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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: racing - Recent Posts http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/racing Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: racing - Recent Posts en-US Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:49:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/search.php Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 61 - Free Games for the Weekday - Death Rally" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6503#post-67473 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:41:07 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 67473@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks rO. I've been playing this one recently. The graphics are a little old, but I like the look of the game, although a top down racer (which I always found hard to play) it's a great game (I wouldn't be playing it otherwise). It was originally posted in the Wheeled games thread and then was mentioned as an aside in one of wizzards posts (week 52), but, it hasn't officially been posted in the free games project. So thanks for doing so. I'm looking forwards to seeing what tomorrow brings. I've already got my Wednesday games ready to post. :) Feels strange not posting, but it's also a welcome break. W.R. thewebmaster (DOS Diver) on "Week 61 - Free Games for the Weekday - Death Rally" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6503#post-67463 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:04 +0000 thewebmaster (DOS Diver) 67463@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Very nice RO, thanks for your, and all of the team's work on these things. reverseOrder on "Week 61 - Free Games for the Weekday - Death Rally" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6503#post-67460 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:09:14 +0000 reverseOrder 67460@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Whiterabbit has kindly allowed me to take over some of his days in order to make up for taking over my days for the 1st anniversary special. So I will be posting today and tomorrow. Death Rally is an arcade racing game previously posted here before but only the dos version. This version is a recently released remake that works for Windows. Your only objective is to do whatever it takes to win the race. Earn cash by winning races to purchase upgrades and weapons. This game is pretty fun but it start off difficult until you have enough cash to buy new vehicles and upgrades. <blockquote>Death in the Fast Lane. In late 1996 this top-down racing game took all by surprise with it's addictive nature and excellent gameplay. In 2009, Remedy is proud to announce the free re-release, Death Rally for Windows. The original game, ported to run on modern PCs. The basic idea behind Death Rally: win races, gather more money, buy upgrades to your vehicle. In between wreck your opponents, shoot your way through bystanders and keep the pedal to the metal! Game requirements: Any PC that can run Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit). Please read the readme in the installation package for more information.</blockquote> Default Controls: Arrow keys - throttle, breaking and steering Left Shift - turbo boost Control - shoot left ALT - mines Space - honk the horn Screenshots: <img src="http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy260/reverse_Order/gotd/racing/death%20rally/dr1.jpg"> <img src="http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy260/reverse_Order/gotd/racing/death%20rally/dr2.jpg"> Download (41.5 MB): <a href="http://www.remedygames.com/games/death_rally.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.remedygames.com/games/death_rally.html</a> or <a href="http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/deathrally/full-game/33267.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/deathrally/full-game/33267.html</a> Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63680 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:21:13 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 63680@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Re-volt works on my system (Win XP pro (32 bit) with service pack 3; what’s your platform? If you are unable to get Re-Volt to work, may I suggest you try one or more of the alternatives I've linked to. You will probably require DOSBox for most of them. I can't remember whether I used DOSBox when I first tested their suitability for posting and I don't have the time to recheck them at the moment them? None are large downloads so if you're not keen on using DOSBox, it may still be worth checking them to see if they work in Windows compatibility mode. :) (I hope you don't mind me adding some extra's to this thread Wizz?) I posted some decent freeware, abandonware and free commercial alternatives (as well as some free online multiplayer and browser games in the Wheeled Games thread over a year ago. In particular, and similar to Re-Volt you could try Ignition or Death Valley. Death Rally: <a href="http://www.dos4free.dk/description/Death_Rally/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dos4free.dk/description/Death_Rally/</a> Ignition: <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/107" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/107</a> You’ll also find several commercial games linked via the Wheeled games thread as well as loads of browser games and a great online racer called Darkwind, which sees you racing cars armed with weapons in a post apocalyptic environment: Wheeled Games thread: <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2574#post-17105" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2574#post-17105</a> finally, here’s a great ‘retro’ rally game that I was going to include with this coming Sundays games. It’s not Colin McRae Rally, but for a game that’s around 16 years old it’s not bad. I actually like the retro look. <ul> <blockquote>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</blockquote> </ul> Network Q RAC Rally: <blockquote>This is the first from a long series of similarly-named rally games - all based on the same rally championship. There is not much to say about a rally racing game. You can drive around various rally tracks around the globe. Each rally has 30 drivers, 6 of which can be human (human drivers take turns). You can customize things like their name, age and country, purely for the sake of it. You have 5 cars to choose from: Toyota, Ford, Lancia, Mitsubishi and Subaru. There's more detailed info about each car in-game. You can also set up the tires for the car as weather conditions vary from rain to snow. Not having the appropriate type of tires will make your driving a lot harder. During the race, just use the arrow keys (or whatever you defined in Options) to drive through the course from start to finish, being faster than the other drivers. You can see everything from the driver's seat. There is a speedometer on the bottom-left, minimap on the bottom-middle and a co-driver on the bottom-right that lets you know of whatever lies ahead. The tracks vary a lot in design, but they look pretty similar, and the scenario is pretty pixelly which doesn't help. Although the physics are a bit off, the steering is very simplistic and you just bounce around when you hit the edge of the track, you still have to be careful as the car is prone to damage. Constantly driving at top speed, driving through bumps too fast, lots of braking, messing around with the gearbox, etc. will all damage different parts of the car and make it perform worse. You should pay special attention to the windshield though, since it's the only visible form of damage and if you keep hitting stuff and flipping the car over, it'll eventually break and you'll be kicked out of the rally. If this is too much for you, you can just enable the indestructible mode in game options. You'll still sustain damage, but never lose because of it. You can repair damage after each race, as long as there's enough time to perform the repairs. Finally, so you don't lose your progress when you close the game, you can save the current rally from the main menu, and load it later. This is also useful in case you mess up and want to try again. You can also practice around on 3 different tracks (Easy, Medium and Hard) if you still haven't got the hang of it. </blockquote> Reference: <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/870/Network+Q+RAC+Rally.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/870/Network+Q+RAC+Rally.html</a> accessed Aug 2009 Controls: ! > Increase road draw distance ' > Decrease road draw distance Numpad + > Increase scenario draw distance Numpad - > Decrease scenario draw distance F8 > Road texture F9 > FOV texture Pause > Pause game F10 > Calibrate Joystick F12 > Weather Effects Ctrl + Esc > Quit race (these ones can be changed in Options) F1 > Headup Display F2 > Auto Gear-Box (if using manual, use Up + GearKey to go up a gear and GearKey to go down a gear) F3 > Auto Brake F4 > Indestructible F5 > Display Pace-Notes F6 > Speaking Co-Driver F7 > Rearview Mirror Reviews worth reading: <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3249" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3249</a> download: <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/870/Network+Q+RAC+Rally.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/870/Network+Q+RAC+Rally.html</a> thenameipicked on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63571 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:55:56 +0000 thenameipicked 63571@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I get the same error of "Can't flip display buffers" thewebmaster (DOS Diver) on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63567 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:03:22 +0000 thewebmaster (DOS Diver) 63567@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ ha ha. re-voly. We all make mistakes. I thought I once posted that before... But hey, it's a great game! -Webmaster notblocklox on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63565 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:03:08 +0000 notblocklox 63565@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ :( Not a good game for me! It won't run on my Vista HP SP 2. Not in compatibility mode and not with other graphic resolutions. There is only the start screen and then a black screen with a lovely blue frame. Before I could shut down with the task manager, came a note: Can't flip display buffers. However, thanks wiz. