Games Blitz!

After posting a Lumines Clone a couple of days ago, I wasn't planning to post any more games links for a while, but three new tips from 4 color rebellion have changed my mind. Note, none of these games are browser based, so you do need to download them to play.

First up, and my immediate favorite of the bunch, is Eets. Anyone who ever played Lemmings should be right at home, you have to guide the character to the exit point by giving him different abilities and manipulating obstacles. The production quality is incredibly high, with clear menus and great characters.

At the complete opposite end of the pace scale, Gunroar is a crazy psychedelic shooter. I really need to try this with a gamepad or joystick but it certain seems to be worth playing. A word of warning: when I played this on my laptop my screen resolution didn't switch back to normal, I had to fiddle a bit to restore it.

Finally, Cave Story will only appeal to certain people, but they will love it. It's a very old-school platform adventure. And by old-school, I mean NES, not the first Playstation! Note: The files you need are Game (Japanese) and English Translation. You will have to extract the game files into a directory, then run the English translation (if you don't already have a copy of WinRAR, I recommend it whole-heartedly, I use it for all my compression needs).

A few weeks ago, Joel Spolsky was talking on his blog about declaring email bankruptcy. I think I'm in the same position when it comes to games. I have no chance of ever playing all the games I already have, never mind new games coming out, or existing games I still want to buy.