FROGGER CLICK
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By Neave Games : www.neavegames.com
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Way back in 1981, kids had
absolutely nothing to do. Nothing but diddly-squat. So to
spice things up a little bit, youths the world over thought they might as
well try killing themselves by running out in front of oncoming vehicles
whilst other feral children made monkey noises and jeered
"Chicken!" repeatedly.
Thankfully, a thoughtful Japanese company called Konami decided
they'd had enough of all these daredevil japes and made a computer game
based on this very theme just so kids would stop getting flattened by
articulated lorries. And henceforth, Frogger was born.
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PAC-MANCLICK
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By Neave Games : www.neavegames.com
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Here's a fantastic idea for a brand
new computer game. Firstly, there's this yellow blob (with a mouth)
which has to roam round a maze swallowing little pills. Meanwhile,
four ghosts (named Blinky, Pinky, Inkey, and of course, Clyde) are chasing
you as you listen to a high-pitched wailing noise.
I'm not insinuating Namco were off their heads when they came up
with the concept, but I wonder if there is a hidden meaning. The
more pills you eat, the higher you get (no pun intended) where the ghosts
become more meddlesome and the bonus fruit more exotic. OK, it's
barmy, but I luvvit.
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ASTROIDSCLICK
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By Neave Games : www.neavegames.com
Left arrow
- Turn left
 Right arrow
- Turn right
 Up arrow -
Thrust forward
 Space -
Fire missile
 Shift key
- Hyperspace
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Let me take you back... back to a
world before pixels. In those days, all people had were lines.
A company called Atari had recently wowed crowds with their clever
use of lines in a game called Pong, but now line technology had
advanced. It was 1979, and lines could be made to look like
spaceships and big rocks and flying saucers... as long as you squinted a
little.
And so, Asteroids was born. It's an elegantly simple game,
but beautifully gratifying. You float in space and shoot the
asteroids, but the more you shoot, the more asteroids you create.
And be careful — you only have one ship for each 10,000 points scored.
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SIMON CLICK
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Use the mouse to click on
the lights, or the following keys. |
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- Red |
G |
- Green |
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- Blue |
Y |
- Yellow |
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The idea of the game is a simple
one, as Simon likes to say. Follow the pattern of lights and sounds
for as long as you can remember them. The lights show up faster the
more sequences you correctly recall. The obvious cheat is to write
down each light in turn, but let's pretend we can't do that...
You can hear sound of jaws hitting concrete as copywriters across the
globe are stunned into amazement over that there Simon Says slogan
from the mid '80s.
"Simon's a computer, Simon has a brain, you either do what Simon says
or else go down the drain."
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TETRISCLICK
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By Neave Games : www.neavegames.com
Left -
Move shape left
Right -
Move shape right
 Down -
Faster drop
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- Rotate clockwise |
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- Rotate counter-clockwise |
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Most people have come to know
Tetris through hours of playing on the Game Boy. But the real
hero is a one Alexey Pajitnov — a Russian genius with too much time on
his hands and an affinity with beards.
For the Tetris novice: shaped blocks fall into a pit where you must
arrange them so they fit neatly — a sort of juggling in one direction.
The more blocks you can place into a horizontal line simultaneously, the
more you score.
And remember to take a break every few hours.
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SNAKECLICK
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My Snake is a back-to-the-roots version of the
game, with cheap sound effects and a slight plasticky feel. The idea
is to guide the snake to eat the food. The sooner you eat, the more
you score. And just like real food-eating snakes, the more you
gobble, the fatter you become. And don't eat the walls — they
taste of awful.
This game has been around since sometime last century, but it only
recently took off since it came as standard on Nokia mobile phones (or 'cellphones'
as those crazy Americans like to say).
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HEXXAGONCLICK
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Use the mouse to move your pieces.
Green highlights double, yellow highlights jump. |
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Hexxagon happens to be one of those games
that's easier to play than it is to explain. You play as the red
diamonds, and your goal is to take over the board by leaping into the
spaces adjacent to your opponent's watery globules. See what I mean?
Hexxagon was an adaptation of the board game Othello written
in 1992 by the now defunct Argo Games. My version is an
almost identical recreation of that original. Enjoy.
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SPACE INVADERSCLICK
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By Neave Games : www.neavegames.com
Left arrow
- Move left
Right arrow
- Move right
Space -
Fire laser
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- Small scale version |
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Japanese company Taito had the inspired idea
around 1978 that killing aliens was extremely good fun. So they
invented a game called Space Invaders, lots of history then
followed, some people got rich and so on...
It's a simple game with simple graphics, but it has one of the most vital
assets for any computer game — gameplay. Modern games seem to
forget this with their fancy "3D graphics" and "millions of
dollars". All you need is a pointy green thing which shoots
white stuff at a rampaging invasion of wobbling blobs. They don't
make 'em like they used to.
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TIC-TAC-TOECLICK
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By Neave Games : www.neavegames.com
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Click on a square with the mouse
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What can you say about Tic-Tac-Toe? Erm...
I used to play Noughts and Crosses on the school bus when the
windows were fogged-up with child-breath. By myself. It got a
little repetitive. I tried it blindfold once, but then I knew I had
to kick the habit.
Thankfully this version allows you to play with someone else, if you
know such a person. If you're lacking an opponent, the computer will
gladly play you instead, just like in that '80s film WarGames.
But minus the threat of a Russian nuclear war.
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