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- The House of Games -
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Welcome to The House of Games
This site is dedicated to bringing you all those great games from the past which are now known as abandonware or abandongames. You'll find reviews, screenshots, solutions and more. Also many games were released for
multiple systems and if they are available we'll put them on the site as well.
I vowed to complete every game on this site so games might not be added as quickly as other sites but it does
mean you are sure that the games are in complete working order.
Now run along and check out those games :p
Happy gaming to all.
Erde Kaiser
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| May-04-2012 13:38 |
Whooo |
Wow an update only one week after the last one!
I will try to keep it up but no promises because you never know what's going to happen.
Right now I'm trying to build more of an online presence and get into the webmarketing business.
I'm quite fed up with how companies work and if I can get my own business running I won't have to cater
to someone elses whims. I know it's hard work but I don't mind working it's just when decisions someone makes who has no knowledge whatsoever
about what my job entails affects how I have to do my job.
Anyway enough rambling and here are some manuals and solves I managed to find for some older games.
A scanned and text manual plus a solve for Uninvited - a first person adventure game from ICOM simulations who made Deja VU. In it
you are stranded in an old mansion after you car breaks down and have to face countless dangers to get out.
A scanned manual and some instructionsfor Test drive - A driving game where you can pick from five sportscars including a Ferrari
Testarossa and a Lamborghini Countach and drive them around a mountain road while avoiding your average drivers and police.
A scanned manual and a solve for Plan 9 from outer space - Billed as the worst movie of all time. The game is a quite
enjoyable adventure game.
A text manual for Out run - The first game I ever owned for my Commodore 64! It's a straightup racing game
in which you drive a Ferrari Testarossa against lovely scenery.
A text manual for Night breed - the interactive movie - An adventure games based on the movie where you are
the savior of the Night Breed, a strange group of mutant outcasts hiding from humanity.
A text manual for Night breed - the action game - An action game based on the same movie. This game has
nothing on the interactive movie.
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| Apr-25-2012 22:53 |
Oh my |
Now now my last post and update was an extremely long time ago, 8 months almost to the day. Like I said last time I
was busy with my new house and all and it takes a huge amount of time to get a new house ready to live in especially if
you do almost all the work by yourself.
I was somewhat burned out once I finished though and also cut my hand during the work with a saw which was rather unpleasant.
Luckily it wasn't that deep but I do have an extra scar now though.
Right now I'm very eager to get back into the game and I am starting to get busy with my online presence again. I finally
had the time to play some games but I didn't want to get into too much action right away so I decided to play a really
unorthodox game. El-Fish was designed by Alexey Pajitnov who also created
Tetris. El-Fish is about having and taking care of an aquarium filled with fishes. That sounds rather boring but
the fish is where the real interesting bit of the game is. You can catch fish in a huge variety but once you do you can
evolve or breed them with fish you already have to make entirely new and wonderfull species. There is an almost infinite
number of variations possible in terms of shape and color.
Once you're done with that you can animate them and the program will calculate all the frames of animation for
your new species.
If you're bored with the tank you can design one from the ground up and there's plenty for you to put in. The game
even has a fractal generator that will make plants unique each team you plant one even if it's the exact same species.
When you're done with all that you can just sit back and watch your fishes swim happily in your tanks.
El-Fish is a weird game, you can even go as far as saying it's not even really a game. I was never able to properly play
it when it was released because on my 386 PC it took hours before rendering the fish was done. Nowadays with these fast PCs
it still takes a couple of minutes but that's nothing. I quite enjoyed the game and you can't really get any more
alternative than this, it's a must see even if you don't fancy this sort of thing.
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| Aug-26-2011 22:31 |
Three months |
| You can't imagine the amount of things happening right now, selling my house,
buying a new one, preparing to move and all. Not too mention all other stuff like
work and many other things that have prevented me from doing updates. Since I
haven't moved yet to my new house I'm not sure when the next update will be but
I'll try not to wait as long as this one. Since time was in short supply I played
an platform game called Yo! Joe!
where you play as Joe or Nat trying to stop an evil gang from locking up an oracle.
Fight your way across six vastly different levels and play a flying minigame in
between to gain lives. The game is quite short but everything is done very well
so at least you'll have a good time while it does last. |
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| May-21-2011 00:12 |
Finally an update |
Jikes! it's been two months since the last update which is the longest the site has gone without one.
There was a very good reason though, two months ago we heard my company was going to restructure our departmant and
we knew there were some people who were going to be let off.
I forced myself to study fast and hard to get some certificates which I had been pushing forward somewhat.
I was quite pleased to finally get my certificate for Microsoft Certified IT Professional: enterprise admin 2008 which
should give me a good chance to at least stay where I am now.
Today I had my talk with the managers and all and I was pleasantly surprised because not only could I stay but I even
got a promotion because of my hard work! Pfff what a busy two months it's been but I can relax a bit now.
Now that my job's fine I can finally add another game!
Z-out is the sequel to X-out,
which are both scrolling shooters not unlike the famed R-type. X-out was a lot
more unique though taking place underwater and letting you buy different ships
and weapons and letting you arrange them the way you wanted. Z-out removes all
of that and is a more straightup shooter, sadly this means it's nowhere near as
good as the first game. It's not bad just not great like X-out, why not try both
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| Mar-18-2011 21:39 |
8 manuals |
It's been a while since I added manuals so that's what I did, 8 manuals to be exact.
Persian Gulf inferno -
Terrorists treathen to blow up an oil rig and you are the only one who can stop them.
Millenium 2.2 - A strategy game where you are send to colonize another system after earth
has been rendered uninhabitable however aliens are there trying to do the same thing.
Oil imperium - Drill for black gold all around the world and make a fortune, a great
business game with arcade sections.
Katakis - A fun scrolling shooter like R-type.
Jimmy White's wirlwind snooker - A snooker sim featuring Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White. Not much of a looker but great gameplay
Gold of the Aztecs - An incredibly difficult arcade game where you
go after the Aztec treasure and try to make it out alive. Try completing this without a trainer, I did and it gave me
great satisfaction when I finally did!
Escape from Colditz - Control four P.O.W. and try to
escape from the German prison during WW2, great fun dispite the setting.
Dinopark tycoon - Build your own zoo filled with dinosaurs! |
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| Feb-25-2011 23:18 |
Weekend |
Thank goodness it's weekend because I really need it. It's not I can relax and stuff because I have things to do in the
weekend as well. I was barely to make an update but it's here so enjoy.
It's no fun in the future if you are disruptive to society because you are sent
to far away planets to explore but what they don't tell you is that they often
sabotage your ship. Now stranded on this unknown planet you must find a telepatic
woman calling for you as you need each other to escape. Robinson's
requiem is an RPG but with a lot of freeroaming and realism. You can get
sick from many different things apart from the creatures wanting a piece of you.
It's pretty unique because if a limb get infected you can actually amputate it
to save yourself, nasty stuff. This game is fairly unique and though it has some
issues overall it's well worth your time. |
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| Feb-11-2011 14:33 |
gotta move |
I have to run to pick up my little girl so here's todays update.
Voodoo nightmare is an action
adventure game in which you must run around the jungle collecting pins that you
can use on a voodoo doll of an evil witch doctor. He has put a mask on you covering
your whole upper body and there is no way to remove it without him. You will have
to figure your way through five dungeons and the jungles in between to stop this
voodoo nightmare.
Highly enjoyable stuff this and some nice touches in gameplay so well worth it. |
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Sitestats
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17-May-2012
Games: 423
Utils: 30
Manuals: 210
Solves: 89
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