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63564 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:17:59 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 63564@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for the games Wizz. Revolt has been posted twice previously: <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5424#post-57222" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5424#post-57222</a> <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2574#post-17105" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2574#post-17105</a> Though the first time was as part of the wheeled games thread and the second; The Webmaster did spell it revolt rather than re-volt. Still, its a good game to repeat. I hope your studies are going well? :) WR HOSS on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63557 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:10:15 +0000 HOSS 63557@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I downloaded and installed Re-volt with no problems. It plays well on my XP system except that it crashes anytime I try to enter the "Stunt Arena". Other than that I have had a good time with it. It is a fun game. In some racing games you can get so out of control that it is impossible to keep up with the leaders but, not in this game. Thanks Wizzard! :) BTW.. it lists only XP for compatibility. wizzard_of_ozz2004 on "Week 52 - Free Games for the Weekday - Re-Volt and Outbound" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6114#post-63545 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:32:22 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 63545@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Today I have two games for everyone. The first game is a racing game titled Re-Volt. The second game is a Mech game but from a an overhead perspective titled Outbound. Without further ado: Re-Volt <blockquote>I don’t like racing games, it’s become clear to me. I don’t enjoy Gran Turismo, I don’t play Need For Speed, and I only truly played one racing game I enjoyed, Mario Kart. But now, I’ve found another game worthy of being so excellent, so refined and polished, that I can actually go on saying that I love this game. It’s entirely perfect in my eyes, and there couldn’t be a better racing game. That’s a opinion of course, but a opinion needs reasoning, and that’s my next step. The first thing you’ll notice is the standard resolution of Re-Volt, at a low 640-480. Once you’ve made a visit to options, and you’ve set it all the way up to 1024-786, you’ll notice the beauty of this game. Reflective surfaces are everywhere they need to be, the clean floors of a grocery store, the sleek and shiny RC-cars, and the marble floors of a large museum. Effects are vibrant and colorful, not to mention pleasing to the eyes, everything from a flare impacting on another racer, or a oil puddle sending vehicles trailing off with oily skid marks, look perfect. The vehicles in Re-volt aren’t exactly what you’d expect, instead of some Porsche that can speed over 200 MPH, you commandeer small RC cars that zoom around the interiors of various buildings. Although this might drive off the more “hardcore” gaming crowd with it’s initial childishness, missing this would be a foolish mistake. On harder difficulties, the computer racers are brutal and unforgiving, weapons you unleash on other vehicles are perfectly balanced and all serve a use, and there are even unlock able RC’s. Weaponry ranges from homing fireworks that you send after targeted enemies, rolling metal balls to speed down the path of oncoming opponents, and even a kamikaze like “self-detonation” weapon that’ll send nearby cars flying. Weapons aren’t merely here to be fired off in full blazing glory, each and every one of them has tactical purposes. Using oil-slicks in narrow doorways can force cars to run through the slippery mess, or maybe even using “self-detonation” to send other cars off the path. You’ll hardly find yourself bored in the various tracks that each offer another play method to perfect. Sound is another joy. Your environment actually makes you feel small, like the little RC you are controlling, all provided by the echoing and humming of the large interiors. The exteriors are filled with the expected sounds, your RC grinds as it zooms across gravel, there’s a nice feeling of a Sunday afternoon as you race through a suburban neighborhood. My favorite atmospheric sounds though, is the little buzzing your RC creates. It’s a subtle yet perfect touch, and it never seems to grow annoying or repetitive. Always, that buzzing keeps me coming back. Overall, I can’t give Re-Volt any negatives, most likely the only problem would be the loading length. Even on my high end PC, it took about 20 seconds to load a certain level. Another problem would be a incredibly rare bug, where the loading screen flips sideways from some reason, (The game runs normally though.) But these are all minor problems, and won’t detract from Re-Volt’s final score. I stand by my 5, you can’t keep a good racer back. Once you know you’ve found a racing game with merits, you’ll play it for quite some time. Re-Volt is a addictive racer that will most likely please you, and if it doesn’t, well that’s your taste in gaming. Despite it’s large size, just wait for the download, it’ll be worth it. </blockquote> That large size he is talking about is only 58mb. Extremely small by today's games standards. Though this is listed at abandonia, be glad in knowing that it doesn't require dosbox =D Download: <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/908/Re-Volt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/908/Re-Volt.html</a> ________________________________________________________________________________ Outbound <blockquote>Enter a world where combat has emerged, and its time for you to fight against the enemy, to save your allies from sure destruction, using your robot suit to clear the path home for them. Enter the world of Outbound, where your enemy is gunning for you and unless you fight back, you will be a steaming pile of ash. The story of Outbound described in game is as follows. "It is the fourth millenium, the old Federation of star systems has broken down, and power in the inner colonies has been usurped