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| Aug-13-2010 14:50 |
friday the 13th |
I'm on a roll here with regular updates again, that doesn't actually mean I have
loads of time on my hands though as I'm still swamped. I guess prioritizing is
an important thing as I've dropped some timeconsuming activities in favor of the
more fun/usefull ones, why don't you try the same?
Oh I just saw it's friday the 13th, good luck all :)
I added Ecstatica which is a sort
of survival horror adventure in which you are a traveler stopping by a small village
to stock up on supplies but find that it's overrun with monsters and the villagers
gone or being bullied by the creatures. You are put in the part of the hero as
you try to find out what's going on and how to stop it before it grabs you by
the feet and pull you under. Graphically is has a very distinct style with spheres
used instead of rectangular polygons which is easier on the hardware but it also
give the characters a very cuddly look which is bad in a survival horror game.
It's still and excellent game though a bit on the short side. |
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| Aug-06-2010 17:02 |
Weekly updates? |
Wow an update a week after the last one, well it doesn't mean I have loads of time or anything since I'm still
grappling with taking care of a baby and all. It's all going a lot better now and in my free time I can even
get some work done. I must say though that it's giving me quite a lot of energy which is good :)
This time I added a really simple game but that's because it was released in 1982
at the time the Commodore 64 was released as well. It's called Tooth
invaders in which you play a man (or something like that) who has to clean
teeth and defend them from germs and nasty bugs using his trusty old floss and
toothbrush. The entire game is extremely simple as your character is literaly
just a stick figure. I remember playing this game back then for quite a while
though but now it's more for nostalgia than anything else. |
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| Jul-30-2010 16:28 |
A baby girl! |
Well my wife gave birth to a baby girl last week and things have been hectic to say the least, taking care of a little
baby is quite a task. Happily wife and daughter are all well and I have taken a couple of weeks of vacation to get used
to this huge change. It's tiring but I can tell you it's all worth it looking at my baby.
I still can't believe I'm actually a daddy now :)
Also The House of Games has been around for almost six years now and with the addition of one game it has now reached the
400 mark in terms of games on the site. Actually when you add all the different console/system versions you actually
get to a grand total of 1194! Amazing huh.
Anyway the 400th game added is one of my most memorable early PC games, it's Wing
Commander by Origin. It's a sort of a space opera action shooter in which
the Terran race has been in a war with the Kilrathi for over 20 years now. The
Kilrathi are a catlike species and are very agressive towards the Terrans. You
are fresh out of the academy and assigned to the Tiger's Claw (how ironic) in
the Vega sector. You must do missions like search and destroy and escorting freighters
but in between you can chat with fellow pilots to get to know them and advance
the plot as well. The game featured incredible 3D graphics (altough it's actually
2D bitmaps) for the time and was easily able to slow down the fastest PC's available
then which was unheard of then. It's a very long running series and it's a must
have for any collector. |
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| Jul-10-2010 09:29 |
Worldcup soccer |
In case you hadn't notices the worldcup soccer in South Africa is almost reaching it's highlight with today the
runnerup match between Germany and Uruguay and tomorrow Spain vs. the Netherlands. Usually I'm not really into
soccer but since this is a special event I don't mind watching it.
I thought it would be fun seeing the circumstances to add a soccer game which
I did in the form of sensible soccer
by who other than sensible software. This game was the start of a longrunning
series of soccer games that rivalled kick off for it's almost sole supremacy in
the genre. There's the now wellknown options of play like single, local or worldcup
but the game's main point is in it's micromanagement where you can pick from teams
and even players from many countries and teams. Later versions and sequels added
even more up to the point where you could play almost in every country around
the world and even manage your team as well. This one isn't that elaborate yet
but it has the beginnings of a great series already. |
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| Jun-26-2010 23:23 |
One more update |
The update is a day late but hey busy and stuff with work, I might be getting a new position soon because of some
very good work I managed to do (and show the managers) so fingers crossed.
The game added is King's Quest 3: to heir
is human, the third installment of this longrunning adventure game series.
