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573 Game(s) Found
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Blödtris
Alternate Name(s): "Dumbtris"
Title Screen
Philip Winterberg 2001
Genre: Puzzle
Rating: 3/6
Language: Deutsch, English
Licence: Freeware
System: PC
Blödtris - or Dumbtris as it's called if you install it in english version (the game can be installed in english or german) - is a game that can be sorted into the Tetris-category. Well... at least the name of it claims that sort of kinship. Now it's a bit difficult to write a proper review about it I have to admit. First of all - this game is not really... well... serious. The goal of it is the same as you have in Tetris - you have to build whole lines, they vanish, you get points and after a certain amount of points you go up one level, which means things go faster and so on and so forth.

Blobby Volleyball
Title Screen
D. Skoraszewski 2001
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 3/6
Language: Deutsch, English, Francais
Licence: Freeware
System: PC
'Blobby Volley' is another little but neat freeware game. As the name states it's kind of a volleyball game and somewhat resembles a beach volleyball variant. But here it's only one on one.

Blood 2
Title Screen
Silverfox 2003
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64
Weeeh :))

Some of you older guys may remember the...ahem, good old days of the highschool. Parties&stuff. Nostalgic smile already? Oh, come on, you can't tell me you never, but *never* had a C64 at a party. Nah, I still don't believe your. Truth is, C64s are pretty exotic these days...my CBM gets more attention than me at my parties - though the bastard doesn't get half as many kisses >:).

BMX Simulator
Title Screen
Codemasters 1986
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64
I'm a sadistical person. No, really. I had a cat and a girlfriend until three days ago. But my girlfriend fled when she saw how I tortured the poor feline.

Of course I'm kidding (actually, I don't have a girlfriend), *but* I'm sadistical enough to enjoy breaking my bones on bycicle.

Border Zone
Title Screen
Infocom 1987
Genre: Adventure
Rating: 5/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
Border Zone is another of Infocom's IF masterpieces. That means it uses the greatest parser ever made. But that alone doesn't make a great game!
There are other things that cause this. First the plot. It is a spy thriller. With microfilms, evil agents, an assassination and all the other cool features you know from these old movies. Only that YOU are involved this time!

Boxing
Title Screen
Activision 1983
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 3/6
Language: -
Licence: Commercial
System: Atari 2600
Boxing. I can hardly think of a less interesting 'sport'. Two sweaty fat guys beating each other up. Or actually not, because most of the time, they seem to be hugging each other anyway. No, really, I fail to see the fascination. WHY IS HE REVIEWING A BOXING GAME, THEN? Well, I've also had a lot of fun with racing games, and I wouldn't be caught dead near a real racing track. As so often, virtual reality and real reality are two pair of shoes.

Breakthru in 3D
Title Screen
Avalon Hill 1984
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64
Pong...the game that ate my nights :). Indeed, I had a hard time playing PONG, I even tried to make my own. Some years ago, after playing Elite, I was even more curious to see a Pong game in 3D. After playing Doom, I thought at a first-person Pong.

Bricks 2000
Title Screen
Inner-Smile.com 2000
Genre: Puzzle, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Freeware
System: PC
I had to notice that The Good Old Days do not feature a single Tetris-game. So I went and asked Mr Creosote if there was any reason for it, suspecting he might have some sort of hidden hatred for that game or something like that. But well no, no real reason - just doesn't seem to be his genre. It's mine though. Those very very few of you who remember my own old site The Keep might also remember I had a good number of Tetris-clones up there. So I thought which of those might be the best to be THE Tetris-game up here. I'm not saying there won't be any of the other ones around here anytime, but one has to be the first.

Brutal Sports Football
Title Screen
Millenium 1993
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga, PC
In contrary to the potential expectations considering the name, Brutal Sports Football does not have very much in common with soccer or football (or even sports). Some elements have been adopted, though. Two teams try to put a ball into the enemy's goal while guarding their own.