It’s Sunday again, and to those that were expecting a post the last two days, I’m very sorry. I had work and was extremely sore after the shifts, having to do some heavy lifting that I wasn’t used to. However, I am hoping to have some informative posts in the upcoming week, as well as some surprises and you’ll have to tune in all next week to see. But for now, it’s Sunday, the day to relax and lay back. Today’s theme is a kind of ‘odds and ends’ sort of mix.. stuff I couldn’t put in other posts because it was too offbeat or too odd for most genres and couldn’t just fit in one like the others could. At the same time, they are unusual ones and surely ones that will upset and anger… due to the complexity of them, not because they’re horrible games. Now onto these very unusual games…
2H4U (2.8 mb)
Screenshot of a higher level…
2H4U is short for ‘Too Hard For You‘ which is the most suiting name I have ever seen for a video game. It is named this because it is a mix between a Tetris-like game and a wall breaker like Breakout. Did I forget the catch? If you loose either game, it’s game over. It requires good reflexes, coordination, and people that can use both hands should have some advantages. But even if you can use both hands… it’s insanely difficult once you start. I offered this game to one of my buddies who is ambidextrous but even he had one heck of a hard time. It works with Linux and Windows but don’t expect to win. At least it’s more fair then Bastet…
Frets on Fire (34 mb)
The project’s official mascot
Where to start with Frets on Fire? Well, if you like Guitar Hero and you’re stuck with a PC, you can’t play, and you can’t practice as there’s no official Guitar Hero released for PC. There’s a DS version, there’s a PS2/3 version, an Xbox 360 version… every console has it but the PC is left high and dry. Frets on Fire aims to resolve this by being a Guitar Hero clone like no other. It works with Macintosh, Linux, and Windows, and there are a lot of fan-made frets for you to play if you so choose. It’s fun so long as you’re not playing on a laptop, in which case you’d be better playing flash based clones of it.
ASTEROIDS 3D (5.3 mb)
Asteriods 3D is exactly what it sounds like. A remake of the old Asteroids game in 3D. It is only for Windows, and I suppose it would be a very boring game to some, but to me, I didn’t think it was that shabby. I thought it was rather different to finally have a different way of playing the classic game, however, the controls I found a bit jittery at times. It is precompiled only for Windows, and only works with Windows, but hopefully someone could fork it or set up the classic under Linux.
I’m afraid that I’m starting to run out of games I could recommend, so I was wondering if this should continue or if I should offer a weekly post of USB Toolkit related stuff. Not as fun, I know, but I suppose a bit more suiting for the blog. Comment below and let me know: do you want the Sunday games to continue or not. Thanks.
Links to older Open Source Gaming articles
Week One – First Person Shooters
Week Two – Simulation
Week Three – Remakes of Classics
Week Four – Strategy Games
Week Five – Emulation
Week Six – Racing Games
Week Seven – Puzzle Games
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Games n games all the way dude… save the usb tool kit for regular weekday stuff.
It’s nice to see that people care enough to protect the games. I’ll keep posting on games then every Sunday, they might not always work for Linux or Windows (instead being exact for one OS but not the other), but I’m sure I’ll be able to dig some up then.
And while some might not be OSS, some will. I’m glad my weekly articles on games are encouraged.
Good to see that someone is promoting opensource with the required software for day to day use.
Keep it up
Guitar Hero III was released on PC in 2007. Though it wasn’t as good as the console versions, it was still enjoyable.
If you want to try Frets on Fire, then don’t get the original because there are better builds available. On such mod is called Fofix and is a heavily developed version of the regular frets on fire. You can download really good themes for fofix from the frets on fire fan forum. In fact, they have perfect guitar hero and rock band themes available. Also, the wiki that is mention above is a good source of songs, there are real fretted songs from rock band and guitar hero available at the forum.
As an addition to my previous post, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith were also apparently ported over to PC.
I really appreciate all the work you put into your posts. For the record though, there is an official Guitar Hero game for the PC. Guitar Hero 3 was made for PC, it just wasn’t a super well known fact I guess. gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/guitarheroiii/index.html
offer a weekly post of USB toolkit related stuff??
PAUL…THEN WHAT WOULD RAYMOND DO!!! lolololol
seriously man, keep posting..you can try online strategy games, mmos, movie based games, some awesum paid games, politics based games, 5 minutes games, virtual world games and sports and many more categories! :D
ps. what can i say, i am a kid at heart :) [and body too :P]
I do love games… but I was wondering when this day will come…
I think it’s better to change your subject (USB Toolkit seems to me like a great one)… and every time you’ll have a new game to show, we’ll be here to see it!! :D ;)
Any choice you’ll make… it will be a great work for sure!! :)
Why not?
So far, you’ve done an amazing work! ;-)
I agree with Rico R. Palallos. It’s definitely nice to see what PC games are out there since I usually game on my consoles. If anything, you could make it a biweekly feature (maybe even triweekly if you’re running out of games to post).
Please keep on white this weekly post this because personally for myself i really like it.
Paul, you are doing a great job so far.
dont stop recommending games please.
i mean, sunday is supposed to be a fun day right?
great job man..
Still reconsidering my option on close closed but free games?
good one
We really are grateful for whatever you share with us. Though we reply seldom, I’m sure everyone of us subscribers are are looking forward to get new stuff with this blog. :)
Please do continue this weekly game features. :) If you’re running dry of games to showcase, why not do it on a bi-weekly basis. Alternating with a new “genre” of articles you have in mind.