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Friday, February 16, 2007

Nintendo DS gets Atomix for free

Atomix (Mobygames entry), the brilliant molecule-building puzzle game released back in 1990 for the Amiga and the Atari ST, has just been re-released for the Nintendo DS. As a freeware retro-remake no less. It's still in (a very stable, fully playable, extremely addictive) BETA, mind you, and you should immediately download it from this place.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Apple II for Pocket PC

Lode Runner, Aztec, Neuromancer, Dig Dug, Karateka, Bard's Tale II, Stellar 7, Champions of Krynn and dozens of brilliant Apple II games of yore are now ready to migrate to your beloved Pocket PC. All you need to do to encourage them is simply install the freeware appleCE Apple II emulator. You can get it here. Want the games too? Well, google them, you won't be disappointed.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

DOOM TI 83 calculated

What you just saw, provided of course you clicked the play button, claims to be a version of DOOM running on the Texas Instruments TI-83 calculator, even though it obviously is Wolfenstein 3D. Still, it's quite an impressive programming feat and you'd better visit the PocketGamer Blog to find out more. You could read a bit on the history of the FPS too, you know.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Qwak indies on the GBA

Qwak is a pure old-school arcade platformer. It also is one of those rare homebrew games for the Gameboy Advance that seem both refreshingly interesting and well polished. Highly playable too. Then again, Qwak is not a humble freeware game, but more of a commercial release of 300 reasonably priced cartridges. Further information, purchase options and a playable demo are available at Qwak.co.uk.

Mario invades PSP

Yes, that's a Mario game for the Sony PSP. Then again, it's only a demo of a 3D Mario Brothers adaptation coded in 6 days and it'll never grow to become a full proper game. Still, Mario PSP... Tsk, tsk. Try it here.

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Monday, February 12, 2007

More adventures for the Nintendo DS

Even though Nancy Drew is definitely not my favorite adventure gaming franchise, I must admit it possesses a certain ...uhm... nostalgic charm. What's more interesting though, is that young and hugely popular Nancy will soon be debuting on the Nintendo DS too, obviously following the success of Hotel Dusk, surely strengthening the adventure gaming genre and acquiring a certain handheld charm too. The DS is after all the perfect console for point-and-clickers.

Read more on the forthcoming Majesco release of Nancy Drew and The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park over at Just Adventure +. Also, do give the Majesco site a try. Perhaps even the Her Interactive one too.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Project Gotham Racing for mobile phones

Well, Siliconera discovered something to make your mobile phones smile (figuratively, of course): Project Gotham Racing will soon be invading their tiny SD cards. The game's graphics seem quite impressive, even though definitely not comparable to any current or last gen console, the game experience is reportedly substantially deeper than any phone-racer yet, a decent physics engine has been incorporated and hardcore phoners(?) will be able to drive 8 different cars and earn kudos. Interesting, huh? Read more...

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Walkthrough

Besides being an excellent Nintendo DS game, Hotel Dusk also got itself a rather brilliant walkthrough by the wise people of MyCheats. Did I say walkthrough? Well, I meant Superguide! Read it all here.

Friday, February 09, 2007

Fixing DS screen calibration problems

Let's face it, shall we? You're getting older and so is your beloved Nintendo DS. Your dog too, apparently. Problem is -well, beside your aching back- that the touchscreen of the DS seems less and less responsive. Sad, I know, but true. Thankfully, and you'll have to thank PocketGamer.co.uk for that, replacing the console isn't the only option you have. You can also have a look at How to fix DS calibration problems. Failing that, attempt something desperate: this. Now, you can replace your console without fear.

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Hotel Dusk & the brilliance of the DS

Hotel Dusk for the Nintendo DS is one of the best games few will play. It also is one of those rare but excellent DS point-and-click adventures that made the machine such a huge success among old-fashioned gamers and gnomes. Also has a beautiful trailer. A great website too. Oh, and a whole page @ 1up.com.

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