And it’s another Sunday at Raymond.cc, which means that it’s time once more for games to be played. While I’m still offering games on Sundays, I now am expanding it to free games, not just open source. Since Flash is closed source but free of charge for every operating system, I figured this would be a good time to offer some Flash games I’ve played and become addicted to. I’m rather surprised recently on the increase of pretty good games that have been catching my eye and are using Flash. To reflect the change from only Open Source games to other license games, it’s officially being changed to ‘Weekend Gaming’ which better reflects the tone of the posts. A small touch I know, but one figure would be a nice addiction now that we’re moving into other games.
But enough of this rambling, this dilly-dally, onto the games!
Super Mario CrossOver
Hey! Listen! You do not mess with the magical formula of Mario – he’s a simple plumber off to save his princess from the evil Bowser! And no one, and I mean no one can help him. Or that’s what I thought when I first saw this game. But it’s rather funny to be playing as Bill from Contra or Samus from Metroid and just demolish anyone who stands before you. Every level, you can change who you play as, their powerups only working for the individual characters, but this makes it all the more challenging. It has all the same levels and the same general level design from what I’ve noticed. Perhaps this will be the one time that a crossover actually beats the original in how it works…. NAH! But it certainly comes close to being one of the best fan games I’ve played in a long time, that’s for sure.
Evacuation
Evacuation is a highly simplistic game: your space ship has been infected with aliens, and your men have no weapons. On top of that, you can open certain doors to vent atmosphere and make the aliens fly out. But if you aren’t careful, you’ll send your men flying out of the ship too, at which point, they’re lost to you. The other thing you have to keep in mind are the high ranking officers, such as the captain, which are always dressed in brown. You can’t let them die by any means. Did I mention these are evil aliens that want to eat you for lunch? Sure the game sounds hard, but when you play it, you’ll see it’s very easy… as well as very easy to make mistakes. I used to play this game all day when I had more time on my hands, now that I’ve ‘rediscovered’ it, I’m kinda hooked again. Believe me when I say that as simple as this game is… it certainly is addictive!
Exit Path
ArmorGames.com’s John is an amazing game designer and if you play any of his games, you’re instantly hooked. The most powerful and moving to date, if you ask me, is Exit Path, the most recent one I’ve played by him. The music is great, the simple controls make it an easy game to remember… and the story is engaging in a way that I’ve only seen Portal match. I’d also like to add that it’s extremely challenging, especially when you decide to get the signs so you can unlock added features. For a game so unique in execution, it will have you hooked for hours.
That’s it for this week, ladies and gents, so it’s now time for me to kick back and watch some Doctor Who… until tomorrow that is! Have a good weekend, or what’s left of it!
Links to older Weekend 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
Week Eight – Odds and Ends
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