by the Centrists, a corrupt and amoral military coalition. The remnants of the Federation force are trapped between the main battle fleet of the Centrists and the distant havens of the Outer Colonies." So as a member, of the elite force that is part of the federation, your mission is to help the trapped forces get back to safety. Kind of simple premise, but at least some effort went into the actual story line. Controls in the game are easy, move with directional keys, fire with ctrl key and use 1, 2, 3 buttons to change between your weapons, you will find different weapons and power ups in your different missions across different planets. Each one has a set of objectives you must accomplish before you can move onto the next mission. You will face though a lot of opposition from the Centrists, as they have deployed their forces on many planets, so you will have to destroy anyone who gets in your way. Graphics in the game are nicely done, and look good, the environments have some similarities but with color scheme changes. Nevertheless, it all looks good in the end and even with multiple enemies on screen, there is not much if any slowdown. Which is good to see, you'll be dealing with lots of enemies trying to stop you, and it's a blast to see many enemies coming at you, trying to gun you down. Which brings me to my next point, with the many enemies there are, it's given the game a high challenge, even the first level may take you a couple of tries before you can beat it. You only get 2 lives at the beginning and with multiple enemies it can be hard at first to face off against such odds. Nevertheless, it should not take most people too long to get used to the controls and really raise havoc. If your looking for a game to give you a rush and be challenging and with a little futuristic feeling to, check out Outbound. </blockquote> Download: <a href="http://www.reloaded.org/download/Outbound/194/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reloaded.org/download/Outbound/194/</a> theonlymooose on "Week 48 - Free Games for the Weekday - Bulletsss, GENERIC, & Volvo - The Game" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5963#post-62131 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:19:02 +0000 theonlymooose 62131@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks rO. I like driving sim games!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have nascar 2003 from sierra that no longer works. I've been looking for similar games......... :) reverseOrder on "Week 48 - Free Games for the Weekday - Bulletsss, GENERIC, & Volvo - The Game" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5963#post-62121 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:57:26 +0000 reverseOrder 62121@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ You're welcome to all of you. Yeah GENERIC is great, it is so completely unexpected. Whiterabbit, lets split the weekends so I'll Saturday and you'll do Sunday. ibwebb on "Week 48 - Free Games for the Weekday - Bulletsss, GENERIC, & Volvo - The Game" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5963#post-62116 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0000 ibwebb 62116@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks rO downloading now and can't wait to try them! ibwebb Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 48 - Free Games for the Weekday - Bulletsss, GENERIC, & Volvo - The Game" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5963#post-62112 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:31:38 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 62112@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks rO. I'll be posting games for both Saturday and Sunday this weekend as there's no game giveaway. Until the game giveaway returns we can take weekends in turn if you wish or split the days. I do Sunday and you do Saturday (though I've got this weekends games covered already, lol. Regards WR thenameipicked on "Week 48 - Free Games for the Weekday - Bulletsss, GENERIC, & Volvo - The Game" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5963#post-62109 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:57:28 +0000 thenameipicked 62109@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I have to say, after downloading every platformer on the hempuli site...Generic is my favorite...everybody needs to try it! Then comes BulletZORZ (like the old one better), and in third is Once in Space reverseOrder on "Week 48 - Free Games for the Weekday - Bulletsss, GENERIC, & Volvo - The Game" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5963#post-62103 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:38:51 +0000 reverseOrder 62103@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ It's finally Friday, time for the weekend! Here are two more platform puzzle games by Hempuli as well as a racing simulation game by Volvo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bulletsss Bulletsss is puzzle platformer that uses bullets in interesting ways. It is a sequel of <a href="http://hempuli.com/BZORZ/">BulletZORZ</a> but I don't recommend the old version because this is such a huge improvement. In this game bullets are quite large and move slowly so you can use them as platforms to reach otherwise inaccessible areas. You can also shoot bullets near a wall/floor to launch yourself a high speeds and break through blocks. Collect all the crystals and reach the goal flag to complete each level. Hard mode places a limit on the amount of bullets you have to the minimum amount necessary to complete each level. <blockquote>Bullets is a sequel to BulletZORZ, and it keeps the main idea of the game but adds in some new features. In case you haven't played the prequel, Bulletsss is a puzzle platformer where bullets have an important role. The game has all the gameplay-related information in it, so you shouldn't have to take a look at the readme this time! Smirk from Modarchive composed the music, which is called 'sinetech'.