You are the son of Graham from the first games but you were snatched by an evil
wizard to act as a servant until your eighteenth birthday at which time he will
get rid of you afraid that you will learn magic and turn against him. Now before
you turn eightteen you must find a way to get rid of the wizard once and for all.
Your quest isn't complete after that though because you must return to Daventry
and save your twin sister from the three headed dragon that has been terrorising
the land after you were kidnapped. The game's a lot longer than the previous two
games which is excellent but the part with the wizard is timed (in realtime) which
is a bit annoying. Still if you like the series this is a musthave. |
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| Jun-11-2010 19:47 |
Manuals galore |
I was able to quite a few manuals but unfortunately only of them is a scanned one, still it's better than having no
manual at all is it. Here are the manuals:
Harley Davidson - a game about your journey from east to west on your bike
for the great gathering at Sturgis.
Future wars - (scanned manual) an adventure where a simple window washer get's
caught up in a plot involving time travel!
Kick Off - a hectic topdown view soccer game.
Joan of Arc - the siege and the sword - a tactical game much like defender of
the crown set during the 15th century of France where you must battle the English.
Sinbad and the throne of the falcon - an interactive adventure game about
Sinbad the sailor helping a princess defeat a dark prince.
Wings of fury - a cool action game where you fly a fighter in the pacific
during world war 2.
Zombi - an adventure game modeled after dawn of the dead where four people
in a helicopter stop at a mall in search for fuel to escape the hordes of zombies.
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| Jun-04-2010 23:08 |
overdrive |
The company I work for just finished a move to a new building so things have been a bit hectic the last weeks but overall things are now calming
down after the big bang. I'm just hanging on for a couple of weeks before my first baby is coming around after which I'm
off duty for a month which I'm sure I'll be needing. Untill it's that time though I've got some spare time and
I've added another game.
Overdrive is a topdown racing game
which was quite popular in the 90's. The twist is that you can drive different
kind of vehicles like GP cars, 4x4 and others on different tracks which is nice.
Not spectacular but fun enough to keep you occupied for a while at least. |
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| May-16-2010 21:30 |
Rise of the Dragon |
I'm making a special update just for this game as Rise
of the Dragon is probably one of my favorite adventure games there is.
The game features a blade runner style future in which you must find the ultimate
badguy who has come back after a thousand years and now using drugs is going to
take over the city. It has a firstperson point and click interface and also a
semi freestyle sort of play in which you can do things in your own order and there's
even multiple endings as well.
I was donated the 16-color EGA version which is surprisingly good and ofcourse the gameplay is all in there.
This is really only added as a collectable because you'll probably pick up the regular vga version but to me this is
what the site is all about. |
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| May-07-2010 20:43 |
Just married! |
Well that's it I'm now officially a married man not that it feels differently
or anything since we were basically "married" a long time ago. Anyway no honeymoon for us since we
already did that as well so it's back to the regular business :)
I added a pinball game today called the ultimate
pinball quest which as the title suggests actually has a story about three
witches who have stolen the six elements and you will have to play pinball to
get them back. Pretty weird and unique but the pinball part is pretty much standard.
Still it's quite unique so that's always worth a try. |
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| Apr-30-2010 23:05 |
Big day coming! |
Well I've been telling you how I've been busy and all that which is really true. Well it's only a few days before monday and I'm getting married then can you believe it? Hahaha I never thought that would be happening a few years ago but hey I'm also getting older so time for a change eh.
Anyway I managed to add one update before the end of the month, I'm not sure
I'll be doing more updates but I'll try to manage at least a couple each month.
The game added is called universal warrior,
in which you pilot a droid around a maze dodging other machines, trying to find
the exit and make some money in the process. Between levels you can buy upgrades
and even insurance for your droid's parts which apparently was never done before
and has not been done after. It's quite a fun game even though there's zero story
and all but some games don't need that anyway.
