gHacks technology news » zelda http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Games for the Weekend 2 Zelda Ocarina of Time 2D http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/01/games-for-the-weekend-2-zelda-ocarina-of-time-2d/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/01/games-for-the-weekend-2-zelda-ocarina-of-time-2d/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:03:32 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/01/games-for-the-weekend-2-zelda-ocarina-of-time-2d/ I write about a new game that could make your weekend every Friday. This time it is a remake of a classic game: Zelda Ocarina of Time. The developer created a 2D version of this classic game which can be downloaded from his website. If you remember the original Zelda games on the like the legend of zelda for the nes or a link to the past for the snes you might be in for a suprise. The game looks and feels a lot like those classic Zelda games.

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The file that you have to download is called OOT GB Demo. Please note that this game is currently a demonstration only, I’m not sure how far you can play at the moment, the author however is still developing the game which means that we can except a complete game to be released in the near future.

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The story follows Link, a young boy living with a race called the Kokiri, who is called by the Great Deku Tree and discovers he must go on a quest to amazingly stop a “dark stranger” who lays a curse on the tree, and eventually travels back and forth through time to help save Hyrule from destruction by the forces of evil. (wikipedia)

Enjoy this classic game, please note that you will have to create a save game first before you can start playing the game. Make sure you read the readme file that is included in the download to know about the keys that are used to play the game.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/01/games-for-the-weekend-2-zelda-ocarina-of-time-2d/feed/ 20 Link-o-rama http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/link-o-rama/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/link-o-rama/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:57:45 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/link-o-rama/ I don’t have much time at hand before I go to sleep and decided to post a quick link-o-rama which is in my opinion better than no post at all. The reason for not updating with a second article today was the game 1701 A.D. from Sunflowers. It is a great waste of time so to speak. Let us start with some gaming news; PS3 is out, Wii is out – the next-gen is now officially this gen. Both systems have sold quite well and it seems almost impossible to buy one at the present time.

Take 2 decided to release the orginal Railroad Tycoon game created by Sid Meier for free, you can download it at fileshack. Someone decided to sell a PS3 that was dual booting Linux and the PS3 interface at Ebay but the auction got quickly suspended. He did upload a video to youtube to demonstrate the linux ps3. Last but not least it seems that Sony is loosing about $240 with every PS3 sold while Nintendo is making money from every Wii that is sold.

What else do we have ? Tomshardware published the first article about their How to Build a PC Series. The first part deals with the components without talking about vendors yet. It basically deals with questions about different tower types or hard drive selection.

The ultimate linux / windows system is an article published on linuxjournal.com. Pretty helpful if you know that you will be using both systems for a while. It concentrates on cross-plattform applications and data sharing across both systems.

Last but not least you should pay my dear old friend Everton a visit at his excellent connected internet blog. Do it now :P

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/link-o-rama/feed/ 2 Nintendo Wii Launch Games http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/15/nintendo-wii-launch-games/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/15/nintendo-wii-launch-games/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:12:46 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/15/nintendo-wii-launch-games/ The Nintendo Wii will come out in the United States November 19th, 2006, in Japan on December 2nd, 2006 and in Europe on December 8th, 2006. The Nintendo Wii features a unique method of controlling the action on screen which could revolutionize the way games are played on video game systems. It concentrates on this aspect instead of pure horsepower like the ps3 and xbox 360.

Wikipedia lists 26 games that will be available on launch day in Northern America, some are the usual multi-platform titles but many make good use of the new controlling scheme. Still, only a few rely on the scheme exclusively. A big advantage of Nintendo’s Wii is the price – the basic system including the Wii Sports game costs only $249.99, this is less than half the price of a premium playstation 3 system which does not ship with a game.

Games for the Wii seem to have a lower price as well, most stay close to $50 while PS3 titles are closer to mid-end $50. The Wii still features all those popular games, like Mario, Zelda and Metroid that made Nintendo the biggest player in the video game market which is great for Nintendo fans. It also offers the unique opportunity for different kind of games that have not been possible with normal controllers.

Let us start with the games, I included at least one link to reviews or previews to give you the ability to read more about a specific title that could be of interest to you.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (ign preview)
Barnyard (ign preview)
Call of Duty 3 (ign review: 7.7)
Cars (gamespot review)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (ign preview)
Excite Truck (ign preview)
GT Pro Series (ign preview)
Happy Feet (gamespot review)
Madden NFL 07 (ign preview)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (ign preview)
Metal Slug Anthology (gamespot preview)
Monster 4×4 World Circuit (gamespot review)
Need for Speed: Carbon (ign preview)
Open Season (gamespot preview)
Rapala Tournament Fishing (gamespot preview)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (ign preview)
Red Steel (ign preview)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (ign preview)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (ign review: 8.4)
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (gamespot preview)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (lawrence: 9.9)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (gamespot preview)
Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam (ign preview)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (ign review: 8.0)
Wii Sports (ign review: 7.5, lawrence: 8.9)
World Series of Poker (gamespot preview)

Everyone has of course his own game types that he likes to play, some like Sport games, some racing, some roleplaying games. It is a matter of taste and the Wii should deliver something for everyone. Let us take a look at the most interesting games of some of the most popular categories:

Wii Party Games: Wii Sports included, Rayman Raving Rabbids, probably Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz. Watch out for Wii Play which is a launch title in Europe.
Wii Games you can’t do anything wrong with: Zelda
Unique to the Wii and worth a look: Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Red Steel

Everything else is up to you. If you have not played all those typical games that come out for all systems (Splinter Cell, all EA games, Call of Duty 3 aso you might want to check them out as well.)

I will buy a Wii and use it for games that you can play with friends plus games that use the unique controller for the Wii in a great way. I will not buy conversions, I will not buy all those games that you can buy for every system that comes out. Wii is unique and that is what I want as well, unique games.

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