</blockquote> Download (1.24 MB): <a href="http://hempuli.com/Bsss/" rel="nofollow">http://hempuli.com/Bsss/</a> Alternative Download: <a href="http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7837" rel="nofollow">http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7837</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERIC This game is a generic platformer. Collect the items and touch the goal flag to complete each level. You also have a laser gun to shoot enemies. Aside from that there's really not much to say, well except for the interesting twist... :) <blockquote>GENERIC is yet another platformer with an interesting twist! There isn't much more to say about this, since, as you know, twists are best to be seen by yourselves! Use WSAD to move and mouse to aim.</blockquote> Download (1.21 MB): <a href="http://hempuli.com/gener/" rel="nofollow">http://hempuli.com/gener/</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volvo - The Game Volvo - The Game was created as a showcase for the Volvo S60 Concept car. It was created by SimBin, the makers of the GTR series of racing simulation games. The game comes with 7 cars (the S60 concept has a normal and a race version) and 2 tracks. The S60 concept is of course really fast and easy to handle. I really like the Chayaka track; it has nice wide roads and plenty of straight-aways. The Gothenburg track is much harder with narrow roads and sharp corners. Because this is a simulation the cars handle as you expect in the real world. Also, don't expect to be able to take shortcuts without being disqualified. Great game if you like simulations. <blockquote>The racing game announced in April by Volvo Cars and game development company SimBin can be played with five racing legends in addition to the new Volvo S60 Concept. They are Volvo models that many people will remember from the STCC and BTCC racing series. Players will be able to choose between the Volvo C30 which is competing in this year's STCC ( Swedish Touring Car Championship), the STCC Volvo S60 that participated a few years ago, the Volvo S40 that participated with notable success in the BTCC (the British Touring Car Championship) the Volvo 850, the estate car that became a legend in the BTCC, and finally a true racing classic, the iconic Volvo 240 Turbo Group A. There is a choice of two tracks: Gothenburg Eco Drive Arena in Göteborg, Sweden, and Chayaka outside Kiev in the Ukraine. Volvo - The Game is the only virtual racing game in the world to include this Ukrainian track. The game offers a choice of skill levels: "novice with all the driver assistance technology activated such as ABS brakes, "semi-pro", and finally "pro" where there is no assistance whatsoever.</blockquote> Videos Chayaka Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnbqO2Slno8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnbqO2Slno8</a> Gothenburg Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFua68pqHk8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFua68pqHk8</a> Don't Ride On The Curbs :) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9M71aTmPL4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9M71aTmPL4</a> Minimum system requirements Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Home/Pro, Windows Vista Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or 100% compatible Memory: 1GB RAM Hard Drive: 1 GB free space 3D Accelerator: DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 128 MB memory Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Input: Keyboard and Mouse DirectX: Version 9 Download (588 MB): Downloads are on the right. Don't pick the first one unless you want wait to load a flash movie that is also in game anyway. <a href="http://www.simbin.se/games/volvogame.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.simbin.se/games/volvogame.htm</a> midori on "Week 41 - Free games for the weekend - 72h gdc - Magic, Retro, Magnets" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5615#post-59105 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:40:09 +0000 midori 59105@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks, rO, for your great choice of games. Your efforts are always appreciated. :) reverseOrder on "Week 41 - Free games for the weekend - 72h gdc - Magic, Retro, Magnets" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5615#post-59094 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:59:09 +0000 reverseOrder 59094@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for the offer, I accept. Thursdays does seems like the best day so I'll be taking over your Thursdays as well as posting on Fridays. Thanks :) Yeah, I did notice the forums were starting to get more deserted. Using filefront is a great idea and I'd be interested to see the result. