TIGSource: Classics Week at TIGSource!

Classics Week at TIGSource!

Derek Yu — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:31:00 +0000

Hey, guys! Welcome to Classics Week at TIGSource. All week long, from today’til Sunday we’re going to be covering classic indie oldies that haven’t gotten their due respect on the site and adding them to the TIGdb.

To start us off, I’m going to link some of the classic games we’ve already covered:

What is considered a “classic?” Anything that you enjoy that is more than a few years old. If you have suggestions, shout ‘em out in the comments, or hit up this thread on the forums. And please write your own “review,” if you’re so inclined. Happy Classics Week!

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Rudolf

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:21:41 +0000

This is great stuff. One of the worst things about video games is the lack of appreciation for what has already been achieved.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by JOOLA

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:50:22 +0000

Oh crap. I missed you already had covered it…

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by JOOLA

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:49:25 +0000

Kingdom of loathing of course! It’s the best textbased sarcastic MMORPG i’ve ever played! I love it!

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by sal

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:49:40 +0000

Walusoft’s Warheads is easily the longest played game I have, starting way back around 1997 when we got our first family computer. On the first ever demo disc bought from walmart (i miss you 1001 games disc), Warheads turned out to be a long running favorite. In the same vein as Scorched Earth, you and your opponents take turns selecting defenses and firing weapons, all this IN SPACE, using the different planets’ gravity to whip your shots around.

http://www.warheads.net/ the site is painfully slow, so be patient.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu3jzhwK60A here’s a vid of the gameplay.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Paul Eres

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:29:45 +0000

any comment with a url in it is moderated. best to leave links in the url field, not in the body of text.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by cm

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:07:23 +0000

I posted a comment last night and it got flagged for moderation? What gives? I just wanted to suggest Petwings :’(

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by salejemaster

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:05:18 +0000

The ol’ Kye and Xye, such fond memories :’)

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Nillo

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:57:49 +0000

Progress Quest!

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Wilson

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:53:46 +0000

Nevermind, I found it here: http://www.downloadfreegames.co.uk/games/details.asp?id=161

Google is my friend…

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Wilson

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:24:54 +0000

Siege looks pretty cool but the download link is dead now. I don’t suppose anyone might know where to get it?

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by adam

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:05:43 +0000

Woah, and Anthony Lopes ‘Adventures of Mark Basehore’. It’s all coming back to me.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by adam

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:02:58 +0000

Wow, I loved Triumph AND LF2.

I’d love someone to point me in the direction of a working link to Spacejack, remember the crystal defending game?

Also there was a game where you played little fleas, and you bounced around the level (Multiplayer, one keyboard) can’t think of what it’s called though.

And remember all the old Mark Pay oldies?

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by cm

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:28:02 +0000

I remember playing a lot of MoraffWare games in my childhood. I remember them all being shit, though, so I dunno if they’re really the best candidates for a feature.

How about JJSoft? Petwings was pretty awesome. I downloaded a while back and was disappointed to find it’s a lot easier than I remember.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by RocketSlug

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:02:58 +0000

I was always a little bummed that Little Fighter 2 didn’t get mentioned during the Multiplayer on One Keyboard articles. My friends and I spent countless hours battle the hordes of enemies in Story Mode up to the last boss.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Skibs

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:22:18 +0000

BES; it does the body good.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Screwtape

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:30:33 +0000

The other day I was browsing the database, and saddened to see that Neverball wasn’t listed:

http://neverball.org/

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Paul Eres

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:19:43 +0000

what’s ‘blackeye software’? eternal daughter?

and it’s not really ‘recycling’ since we won’t be reviewing games previously reviewed in tigsource, but games released before tigsource existed

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Little Mac

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:08:16 +0000

Derek should do it, it’d be interesting. I could leave comments accusing him of being a narcissist and it will be fun.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by yodatreat

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:07:06 +0000

Umm, would it be looked at as terribly narcissistic to do a feature on Blackeye Software, Someone other than Derek could do it of course.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Little Mac

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:06:18 +0000

I’m just kidding.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Derek

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:05:18 +0000

Dude, you really hurt my feelings. Ouch, touché, etc.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Corpus

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:01:48 +0000

Yeah, 6 posts in 3 days. Hooo, boy, it’s getting tight.

Consider this, Ronald: Derek thought of something which would be nice to do, and which would bring exposure to some lesser-known gems from the past.

Yes, that’s right. He wants to use a blog which serves mainly to bring exposure to lesser-known gems to do exactly that.

How embarrassing.

"Classics Week at TIGSource!" by Little Mac

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:53:46 +0000

Looks like TIGSource has run out of content. Oh well, recycling old content never fails.