July 2nd, 2010
Tetris
One of my favorite games, Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pazhitnov in the Soviet Union. The Tetris game is a popular use of tetrominoes, the four element special case of polyominoes. The game (or one of its many variants) is available for nearly every video game console and computer operating system, as well as on devices such as graphing calculators, mobile phones, portable media players, PDAs, Network music players and even as an Easter egg on non-media products like oscilloscopes.
Controls:
Arrow Keys
Tags: computer operating system, easter egg, favorite games, graphing calculators, mobile phones, music players, network music, portable media players, puzzle, soviet union, tetris game, video game
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May 29th, 2010
Asteroids
I love the classic game of Asteroids. At the time it was released in 1979 it introduced vector graphics to the world. It was one of the most popular and influential games of all time and one of Atari’s first games. Asteroids uses vector graphics and a two-dimensional view that wraps around.
Controls:
Use the mouse to click Start.
Arrows to move.
space bar to shoot.
Tags: asteroids, Atari, classic game, dimensional view, influential games, space bar, vector graphics
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March 18th, 2010
Xevious
Xevious is a classic side scrolling shoot ‘em up. It was released by Namco in 1982 and was one of the first vertical scrolling shooters.
The original Xevious was the first arcade game to actually have a television commercial aired for it in the U.S. and Atari promoted the game with the slogan “Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?” and closed the commercial with a tag line branding it “the arcade game you can’t play at home.” It inspired numerous similar games.
Controls:
Mouse click to start.
Z key to fire
X key to bomb
Arrow keys to move
Controls:
Mouse click to start.
Z key to fire
X key to bomb
Arrow keys to move
Tags: arcade, coin-op, game, games, Namco, play, xevious
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February 28th, 2010
Defender
Defender is a classic shooting game featuring two-dimensional (2D) graphics, the game is set on a fictional planet where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.
Defender is a classic shooting game featuring two-dimensional (2D) graphics, the game is set on a fictional planet where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.
Controls:
Click start using the mouse
Move with the cursor/arrow keys
Space bar to fire
Tags: arcade, classic, coin-op, Defender, game, games, shooter
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November 23rd, 2009
Nebulus (Click on the image to play)
Play as Nebulus, and guide around and up the tower in this classic game. I remember Nebulus on the Amiga and the Commodore 64.
Controls:
Arrow keys to move.
Space bar to jump or throw.
Tags: Amiga, Commodore 64, nebulus, puzzle, puzzle game
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June 27th, 2009
Sonic the Hedgehog (Click on the image to play)
Play as sonic or knuckles in one of the most famous video games ever, the alternative to Nintendo’s Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog was a classic game which became the number 1 game for Sega back in 1991.
Controls:
Click start to play.
Space bar to jump.
Arrow keys to move.
Hold down Space bar to speed up.
Tags: classic, game, games, Nintendo, play, Sega, Sega Megadrive, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario
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May 29th, 2009
Puzzle Bobble (Click on the image to play)
The classic Puzzle Bobble arcade game is also known as Bust a Move. Puzzle bobble was released in 1994 and spawned numerous sequels and bought in the popular characters Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble to shot the bubbles. The idea of the game is to shoot bubbles and connect 4 bubbles of the same color and burst them before the time runs out or before they reach the level at the bottom of the screen. Anyone who loves the game Tetris will love this game which in the most recent incarnations included two player versions. An awesome game with numerous clones, but the original is still the best.
Controls:
Click the ‘push 1p to start’ flashing text to start.
Arrow keys to move and space bar to fire bubbles.
Tags: arcade, Bobble Bubble, Bust a Move, classic, coin-op, game, games, play, Puzzle Bubble, Taito
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May 29th, 2009
International Karate Plus (Click on the image to play)
International Karate Plus (IK+) was released in 1988 and was a massive hit on the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST. I remember playing it on the C64 against my brother. It was one of the best karate games because besides the two players, there was always a third cpu player to go up against. The graphics were great for the Commodore 64 which only had a small palette of colors available and the graphic detail was great; the water would ripple in the background and birds would fly across the sky. The detail reminded me of California Games.
Controls:
Press 1 to start and reset.
Use the arrow keys to move and attack.
Down is leg sweep.
Down and towards at the same time to low kick
Up and towards to punch
Tags: Amiga, Atari, C64, classic, Commodore 64, game, games, IK+, International Karate Plus, karate, multi-player, multiplayer, play, two-player
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