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 41 - Free games for the weekend - 72h gdc - Magic, Retro, Magnets" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5615#post-59091 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:57:51 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 59091@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yeah, I reckon so. Thanks for taking over though. It was really appreciated. The forums seem to be rather deserted these days, though we do have a small following. As someone else has mentioned previously, there's probably a lot more community members downloading the games that never bother to post (for whatever reason). It would be great to get some idea as to the numbers..... I have an idea how to accomplish that. One of the games I post could be uploaded to my filefront account and then use that as a download link. It would be an interesting experiment; (does that sound Geekish, lol. It would have to be done with several different games to make it more accurate as some games will probably be more popular than others. If you want to post on more days you can always take one of mine. Thursday seems the most appropriate as then you'd have two days running concurrently. That would give you three days every two weeks, (the same as me). later WR reverseOrder on "Week 41 - Free games for the weekend - 72h gdc - Magic, Retro, Magnets" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5615#post-59089 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:38:30 +0000 reverseOrder 59089@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Since it looks like the Game Giveaway of the Day is back, I won't have to post any more games for the weekend. So I guess I'll just continue posting games on Fridays. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 41 - Free games for the weekend - 72h gdc - Magic, Retro, Magnets" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5615#post-59063 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:44:38 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 59063@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks rO. As ever, mucho appreciated. :) regards WR reverseOrder on "Week 41 - Free games for the weekend - 72h gdc - Magic, Retro, Magnets" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5615#post-59062 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:40:12 +0000 reverseOrder 59062@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I have decided to post the rest of the games from the 72 hour game development competition before I forget. All games were created in 72 hours. I'm posting games from the last three competitions that have the theme of Magic, Retro, and Magnets. All these games can be found on the <a href="http://www.72hourgdc.com/board/downloads.php">official website</a> but it's a bit disorganized. I recommend Retro Ball and The Complex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- March 2006 (Magic) Hunger Strike! <blockquote>Imagine for a moment a small, peaceful town of zombies. Suddenly, a cloaked man runs by carrying in his hand what appears to be a sandwich. The zombies are confused, but are even more confused when suddenly a fireball falls from the sky and a wizard runs by, punching one of the zombies in the face. Welcome to the opening scene of Hunger Strike! If that's not random enough for you, then perhaps levels of flying through the air dodging rocks or fighting bosses who use pillars to throw tomatoes at you will suit your needs. </blockquote> This game has an interesting magic system that uses mouse gestures but the difficulty is a bit high. Download (18.8 MB): <a href="http://gdguys.com/hungerstrike.php" rel="nofollow">http://gdguys.com/hungerstrike.php</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Evilness In this game you play as an evil wizard who has to retrieve an amulet that was stolen from him. As you chase after the thief you have lots of magic spells that you can use to blast enemies that get in your way. This game has a neat feature where it keeps track of the distance between you and the thief. You win the game when you catch up to the thief so if you rush you could beat the game in only a few levels. Download (82 MB): <a href="http://fish-72.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fish-72.blogspot.com/</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- July 2006 (Retro) Retro Ball This is a great Arkanoid clone with lots of powerups. It has extremely powerful rockets that can destroy multiple blocks at once. Once you acquire the "drone" powerup that adds drones to the side of the ship, you then fire three!! rockets with each shot. For an added challenge you can try beating the levels without using any rockets. Download (1.6 MB): <a href="http://www.72hourgdc.com/board/entries/4-73-retroball-bin.zip" rel="nofollow">http://www.72hourgdc.com/board/entries/4-73-retroball-bin.zip</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Racers A racing game that won first overall but is very hard. <blockquote>we only had time to make 2 levels, but that should be plenty enough gameplay for you guys. It's a bit hard to pick up, but once you do, it's a ton of fun to play. Just remember that the game uses directional steering (pressing the left button makes the sprite go directly left) as opposed to angle steering, and you can press more than one arrow at a time to go at an angle. The game was based around the concept of Galaxy5000 for the NES. You can download the original from <a href="http://www.vimm.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.vimm.net</a>. