Next week will be Independent Game Week here at Tea Leaves. Ron at Grumpy Gamer is having his own micro-protest wherein he is not playing the blockbusters. In solidarity, all next week I will be highlighting and showcasing Windows and Macintosh games produced by small teams for not a lot of money. Games will be featured because I think they’re fun; I’ll be focusing on games that are comparatively new (however much I might want to evangelize System’s Twilight to you, the goal here is to showcase games that were developed recently, not “old classics”.)
If you have a game you think is worthy of consideration, feel free to drop a line to blog @ tleaves.com.
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My implant says that Angband is still in development and therefore is applicable.
Please note the “fun” requirement.
i dug up rocky’s boots (from http://members.aol.com/Fractal101/odyssey.htm). it’s descendent, robot odyssey, is one of my favorite games of all time.
so rocky’s boots is something like 20 years old now. i got my 6-year old playing it. he digs it.
robot odyssey is the last (decent) game created by warren robinett, the dude responsible for atari adventure.
Doug,
There’s an updated Windows/Mac compatible “clone” of Robot Odyssey called DroidQuest (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomfoote3/DQ/id3.htm) that you should definitely try out, then. It’s pretty great. No emulator required.
Personally, I always liked Rocky’s Boots -better- than Robot Odyssey. And both definitely have the “Robinett feel.”