Five classic games that you can play in your browser Bear this thought in mind the next time you revel in the sublime graphics of Assassins Creed II, skid and screech your stolen car through the nigh-on photorealistic streetscape of GTA IV's Liberty City or get drawn in by the complex plot twists and game play of Dragon's Age Origins. In a lot less time than you think, these currently bleeding edge games will appear laughably outdated and unsophisticated. First off, they will be superseded by better sequels or more impressive rivals. That was the fate of these five games. 1Street Fighter II Of our five games, this is undoubtedly the one that has aged the best - the Helen Mirren, if you like, of our little collection. 2Doom Make no mistake, the release of Doom in 1993 was the biggest event in gaming history since Namco came up with the idea of a game involving a big-mouthed yellow blob being stalked by killer ghosts. 3Super Mario World 4Prince of Persia To be honest, I have never been much of a fan of the Prince of Persia games. 5Quake
Xbox 720: Everything We Know Rumors about the next Xbox started bouncing around in late 2011. Of course this gets everyone’s panties all tangled up in a bunch, because we can only imagine what a console claiming to be SIX TIMES more powerful than the Xbox 360 can do. After months of speculating, some numbers have finally come down the ladder to give us a more solid idea of what kind of hardware will be making home inside the next Xbox chassis. The processor will be very much like Radeon HD 6670. If you don’t know what that means, then we’re here to help. Release dates were originally rumored to be for late 2012, but Industry Gamers reports that we shouldn’t even think about getting our hopes up. Okay maybe it won’t be THAT bad, but think back to when the PS3 came out costing $600. Now that we’ve covered the basics, it’s time to move on to some potentially upsetting news. And you would be absolutely correct. This approach would still be a major mistake for Microsoft. Are you excited for the next Xbox?
Hyrule: Total War, A Fan Made Zelda Game -- Shut Up And Take My Money What if I were to tell you there was a game that combined the gameplay mechanics of Total War with the lore of The Legend of Zelda? You would start crying, role up into the fetal position and rock back and forth while promising Saria you'll always be friends. I know because this is how I reacted when I saw this: Hyrule: Total War. A gamer named UndyingNephalim made a conversion of Medieval 2: Total War to create Hyrule: Total War. Here's the game's summary: The Hero of Time has chosen to return to the past, a choice that ultimately has ruined the charts of history and sent Hyrule into chaos. Here's what you'll need to play: Hyrule: Total War Demo 2.3 Download Link: Requirements: Kingdoms Expansion pack Installation: Simply run the installer. The 15 playable factions are: The Kingdom of Hyrule, Gerudo, Gorons, Zora, Kokiri, Gohma, Ordona Province, Lanayru Province, Deku Tribes, Stalfos, Moblins, Sheikah, Darknut Legion, Lizalfos, and the Labrynna Regime
5 Last Gen Shooters Still Worth Playing Are you stuck in a time loop and still playing your PS2? Is your PC a little weak and out of date? You’re not alone. I know what it’s like to be stuck with last year’s console, or a computer that can’t handle much more than the original StarCraft (which is still awesome). The five games listed here will be available to users of the Playstation 2, original Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, and PC’s that can’t quite handle the games you’d really like to be playing right now. Available on: PS2, Xbox The riot shields in this game are too cool for school. Urban Chaos: Riot Response wasn’t anything special at a glance. Well for starters, it comes from a pretty awesome studio, Rocksteady. All done? John Kerry likes this game. You occasionally received help from other police officers, medics and fireman, which added a nice feeling of cooperation in the game. “Excuse me, sir? “Oh crap oh crap oh crap!” This was a slightly different FPS than we were used to at the time. “Hey dude wait up! “Aaaaeeeyyy!”
How to play Nintendo 64 on your PC Install the emulator Download and install the free emulator Project 64. Get some games Games for emulators are called roms, and there are a lot of websites supplying them. Games I highly recommend for N64 are (in order of priority): Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Super Mario 64 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Master Quest Diddy Kong Racing Banjo-Kazooie Once you have your games, open up Project64 and go to File > Choose Rom directory, and select the location of your roms. Set up your controller You can use any USB controller to play with this emulator. To set up your controller, plug it in and then open Project 64. Save states One of the main benefits of using an emulator is being able to use save states. To more quickly save and load, you can set buttons on your controller to F5 and F7. Texture packs Another huge benefit of using an emulator is the ability to use texture pack mods which replace the original lo-res textures with improved hi-res textures. Tips
5 Extremely Hard Old School Games All Gamers Should Play In this day and age, the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC are the three kings of the video game world. The Wii is around too, but it’s lost a lot of attention since people realized that it could have spent a little more time in the womb. A lot of us playing these new and amazing games hardly give thought anymore to what it used to be like when we were kids. “Mom, I swear, if you even TOUCH this, I’m running away from home.” These days, autosaving is a commodity we all take for granted. Rambo would be jealous. Oh come on; you KNEW this would be on the list. Either guile really hates women, or he thinks Chun Li is hiding something. The original Street Fighter II was hard. Street Fighter set the bar for the fighting game genre, and it shows in that nearly every fighting game since has been compared to it. I’ll destroy YOU Bison. Nothing about this game makes any sense, but somehow, it’s fun. I can’t count the number of times I’ve said that during the speedbike sequence of Battletoads.