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.underwaredesign.com/forums/index.php?topic=1447.0">Screenshots</a> Download (3.3 MB): <a href="http://www.72hourgdc.com/board/entries/4-82-retroracers.zip" rel="nofollow">http://www.72hourgdc.com/board/entries/4-82-retroracers.zip</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ragtime Racing! <blockquote>Remember way back when, those old cartoons where everything was black and white, and there was upbeat music playing while everyone walked around humorously? RagTime Racing! bases its style off of those cartoons, and thus a retro racing game is born! The goal of RagTime Racing! is identical to any other racing game, in that you win by beating all of your opponents around a track. At your disposal are oil slicks to slide your enemy out of control and boosts to gain that extra advantage. </blockquote> Download (4.2 MB): <a href="http://gdguys.com/ragtime.php" rel="nofollow">http://gdguys.com/ragtime.php</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- November 2006 (Magnets) The Complex <blockquote>In a future world where the powers of magnetism have the potential to turn the tides of war, a new experiment is conceived to create the ultimate superweapon. Now, nineteen years after the experiment's inception, the subject has learned of his future purpose: to maintain the supremecy of the United States as a world superpower by force. It is now time for action: you must escape the complex or the future of the entire planet may be in jeopardy. The Complex is an exhilarating snapshot of the escape of a powerful experiment by the US government. You play as the experiment, a nameless scientist who must fight his way out of the complex in order to save the world. </blockquote> This a short top down shooter where your trying to escape the complex and avoid turrets. Luckily there are magnets just laying around that allow you to attract/repel your (and the turret's) shots so you can indirectly shoot the turrets without being exposed. Download (7.7 MB): <a href="http://gdguys.com/thecomplex.php" rel="nofollow">http://gdguys.com/thecomplex.php</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mag-man <blockquote>Mag-Man is a decent Bomberman clone by Team Calypson which showcases fantastic sprite work but slightly disappointing gameplay. By using the Mag-Gun's magnetic force, balls and bombs can be pushed around or pulled towards your character though the controls are far too erratic for these special abilities to be of any practical use. Would have finished first in a beauty contest but manages a respectable third in the 72 Hour Game Development Competition. </blockquote> Reference: <a href="http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2006/12/mag-man.html" rel="nofollow">http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2006/12/mag-man.html</a> Download (6 MB): <a href="http://www.finalredemption.com/media/pixel/pixelpiece60.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.finalredemption.com/media/pixel/pixelpiece60.htm</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Magnetica Readme: <blockquote>You are a magnet who can change polarities at will. You have to run around, collecting the tiny particles which have color corresponding to the polarity they will be attracted to (they will be repulsed by the other polarity). These particles serve two purposes: (1)the more particles you have around you, the better your weapon, and (2)you can discharge particles to break certain walls (which are colored appropriately). Everything else that moves is out to kill you. The goal is to navigate through all the levels and take on the boss at the end. </blockquote> This is by far the best game that theanimalfarm have created. Most of the games on their website are not worth downloading but this is an exception. CONTROLS WASD - Move SPACE - Change Polarity Left click - Fire Right Click - Discharge Particles Download (scroll down, 20 MB): <a href="http://www.theanimalfarmcreations.com/?page_id=1533" rel="nofollow">http://www.theanimalfarmcreations.com/?page_id=1533</a> midori on "Week 38 - Free games for the weekend - Chase Hq2 Evo" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5507#post-58004 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:12:35 +0000 midori 58004@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Love your intro, rO... "don't expect to win, or even get above 7th or 8th." So what does that make us wanna do? Try it! but of course! And since I come in last on the easiest ones out there, I won't mind eating the dust. Hey, wrabbit! Wait for me! :D Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 38 - Free games for the weekend - Chase Hq2 Evo" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5507#post-58002 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:27:36 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 58002@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks rO, love racing games, so looking forwards to checking this one out. (Apart from the early stages in most of the Need for Speed games and Flatout (the original and Flatout 2) I rarely win any racing games. Games such as GTR and Race 07 I find impossible to win and usually come last, lol. regards WR reverseOrder on "Week 38 - Free games for the weekend - Chase Hq2 Evo" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5507#post-58000 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:29:18 +0000 reverseOrder 58000@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ This is an extremely difficult racing game so don't expect to win or even get above 7th or 8th. <blockquote>ChaseHQ2 is a fantastic 3D ralley racing simulator from China. The graphics and the sound effects are simply superb. The game is in both English and Chinese. The readme files are almost all Chinese, but you don't need to read them to understand and enjoy this great game. It's a pity that there are only 2 tracks, one in the desert and one in the mountains. But to be honest, even if there were 200 tracks I would want more tracks because the game is so enormously nice that you never get enough! So, let us hope that the author will add more