gHacks technology news » browser game http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Play Nintendo 8-bit games in your browser http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/09/play-nintendo-8-bit-games-in-your-browser/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/09/play-nintendo-8-bit-games-in-your-browser/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:56:38 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/09/play-nintendo-8-bit-games-in-your-browser/ I really loved the 8-bit gaming systems. I was pretty much a Sega fan back then and only played some Nintendo games like Super Mario Brothers or Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I did however follow the news and games and know lots of old classic games that came out for that Nintendo video game system and I actually bought a few already on my Nintendo Wii using the Virtual Console.

Still, it’s sometimes nice to just play a quick game and that’s where browsers excel. Nintendo 8 is a website that has huge list of available games that can be played in the browser which has to support Java because the games are emulated in a Java applet.

You can choose to browse a category like Action and RPG or browse all available games. Every category except the one that lists all games displays a preview image of the game. A click on the title or screenshot loads the game. Controls are usually the arrow keys for directions, B-key being Z, A-key being X, Start key being enter and Select mapped to CTRL.

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Games are fast loading and performance is fine. Excellent way to spend some free time.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/09/play-nintendo-8-bit-games-in-your-browser/feed/ 4 Weekend Fun Treasure of the Cutlass Reef http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/12/weekend-fun-treasure-of-the-cutlass-reef/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/12/weekend-fun-treasure-of-the-cutlass-reef/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:06:48 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/12/weekend-fun-treasure-of-the-cutlass-reef/ I wrote about some real heavyweights the last Fridays which is why I would like to write about a pretty interesting flash game today. Treasure of the Cutlass Reef is a game that reminded me a little bit of the oldschool Pirates on the C-64 back in the time when wonderful games would fit on a disk that had storage capacities of less than one Megabyte.

The basic task of the player is to reach the Treasure of the Cutlass Reef by beating enemy Pirates and their Armadas that try to stop him from reaching the Treasure. What makes this game stick out is the fact that you can upgrade your ship after each victory. This requires some basic strategic thinking: Do I add more Pirates, more cannons or want a faster ship ?

The battles are much like those if Pirates on the C-64. Your ship starts at the bottom of the screen and enemy ships appear at the top. Unlike Pirates however the screen does not scroll at all and your ship can’t reach the top of the screen. This is probably the only aspect of the game that is not that well done.

treasure of the cutlass reef

Graphics are well done and the effects are nice as well. The game becomes extremely difficulty at the end because a lot of enemy ships enter the battle at the same time all with more men and cannons than your ship.

It is possible to save the game after each battle which do not last longer than 5-10 minutes each.

Play:

Treasure of the Cutlass Reef

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/12/weekend-fun-treasure-of-the-cutlass-reef/feed/ 3 Play the original Lemmings in your browser http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/05/play-the-original-lemmings-in-your-browser/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/05/play-the-original-lemmings-in-your-browser/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:24:44 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/05/play-the-original-lemmings-in-your-browser/ I enjoyed the original Lemmings game on my Commodore Amiga 500 but lost interest when the series evolved. Let me explain the rules in case you never heard about Lemmings before. Your task is to complete all the levels of the game by directing enough Lemmings from the entrance of the level into the level exit.

The only thing that the Lemmings are doing is walking and it is your task to order them to do certain tasks to cross obstacles of the level. Orders are for instance to block other Lemmings, digg through the soil, use parachutes to land safely or build bridges. The most important aspect is timing of course and you can change the speed that new Lemmings appear in the level.

If you need to build a large bridge for instance you could slow down the speed to make sure that no Lemming falls down a bridge that is not completely build yet. Currently 40 levels of the original game have been implemented and the author aims to create all 120 levels of the game.

Beginners should start with the Fun difficulty setting which explains all the different actions that you can assign to the Lemmings. This is great fun and should work in most browsers.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/01/unbelievable-ego-shooter-that-plays-in-browser/feed/ 5 Quake as a browser game ? http://www.ghacks.net/2005/11/07/quake-as-a-browser-game/ http://www.ghacks.net/2005/11/07/quake-as-a-browser-game/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:29:38 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=108 Now this one is nicely done, although its just a presentation demo and consists only of a small part of the first quake level its astonishing what can be achieved with macromedia shockwave this days.

I suppose everyone knows the original quake game which was fun to play, especially because of the coop story mode part where you could play the game with your friends in coop mode.

Take a look at this great remake, and keep an eye on it, if they continue it will become an excellent conversion.

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