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| Apr-09-2010 21:26 |
moving servers |
| I was forced to change hosting servers and it took ages to move all the files
since my upload speed is horrible. We're back up and running though so time for
an update. I added Gateway to the Savage
Frontier, one of the gold box games released by SSI in 1991. Following
the standard formula you create a group of heroes to go on an adventure in this
case to first get some revenge on the guys who drugged you during a party and
stole all your goodies. Ofcourse like in all RPG stories the plot quickly turn
into a huge affair with a nasty group called the Zhentarim trying to take over
all of the Savage Frontier and it's up to you to stop them. Fans of SSI RPG's
should feel right at home with this one. |
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| Mar-19-2010 22:50 |
bla |
| Man I've been not only busy but extremely busy and it's all to do with things like
wife, work that sort of thing. I don't know if I can manage more updates the coming
times so I'll just do them when I can and not promise anything. For today I added
Powerboat USA in which you can pick up
a Don Johnson special and race it around Miami. There's plenty of options as well
as a course editor though it's a bit simplistic. |
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| Feb-28-2010 19:46 |
What's going on? |
Well we've gone a whole month without an update which is because a whole lot of private affairs, nothing bad though but I can no do stuff
just by myself and think about myself since I've gotten married and all. It's not bad at all but you have to set priorities don't you.
Anyway I managed to make an update just before the end of the month in the form of Space quest: the Sarien encounter, the first in the space quest series. Take control of Roger Wilco, a janitor, on board the starship Arcada which has been ransacked by the Sariens. Being the only one left it's up to you to get back the generator they have stolen and it will take all of your wits (and luck) to get it back. This is one of the best series by Sierra in my opinion so get it while you can. |
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| Jan-31-2010 23:14 |
What! No update? |
| Hmmm it's already the end of the month and I only did one update so far... well I guess this is also still within the month by an hour haha. Well the game I added is called outlands which is a srolling shooter with a simple story about aliens wiping out most of humanity and you are their last and only hope. It has all the stuff you would expect like powerups and a such and there is also a two-player simultanious mode. Unfortunately that's basically it, nothing new here just a regular shooter I'm afraid so unless you really like that sort of thing there are better shooters out there.
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| Jan-15-2010 22:43 |
happy new year! |
First off I wish everybody a very happy new year, a bit late I know but still.
Wow things have been rather hectic this year, lot's of things happening for me and such but I can't tell what exactly just yet. I am also planning a servermove because my current provider might be quitting in the near future, ah well we will see I've got a backup plan in the works.
As for the update I found some manuals which I added, here they are:
A scanned manual for Heart of China, a first person adventure game from Dynamix.
A scanned manual for Law of the west, a game in which you play a sheriff of a wild west town.
Text manuals for Yes prime minister!, made after the tv series, and The saga of Erik the Viking a text adventure game.
Also a minimanual for Hunchback, but hey a simple game doesn't need too big a manual anyway.
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| Dec-26-2009 13:17 |
Merry Christmas |
| First of all I wish everybody a merry Christmas even though I'm a day late. I think this will be the last update for this year so I added an adventure game, one of my favorite genres of old and almost retired these days. Return of the Phantom is based on the famous play/book and at the night of the opening things start to unfold just like in the play with a chandelier falling on the audience. You'll have to investigate but soon you'll find that it's no accident and the phantom is actually running around the place! It's up to you to stop him once and for all. The game's pretty good altough a bit on the easy side but still worth checking out. |
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| Dec-18-2009 21:02 |
Two more weeks |
Only two more weeks till the end of the year, my how quickly the time has passed hasn't it.
I was send a manual for the sacred armor of antiriad by a friendly visitor of the site, he send me more manuals in the past which I greatly appreciate. To this end I started looking for more manuals and I was able to find some more which I also added to the site.
Two text manuals:
Deja vu, a fantastic (imho) point and click adventure in which you must prove yourself innocent of a murder.
Sword of Sodan, a hack and slash game with huge sprites and plenty of gore.
Three scanned manuals:
California games, one of the games series from epyx
Klax, a simple but very good puzzle game
The sacrad armor of Antiriad, a plaftorm game in which one man must find the armor from legends to fight of alien invaders.
