Archive for March, 2003

Waking the Wind

Thursday, March 27th, 2003

I just got my copy of The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker, but I just bought Pokémon Sapphire last week and with the copious amount of homework I have, I don’t think I’ll be able to play it for about a month.

Well, at least the case is nice to look at.

Text-Based Pong

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

Here is a version of Pong that does away with those pesky ‘graphics’.

Fanta Shokata

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

Who would have ever thought that Coca-Cola would ever advertise for this site?

Parsec

Thursday, March 20th, 2003

One of my all time favorite games for the TI-99/4A was Parsec. Never mind the fact that we only had three games for the system total (Parsec, Radar Rat Race, and Hustle).



This site has a review up.

3D WorldRunner

Wednesday, March 19th, 2003

3D WorldRunner is a strange NES game. It was the first and only game that I know of that used Red/Blue Separation for 3D (although it really didn’t work). This site has a review of this odd game.



Just try to look past the typos:



Quote:Occasionally you can catch a balloon and sour to an extra level, in which case the speed of the ground is increased tremendously.

Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire

Tuesday, March 18th, 2003

Hmm. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire came out today.

In other news, millions kids from the ages of 7 to 18 are beginning to feel a mysterious illness. Determined to “Catch ’em all,” the public school system will be virtually deserted tomorrow.

Some people have way too much spare time

Saturday, March 15th, 2003

Apparently some people are overflowing with creative juicyness, virtually dripping with it. Well they think they are anyway. I personally could not imagine writing about video games in fiction style but many people think it is a good idea apparently…and I couldnt possibly fathom writing about this even though it is currently one of my fav’s…oh well.

How2Make: 2D Fighter

Friday, March 14th, 2003

Here’s the next installment in the Crummysocks.com How2Make series: How to make a 2D fighter

Classic Gaming – Apogee Style

Friday, March 7th, 2003

Got an old 486 laying around? Don’t throw it out, turn it into a gaming machine.



I just recently came into possesion of a 486… time to dust off those copies of Hocus Pocus and Mystic Towers that I’ve been hanging on to.

WTFOMG

Thursday, March 6th, 2003

WTF+OMG=WTFOMG.



Beware. May cause siezures.