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Monday Mind Teasers: Particle Destroyer

Monday Mind Teasers — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:58:53 +0000

Recently on Reddit, I discovered quite the artistically pleasing recreation of the old Breakout game. Those of you who are flash code fanatics can dig through all of its lines of code here, but since its code credits are in Japanese, I didn't know what else to call it other than Breakout Rainbow Pixel Sex. Thankfully, Brad Rice came to the rescue and translated the information to reveal that Particle Destroyer comes from Kayak Inc.

Be warned, the first half minute is actually quite boring, but this is just to contrast the eye candy that awaits. Instead of a gradual rise in entertainment, the creators decided to bypass pacing issues and just throw maximum stimulation at the player after they've knocked about 20 or so pixels out of the sky. I won't ruin the visual surprise; you'll know when it happens.

However, it's worth pointing out that if you suck and can only hit one pixel at a time, you might want to just hit F5 and start over, since it could take a full minute to get to the excitement, which is clearly too long to wait! If it takes more than four minutes to beat the whole game, then you're doing something wrong.

You can play Particle Destroyer here on Wonderfl. Once you've completed it, there's an unofficial sequel that's even more intense, that was created by a happy Reddit reader. You can play it here.

Retro Gaming Life: My Updated Computer Section! WOOHOO!

Retro Gaming Life — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:38:00 +0000

So I have been finding great deals on some new gadgets to add to my computers and have came up with a decent set up. I have a total of three desktops in the same area. My main one is the fastest one of course with a AMD Athlon tm 64 x2 Duel Core Processor 4800+ 2.5 ghz with 3gb of RAM and a 250gb hard drive. It also came with a built in graphics card but I don't know how good it is since I never play games that use a lot of graphic card power to see the limits. I also have an XP machine with a P4 1.6ghz 40gb hard drive, 1 gb of ram. Of course, this one has XP unlike the other machine main one which has Windows 7 pro on it. This machine also came with a Geforce 2 PCI graphics card which can help run some games as well. Then there is the last desktop which is my "classic" machine. The old timer has a processor of 166mhz Celeron or something like that. It runs Windows 98se well and I took the liberty in installing it a sound blaster 16 card which uses an ISA slot Yeah you don't hear of those anymore . I also added a 4mb graphics card for the old games if needed. It's enough to run them so it's all I needed. And that's not all, photos and more info below!

As you can see in this photo there is PS1 with LCD screen which I use when I am bored out of my mind and want to play a quick game of either Street Fighter Alpha or King of Fighters. There are many other games I have for this little console which is also moded so it opens the doors for tons of new never before seen imports. You can see the monitor next to it is from my main PC while the one on the side with Commander Keen 4 on it is the classic desktop's monitor. I also have two keyboards there, one wireless and the other one with wires. I also have two mice, one wireless and one with wires.

Here is a close up of the keyboard area which also has a USB hub so I can add four extra USB connections. They work well because I have two printers connected to my main PC for work purposes. You can also see my external hard drive which is already full 500 gb of stuff! so I will need to get a new one sometime in the future. I have a lot of discs I need to back up!

So here are my three desktops. From left to right new, middle, old . On top of the new one is the control of the speakers as well as the subwoofer while on top of the middle desktop there is a balance that works via USB that I use to weight the items I sale on ebay so that I can print a shipping label via-paypal. It works great!

Here are my two printers, one laser the big one and one crappy inkjet. I only keep the inkjet because the laser printer only prints in black and white. Inkjet on the other hand can print in color. Besides, I just bought the cartridges for the inkjet like a month ago.
And here is a closer photo of the monster laser printer. It can do everything!! HOORRRAAAYYYY!

So that's it, I should be alright for now with my computers, hope you people liked this entry. It took me a while to put together mainly because the photos are of high resolution and I was using "borrowed" internet to upload them.

DOS Month Day 31: Commander Keen

DOS Month Day 31 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:29:00 +0000

So it's finally over, although I could have mentioned more than 31 titles this wil have to do. I hope to do this next year and pick 31 new titles and add on from there. After today, everything will return back to normal. So time to finish things up, Commander Keen made themselves heard because their creators knew their created engine. This was a base engine for many of the other platformers to come and in my opinion they released the most insanely fun side scrollers of the PC era. Furthermore, who hasn't played classic PC games without bumping into Keen for a fun filled adventure. The original first game is just as amazing as the favorite part 4 and in many ways plays like Mario. You can't go wrong without trying this game. This game is so well known that you can even play it on your PSP Yes I installed and tried it out! . There is just so much fun you can have at home or on the go. I hope you guys enjoyed and tried at least one of the thirty one titles I mentioned during this month and well, back to retro console gaming starting tomorrow. Cya later!

DOS Month Day 30: Dark Forces

DOS Month Day 30 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:25:00 +0000

This game is what Star Wars fans urged for their PCs back in the mid 90s. The game is very exciting and intriguing. The classic Star Wars tunes really keeps me on my guard as you know something is going to happen. This game delivered with great results and is still one of the favorite PC Star Wars games to this day. You can't beat a FPS combined with Star Wars characters. Enjoy!

DOS Month Day 29: Quake

DOS Month Day 29 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:23:00 +0000

And yet another shooter worth a mention. Quake was really something back then and all the way to their sequels, they delivered incredible gameplay. I myself was addicted to Quake 3 multiplayer, but I have very fond memories of the original Quake. This is just another game that leaves you satisfied after a long day of gaming and although it's not that dated, the game is still considered a classic by today's standards.

DOS Month Day 28: Blood

DOS Month Day 28 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:19:00 +0000

And back again with another shooter from the early gaming years. Shooters back then weren't as vast as the ones today especially if you look at the Xbox 360, there are so many of them that in some ways the games start looking like clones of each other. Back in the early 90s there was no exception, games looked and played the same but offered different storylines and game mechanics. Blood is one of them, if you are still not interested in it, well you are just one boring old battle axe! Just kidding....