As I've probably said before, demakes are a pretty cool thing. The idea of playing Halo on an Atari 2600 won't cause anybody to cancel their pre-order of Reach but it might give you a few minutes of amusement. Halo 2600 is a surprisingly capable game, actually. You control Master Chief through four regions, gunning down Covenant forces while you search for the key to the next area. It's not easy. A single shot will take you out, unless you have collected a shield which gives lets you take an extra shot before croaking.  When I started it up and saw the opening ... [Link] [Cache]

Now that it’s all over, I have a confession to make. I came into this assignment with some preconceptions about the ZX Spectrum, none of them flattering. However, if there’s anything I’ve learned over these past three months, it’s that the Spectrum isn’t so much a computer or a game system as it is a deeply personal experience. Taken solely on the merits of the hardware, the Spectrum is not very impressive… it was designed as cheaply as possible, to get it into as many homes as possible, and the hardware suffers for it. However, that low price point opened ... [Link] [Cache]

Bayonetta as a shmup; Dead Space on the Game Boy; and Brutal Legend as, what else, a graphical adventure. There isn't a single miss among this gallery of de-makes done over the past couple of years by Swedish artist Junkboy. Some of these aren't new and may have been published elsewhere before. But they're all here in one place, and despite their small size, are full of detail waiting to be studied. Red Dead Redemption done in a Gun.Smoke style was kind of funny, at least to me. Capcom's other western? Red Dead Revolver, which it dropped and sold to ... [Link] [Cache]

Sort of a cross between Adventure and Berzerk is "Halo 2600" by Ed Fries, a clever little timewaster that riffs on the tropes of Atari 2600 game design, especially the snicker-inducing bleep-bloop Halo Theme in the intro.Controls are arrows to move and space to shoot - but you need to pick up the gun, which is in the first screen above your starting point. You'll also snag items like shields and a key. You don't have up or down shooting, just left or right. But one hit does the trick on all foes - especially the hilarious three-elite fireteam that ... [Link] [Cache]

529 Free Awesome Games! Stand aside Cassette 50. STAND ASIDE. [Link] [Cache]