Not only does this look gorgeous, it plays fantastically too. The aim’s simple: fly through the rings, with only the up and down arrows on your keyboard for company (and Space for boost). It’s tougher than it looks — but Stunt Pilot 2’s one of those games that rewards you for failure. The little men… Continue reading Stunt Pilot 2
Shift 4
Oh god. If you haven’t played Shifts 1, 2 and 3, go back and play Shifts 1, 2 and 3. Go on. We’ll wait. All done? Fun, wasn’t it? And now you’re perfectly prepared for Shift 4, which expects you to be fully briefed on its brain-sizzling concept: press Shift, and the room flips 180… Continue reading Shift 4
Crunchball 3000
Speedball online, basically. The Amiga futur-o-sport classic hasn’t materialized as an emulated browser game in its own right — but Crunchball 3000 from Ben Olding Games will do very nicely in the meantime. For those new to the idea: run, throw ball, tackle, and don’t bother appealing to the ref — there isn’t one. Even… Continue reading Crunchball 3000
Party Boat
Messhof (aka Mark Essen) has just released this dodge-the-missiles game. It is fun. But it’s only fun when you’ve worked through the three ‘stages of comprehension’, which are: 1. realising that you’re rotating and thrusting, and — oh! — you can suddenly control the blasted helicopter 2. remembering that the title screen told you that… Continue reading Party Boat
Fathom
You must play this. The first few seconds of Fathom’s shooty platforming are pleasant enough: chunky pixels, slick control, synthy sounds. But are you thinking the opening boss battle seems suspiciously hard? You’d be right. Suddenly, Fathom turns into something very beautiful indeed. We won’t spoil the surprise. Except to say that the title will,… Continue reading Fathom