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| Dec-11-2009 11:11 |
The end is near |
| Well the end is near, actually it's just the end of the year coming around soon hahaha. Depending on the circumstances
I'll probably do two more updates this year. This time I added an adventure game based on a comic called the quest for the time bird. You take control of two and later more characters in your search for the imprisoned god who will be freed in a couple of days. Once you find the old god's prison you will still have to find the time bird where you can take care of him once and for all. The game is played from a map where you can travel across the land and each location is overlayed as a picture on top of another. Gameplay is somewhat trial and error but overal it's still quite good. |
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| Dec-05-2009 18:02 |
a day late |
I'm a day late with the update because of work (once again), I'm wondering how things will turn out for the new year though which is almost around the corner. Well you can't really see into the future anyway and I'd rather spend time on real things instead of thinking about them.
The game I added today is called the Oregon trail in which you take charge of a family of pioneers heading to the westcoast of the United States. There are loads of dangers apart from just trying to survive like fast moving rivers, poisenous snakes and disease are all part of the journey. The game can be quite unforgiving and you'll have to get over losing a family member if you're not carefull. The graphics have been updated from the first version released 10 years before this one, the biggest change is the hunting minigame which is now a first person affair. The game sounds a bit geeky but it's a classic so get on with it. |
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| Nov-27-2009 16:50 |
eating fun |
I went out to eat this afternoon but I'm eating out tonight as well pfff it's a good thing I practised eating a lot for a long long time hahaha. I better get prepared for dinner because eating out requires that if you're to eat a lot :)
Well today's update is quite rare, it's a strategy game called Omega in which you must wage a ground war but this being a civilized world people don't actually get hurt (a lot). You must program tanks with their own set of rules creating a basic artificial intelligence so they can battle computerized tanks from the opposing faction. You can test your programming in a testing environment and you'll need it if you are to win the war. There's one catch though, I haven't got a manual and to really get to grips with the progamming language you're better off reading it. You can do a lot of trying and stuff or use logic and testing to figure it out which is probably why I quite like it. If you're into that then surely you'll like it as well but I'm sure it's not for everyone. |
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| Nov-21-2009 19:58 |
Uncle |
Well a lot can happen in a short time but I won't bore you and list them all I can tell you I became an uncle again, maybe I'll teach him about all those classic games if he is big enough haha :)
Well now here is todays update and it's and motorcycle racing game called Road Rash but there's a catch, you not only have to drive your bike fast and hard but you will have to fight with your opponents if you are to win! Driving fast is easy but not so much when there someone with a chain swinging at you, with some skill though you can relieve your opponents from their weapons and use them for yourself. You'll slowly gain more money so you can buy better bikes and race with the big boys. Road rash is quite a fun game and it spawned several sequels so there are plenty of fans, maybe you'll be one too after playing. |
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| Nov-13-2009 17:08 |
Friday the 13th |
| Well an update on friday the 13th, not that I believe in that thing anyways but the movies were (slightly) entertaining. I haven't got any game to add in the theme but I added an adventure called Nippon safes inc. It's the predecessor to big red adventure and it also stars the same three people. You can control three characters during points of the game and each will have to find their own path trying to find out what exactly is going on with Nippon safes and the mad scientist at the start of the game. I've seen sites that praise the game for it's humor but too be honest I didn't find it very humerous at all. It depends a bit on your own taste I guess, you might like the game much more than I did so check it out for yourself. |
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| Nov-07-2009 17:57 |
Here it is |
HA! You didn't think I would miss the first update after my vacation did you! Well here is the update. I added an action game called New York warriors which is set in an apocalyptic future where gangs roam the streets and even the bums carry AK-47's with which they want to stop you. It's a topdown shooter with plenty of powerups and enemies galore. Some of them are quite weird like the gang called the Ramboids who look a lot like John Rambo. Anyway it's a pretty simple game but there plenty of action and a good way to get some of that aggression out of your system.
