Official Out of this World remake out this Friday
Posted by inpheaux on April 12th, 2006 at 11:01 pm15 years after the original release, and an untold number of ports later to every platform under the sun, Out of this World (or Another World if you're from foreign parts) is coming back to the PC. Earlier today (or yesterday, or tomorrow, or something. Damn you, timezones!) Out of this World's creator, Eric Chahi, [...]
Starforce: Piracy Advocates?
Posted by inpheaux on March 12th, 2006 at 6:56 amThis is a very simple and incredibly stupid little story.
Back on the 2nd, Stardock posted some news on their site congratulating themselves over the fact that their latest game - Galactic Civilizations II - was doing quite decently in retail sales, despite being an under-hyped independent release with no super-intrusive copy protection.
A few days later, [...]
Home-Made Animated LED Pac-Man Bike Rims
Posted by inpheaux on March 9th, 2006 at 12:07 amThis is the geekiest thing i have seen in months and I love it. This post over on Instructables [a user-editable pictorial instruction guide for all manner of intersting things] details how to make your very own animated bike-wheel display.
It works due to persistance of vision: if the LEDs attached to the wheel move fast [...]
Bride of ‘Indie Games You Should Know’
Posted by inpheaux on March 5th, 2006 at 5:17 pmIt's March, so I guess it's time for another Indie Games You Should Know. I've got a lot of things to cover today.
GridWars - A freeware PC/Mac clone of the Xbox Live smash-hit 'Geometry Wars'. If you've played Geometry Wars, you know what to expect. It's a very good clone of the game. If you [...]
Return of Indie Games You Should Know
Posted by inpheaux on February 5th, 2006 at 6:35 amOh yes, it's time for another installment of our ongoing series "Indie Games You Should Know".
First up today, a game I've had installed for quite awhile now, Break Quest. Break Quest is at its core a very solid breakout clone, where you control a paddle and use it to bounce a ball to break bricks [...]
Shall we play a Game?
Posted by inpheaux on December 26th, 2005 at 5:12 amHow about Global Thermonuclear War?
Introversion Software recently announced their third game. The followup to their two previous critically acclaimed indie games Uplink and Darwinia will be a game called Defcon. A quick look at either of the two screenshots currently released make it pretty clear: Defcon is a Global Thermonuclear War simulator.
Details are rather sparse [...]
Good news for King’s Quest Fans
Posted by King_Andy on December 10th, 2005 at 1:59 pmAs a follow up to our story about Vivendi Universal Games (current owners of Sierra Entertainment) shutting down fan-made sequels to their beloved franchises, we have some good news. "Kings Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining" from Phoenix Online Studios is back on track and has been given a 'fan license' to [...]
More Indie games you should know
Posted by inpheaux on November 6th, 2005 at 6:55 amWelcome to another thrilling installment of 'Indie Games You Should Know', a periodic segment here at DPad where we bring the existence of certain notable Independent Games to your attention. In particular, today we've got two games for you and one giant project full of a bunch of little games, so lets get started.
Cloud - [...]
Unofficial Kings Quest Sequel Shut-down. Fans feign shock.
Posted by King_Andy on October 10th, 2005 at 12:14 amRecently LucasArts Entertainment shut down a fan effort to reproduce Maniac Mansion for more modern hardware. The fan game was to be called Maniac Mansion Deluxe, and included all new art and software, but it's gone now; shut down by LucasArts' legal department. Now Vivendi Universal (current owners of the sizable Sierra game library) has [...]
Chronic Logic Trashes RTSes
Posted by Akaishi on September 28th, 2005 at 3:20 amNo, it's no kind of political statement. Chronic Logic, the developers of such marvels as Pontifex II and Tryptich, has released "Trash": a 3D realtime strategy buildfest set in a post-apocalyptic future of ruins, Mad Max-ish combat vehicles and bizarre mutants.
While on cursory examination it doesn't seem to bring much new to the genre, it [...]