Data Scientist by day, geek tech gamer junky by night.
November 2, 2014
The Internet Archive Now Lets You Play 900+ Classic Arcade Games In Your Browser Retro fans need this link: Internet Arcade A great source of all the classics, and so much easier than downloading each MAME ROM 🙂 The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME, part of the JSMESS software package. Containing hundreds of games…
October 7, 2013
I’m having fun with 2 more xbox live arcade titles… I seem to be spending more time on the xbox after I cancelled my 7 year subscription 🙂 The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile This mono (except for blood splurts and falling coins) shaded 2D side scrolling hack and slash is a great challenge; with a variety of weapons and moves plus end of level monstrous bad guys to tick ever box…
September 29, 2013
I’ve just started playing Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, it received high ratings for an arcade title [Metacritic 86%] so thought I’d give it a go. First impressions are of blend between Fable’s luscious nearly comic book style, Ico’s companionship, and Journey’s none dialogue. The tasks seem not too complex, the biggest challenge is to control the 2 characters, that are live at both the same time. Each boy…
September 29, 2013
To carry on my afternoon of Xbox Arcade action I picked up Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet… although I can’t see what’s insanely twisted about the planets? The shadow bit comes from the silhouetted planet borders, which is very stylised, and the World’s are truly alien! The intro shows your generic bug eyed alien getting encased in a traditional flying saucer, that you control in a non limited 360 degrees from…