On another note, the abandoned places webring hadn't been update for quite a long time but now they are back complete with a new design so go check that out as well. |
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| Oct-30-2009 14:57 |
Back from vacation |
| I'm back again! That month of vacation went by far to quickly as far as I'm concerned,
too bad I had to come back and go back to work but I guess there nothing much
I can do about that (yet). I hope I'll be doing more regular updates instead of
once a month which is rather slacking so today I added an interactive fiction
title called Ooze: creepy nites
in which you inherited an old mansion but it seems to be haunted so it's up to
you to find out what's the cause and put a stop to it so you actually have a use
for it. There's graphics and even sound effects in some places so it's not completely
text based. |
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| Sep-19-2009 15:00 |
Big news! |
I can't believe it's been a month since my last update but I have been real busy and stuff. I've said that lots of times before but it was always work related but not this time. I'm getting married in a few days after which I'll be going abroad on a well earned vacation/honeymoon. I think it's quite amazing I managed to find a woman at all sitting behind my computer so much and playing abandoned games hahaha.
I won't be updating for a while but don't think I'm out, I'll be back soon and be updating the site again.
Anyway I've added a scrolling shooter called UN squadron which is quite good. Also Mr Stefan also send me another manual this time for the Neverending story, so thank him for that one.
I'll be seeing you all soon.
Greetings,
Erde |
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| Aug-18-2009 19:14 |
Going abroad |
I though I'd do an update because this friday I'm abroad and not able to do anything.
The dark half is a game after the book of the same name by Stephen King, it's about an evil twin, or your dark half, committing all sorts of crimes and framing you for it. It's up to you to stop him and make sure he doesn't do it again. This is a pretty standard graphic adventure and there's nothing really to make it stand out from all the other adventures out there. If you like Stephen King novels though you might want to give it a go, the game isn't that bad or hard so you could have some fun with it anyway. |
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| Aug-07-2009 11:16 |
extremely busy |
| I've been extremly busy and stuff because of this Mexican flu as my company deals
with such matters and all, I haven't had much time off because of this so not
a lot of funstuff for me to do. I was able to sneak in some time and I added a
game called Narco police in which
drugbarons practically rule the world and have set up a huge island factory producing
the white stuff. You are head of an elite police force tasked with infiltrating
and destroying the lab for good. The game's action based but there is a huge maze
which you have to figure out apart from the automated defences and troops. You
also have access to a terminal with which you can do extra actions like launching
missiles, call for backup and even hack the defence computers. Pretty cool game
if you ask me so why not try it yourself? |
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| Jul-24-2009 09:18 |
sigh |
I'm doing a lot of personal things at the moment and I have no idea what kind
of updating schedule I can make but I guess I'll just do them whenever I can.
I added an adventure game from Sierra called the
Colonel's bequest which is somewhat of a departure for Sierra. You play
the part of Laura Bow and you were invited by a friend to the Colonel's house.
He's quite old and doesn't think he will last long and so the battle for the inheritance
starts. It gets out of hand though and people start getting killed left and right
and it's up to you to find the killer before he gets to you as well!
This adventure game departs from the regular humorous ones Sierra normally made and it's all for the better so check it out. |
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| Jul-17-2009 09:59 |
Some manuals |
I was send two scanned manuals by a friendly visitor so many thanks to you Mr.
P. (you know who you are), since I didn't mention disclosing your name in any
e-mail.
The manuals are for Ark Pandora and
Fist 2 - the legend continues both action
adventures for the C64 and pretty good as well.
Anyway I also found and scanned a manual myself for Eye
of the beholder 2 - the legend of Darkmoon which is the best in the trilogy
and one of my favorite old AD&D games.
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| Jul-03-2009 09:03 |
Baseball |
Man the weather is really hot which really drains you, it's a good thing many people from work are going on holiday so I can take a bit of a brake from all that hard work. I still have to work long hours though and I doubt it will change soon so I don't have too much time to update but I'll try to do it when I can.
Today I added a rare game from Cinemaware called TV sports baseball which was the third in the series. For some strange reason it was only released in Europe where baseball isn't very popular at all. There the classic Cinemaware style with television announcements and such before a game but it's not as good as other Cinemaware games. If you like baseball or are a Cinemaware fan you could give it a go though. |
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