tracks and cars ;) At the moment there are 3 cars in the game: a Lancia Stratos, a Subaru Impreza WRC and a Toyota Corolla WRC. But the author is working to add more cars, eg. a Formula One Ferrari car. Please HuoQi, hurry up! I would like drive a Schumi for once! ;) Not only the graphics are fantastic, but the game engine must be a formidable one. The car reacts as a real car. Slipping, accelerating, etc.. it feels so real and still it is easy to control, even with the manual gears! And the most important one is the gameplay. The 7 computer opponents are really excellent! It's not very difficult to reach the 6th or 7th place, but if you want to win the rallye... brrr... you have to be an Ayrton Senna or so! Technically is this game very good too. It runs very smooth, is easy-to-play and is very challenging. You can run it in a windows as well in full screen. There are two game modes: - Championship: Choose a car and race against 7 computer opponents in both tracks. - Practice: Choose a car and a track and test your car! Controls: keyboard: Enter = start game Arrow keys or numpad 1,2,3,4 = move < and > = manual gears (down/up N,1,2,3,4) Esc = pause with the possibility to exit to the menu An important note: Before playing the game (only for the first time): Run "Eu3E}3?kOoAO.bat". This will generate the background music. The game when installed requires 231 MB of hard drive space. The submitter Jacket Chan wrote: "This is worth playing!". I say: No, it is not only worth playing, it's more: It's a MUST! </blockquote> Reference: <a href="http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f1708.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f1708.html</a> Download (32 MB): <a href="http://files.filefront.com/Chase+HQ2+Evo/;10106983;/fileinfo.html" rel="nofollow">http://files.filefront.com/Chase+HQ2+Evo/;10106983;/fileinfo.html</a> or <a href="http://www.acid-play.com/download/chase-hq2-evo/" rel="nofollow">http://www.acid-play.com/download/chase-hq2-evo/</a> Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 35 - Weekend Games - Kayak, Jetboat, Superchix's, Droneswarm & Harpooned" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5343#post-57545 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:53 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 57545@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ think the default keys are A and Z. A allows you to get through the swells by doing a roll. Press A as you enter the swell (white water), and you'll get through it quicker. Z makes you do a U turn and is useful for the gates that you have to go in from the rear. but they also enable you to avoid obstacles sometimes. Yeah that waterfall is cool. Wait till you finally master that level. The next one takes you down some brilliant rapids and the environment is even better than the alpine one. :) regards WR thenameipicked on "Week 35 - Weekend Games - Kayak, Jetboat, Superchix's, Droneswarm & Harpooned" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5343#post-57544 Sat, 30 May 2009 23:39:28 +0000 thenameipicked 57544@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Wait...there are extra moves? what are the buttons to use them? I can't get past 4.10 on the alpine run course.... But I must say, its almost fine, because jumping over the waterfall over and over and over is sooo much fun. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 35 - Weekend Games - Kayak, Jetboat, Superchix's, Droneswarm & Harpooned" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5343#post-57505 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:53:51 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 57505@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I did have it working on one of my XP machines a few years ago, but since updating all of them it no longer worked. I was really surprised when it worked on Vista. Despite the older graphics I find it a really immersive game. It's one of those that get you to move with the Kayak when you're playing. (A little painful, but still really enjoyable) I'd forgotten about the extra moves the first time I re played it and couldn't beat the beginners run, lol. Then remembered about those and easily beat the first level, but that second one still eludes me at the moment. I keep missing the gates that you have to turn around to enter backwards, so lose time. It's a four minute run, but I can't get better than 4. 30 at the moment. I've never beatenthe third (African) level. If you've got enought space to create a small partition on your hard drive it may be worth installing Win98 just to run that game. :) I wonder if there' such a thing as a Win98 emulator that works on the same principle as DOSBox???? Glad you like them Thenamepicked. :) thenameipicked on "Week 35 - Weekend Games - Kayak, Jetboat, Superchix's, Droneswarm & Harpooned" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5343#post-57503 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:51:14 +0000 thenameipicked 57503@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Kayak is extremely high...and the graphics in the Jet boats and the kayak are amazing. midori on "Week 35 - Weekend Games - Kayak, Jetboat, Superchix's, Droneswarm & Harpooned" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5343#post-57496 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:13:49 +0000 midori 57496@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Booey-hoo-hoo-hoo. Man, I loved that Kayak game also. I know it was on an older system I had that it worked, but can't get it to work on this one (XP) no matter what I try. I shall continue on this mission!