drive space. If your space wasn’t for graphics it’d be for sound, and if it wasn’t either then you probably weren’t playing a game. Back in your day, space was precious. Every bit counted and you’d be damned if the programmers didn’t milk everything they could out of a processor cycle.
Clocking in at 4kb, Fuzetsu is a itty-bitty curtain shooter shmup. As gameplay goes, it’s not particularly difficult. The strings of bosses spew elaborate patterns of bullets. Getting these bullets within the white circle prompts your ship to fire back. Maybe it’s passive-aggressive. Who knows?
Anyway, though the gameplay (and the bullet patterns, for that matter) will not be particularly new for those who have mastered rRootage, it is still a fun and simplistic way to spend some time for the rest of us mortals.
Apologies to Jos Hirth for linking directly to the game.
Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 23 May 2006 00:23:00 GMT
With Chronon, Eyezmaze continues to promote the offensive stereotype that Japanese people are “wacky” and “crazy” and “make very innovative video games.” Similar to Grow and Grow RPG (also on the Eyezmaze site), this time-based puzzler has you manipulating objects at various times in the day to rescue someone imprisoned in a monster’s lair. What you do at one time period will affect other periods. Things must be done out of order to win the game.
See Jay is Games for the complete walkthrough (you stinking cheater).
(Source: Jay is Games)
