This simple text mode action game has some interesting origins. Apparently the giant networking company Novell got their start with this small game, the purpose of which was originally to be "an application that could be used to test the network and demon
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Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris has the distinction of sharing the title for longest/weirdest game name with the game "Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom" (no relation other than name-weirdness). It is an interesting blend of ac
Neat flying/driving/jumping/3D game. As you can tell, it's hard to describe. Basically it's a 3D 'racing' game, but you're not really racing, just trying to make it to the end of the course. It's a bit weird (and can be a bit annoying at times) but it's s
Apparently based on an Atari 800 BASIC game, Ski King is a simple downward scrolling action game where your sole objective is to guide your little skier down the hill, avoiding trees. As you progress the levels get more difficult but little else changes.
The scubaman's quest is apparently to collect treasure and avoid angry sharks and other angry sea creatures. You control your little scubaguy with the arrow keys as you swim through the underwater level collecting gold and "rare marine creatures". It's a
Despite its simple stick graphics, this game is actually quite enjoyable, as long as you don't take it too seriously. The game involves shooting robots while avoiding various other objects, like rolling logs and UFOs. The death scenes when your character
Road Kill plays sorta like an early prototype for Grand Theft Auto. In the game you basically drive around in a car and shoot at other cars. There are some options you can set such as the difficulty level and so on but the entire game is pretty simplistic
In Search of Dr Riptide is a fun adventure/shooting game in which you control a tiny underwater submarine, attached to which is an even tinier submarine! :) The object is to simply make it to the exit on each level while collecting powerup items and treas
Racer is a simple car racing game with randomly generated tracks. In practice the name is a bit misleading, because although you drive a car the object is to collect items for points and avoid crashing, not to "race" against anyone else. The game plays li
The Queen of Hearts Maze Game could have been more accurately titled the Queen of Hearts Pacman Clone. This ASCII (text-mode) game presents a fairly basic Pacman inspired game replacing the ghosts with Mary Lynn Club, Diamond Jim, Sam Spade and Wild Card
A "worm" style game similar to the QBasic classic "Nibbles". You play a worm who is in search of pizza. It plays much the same as other worm games, except for the fact that you aren't restricted to movement at 90 degree angles. It looks pretty good, and h
Also known as Toppler, this Russian made game (with text in Russian, but its not really necessary to play the game) was apparently made, in part, as a social political commentary. Right, whatever, its still a fun game to play. The object is to hop across
If you've played Spitwad Willy, you've played Pea Shootin' Pete. While I'm not entirely sure about the history of this game, it seems as though after Raoul Said created Spitwad Willy, he either licensed it to Pack Media Company under a new name, or rebran
This game is a PC version of the arcade classic game which is known in the arcade as "Pengo". In Pango the object is to kick around blocks (of ice in the arcade, here they just look like ... blocks ...) in order to defeat your enemies. There doesn't seem
Similar to AckAck (on page one of the Action section) but with a bit more polish. From the creators of the excellent Hexxagon game comes this one ... I don't like this game as much, it feels a bit like Missile Command but it's just not the same. The idea
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