Arena Junkies - World of Warcraft PvP Strategy and Discussion 5 Game Franchises They Should Revive Some games live on for a long time, some longer than they should, especially when they stop changing or innovating after a while (I’m talking to you, Call of Duty). But there are some that died too early, still having plenty of potential for the next generation or two. Five of those are listed here. Seriously, if I don’t see at least one of these revived in the next few years, I’m going to do something about it. Probably nothing more than more whining and complaining, followed by another article, but hey, at least it’s something. Current entries: Conker’s Pocket Tales, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Conker: Live and Reloaded Of all the shooter games I’ve played, I probably spent more time on Conker’s Bad Fur Day than any other. For those of you who don’t know, I’ll provide a quick synopsis. Yeah. The multiplayer provided a replay value so great at the time that people who spent entire weekends playing 007 Goldeneye were considered casual gamers by comparison. Also, chainsaws. Conker’s Pocket Tales?
News With the Wii U out, it’s obvious that Nintendo fans are just dancing for an HD Smash Bros. I know I am. I love Smash Bros Brawl. I could play it all day. I dumped countless hours into Melee on… Read More » It’s been a long time since I dusted off the old Super Nintendo and put a game in. Just when you thought that people couldn’t get more paranoid, the town of Southington, Connecticut announced a new initiative called the “Violent Video Games Return Program.” Rockstar has given us a nice little present this holiday season, in the form of five new GTA V screenshots. Ubisoft has released the Assassin’s Creed patch 1.03. Whoah! If anyone here is like me with Diablo 3 then you will have played around with the Real Money House Auction (RMAH) a bit. Well, previous rumors are confirmed. After the abomination that was Ultimate Tenkaichi, I purchased another copy of Boudokai Tenkaichi 3, and I’ve been playing it until my eyes bleed. Thanks for reading part 2.
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi - I love Dragon Ball Z. I watched it when I was a kid, and I still do. I own the first three seasons, and I’m looking to obtain the rest. The combat system for BT2 and BT3 was deceptively deep; easy to learn, hard to master. A few DBZ games were released on Xbox 360 and PS3, but they didn’t match up. The latest from Namco Bandai. Oh, you weren’t expecting that? Despite the fact that this game was about as fun as eating dog turds, reviews across the net have been very lenient. Dragon Ball Z returns to video game action in what might be its finest performance yet. No, IGN. I guess, that since I’ve already slammed you in the face with overall bad, I should give you a morsel of good to relieve the pain for a minute before we cross the point of no return (and no fun). “Gotta make this look flashy, or people will know right away this game sucks!” That’s going to be the only high point of the game. “Okay, explain to me one more time why I’m helping you, and also why he isn’t wearing pants.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Review Active online | Excellent Spec Ops mode | Plenty of different weapons Quite repetitive at times | Completely unnecessary airport mission | Online becomes quite boring So the most hyped game of all time is finally here. Release dates have been pushed back to avoid clashing with this titan in the Christmas rush. The game kicks off running an obstacle course similar to the one seen in Modern Warfare 1. While the campaign is unspectacular, with ridiculously over-blown set pieces, Multiplayer is in my opinion, even worse. It’s not all bad though. Modern Warfare 2 really isn’t a bad game. Fallout 3 Review amazing gameplay | stunning post-apocalyptic world | easy to become immersed in game world not enough quests | I honestly can't think of anything else bad about this game! Fallout 3 is the toughest game I’ve had to review. The developers at Bethesda Softworks are truly the kings of RPGs. They produced the highly popular Elder Scrolls series, including the 2006 Game Of The Year Winner, and one of my favorite games ever, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Check out my report on that game further down the forums). When people heard Fallout 3 was coming, reactions were mixed. Ignore the haters. The game begins with you being born. When you emerge from the vault, you lay eyes on perhaps the most beautifully realised game world ever. So is it better than Oblivion?
EA Sports MMA Review EA Sports MMA is yet another contender in the already dog-eat-dog world of fighting games. This is EA’s first foray into the world of mixed-martial arts and in my opinion they are already championship contenders. To start the game off, you should probably go to ‘MMA 101′ in the menu. This places you in an already set up grudge match between two fighters. This is basically a tutorial where the game shows you what to do, but this is a more ‘heated-up’ version, where you are effectively thrown straight into the frying pan that is MMA. For a more relaxed, in-depth tutorial, you should go straight to career mode. You can also choose tattoos and t-shirts for your fighter, and there are plenty to choose from. Once you’ve finished learning, you turn pro in one of the small MMA leagues. Over the course of your career, you can learn up to 16 ‘Special Moves’, such as the round-house kick, or the ‘darce-choke’. From here, we move on to gameplay.