Ovine by Design » Featured Games http://www.ovinebydesign.com Retro Remakes and Classic Games Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ultimate Bruce Lee http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/01/02/ultimate-bruce-lee/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/01/02/ultimate-bruce-lee/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:00:39 +0000 StuC http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=107 An opulent, mysterious, and perilous fortress is the setting as Bruce Lee seeks to claim infinite wealth and the secret of immortality from the wizard who dwells within.

You begin your search for the wizard at the entrance to his fortress.  This chamber, and each chamber here, is sealed off from the other rooms. The only way to get from one room to the adjoining room is to jump up and take the lanterns which hang from the ceiling. When you get all the lanterns (or at least certain lanterns) for that room, the door opens. (Watch the edges of your screen so that you’ll see when your exit is possible.) Hint: You must get all of the lanterns in the first three rooms in order to proceed. Then go to the middle room and look for the opening through which you can exit.

Throughout your search for the wizard, you are attacked by the ninja brandishing their BOKKEN sticks. Even more dangerous is the Yamo, who runs after you and delivers crushing kicks. Duck and run away to foil their attempts to harm you, then come back kicking and chopping.  Take as many lanterns and cover as much ground as you can before these foes reappear.

To get around each room, you can climb vines (up, down, or sideways), ride on waves of particles which change direction at random, leap from ledge to ledge, and jump down from a ledge without injury.

Hazards and traps await you in rooms close to the wizard’s chamber.  You must avoid electrical charges passing through gaps between ledges, PAN lights streaming across the floor, and exploding T’SUNG-LIN (bushes) appearing from nowhere.

When you finally reach the wizard, keep away from the fire balls streaming from his head.

Unlock and complete every game mode to become the Ultimate bruce lee.  Some modes are unlocked by completing others modes, some by killing a certain amount of bad guys and others by collecting the golden bruce lee statues.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/01/02/ultimate-bruce-lee/feed/ 25 Whack-a-Mole http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/01/01/whack-a-mole/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2009/01/01/whack-a-mole/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:00:41 +0000 StuC http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=110 Keep an eye out for those pesky moles. As soon as they pop their heads up use your mallet to make them go back into the ground.

Watch out for those RED moles, they will make you loose a life!

 

ARCADE

Race against the clock to hit as many moles as you can.

RED moles will reduce your time where as hitting GOLD moles will extend your time.

The game end when you are out of time.

 

ENDURANCE

Can you make it past the 10 levels of mad mole action ? Each level is progressively harder and more frantic. After each level a increase your score by completing the various Bonus rounds.

Careful of the RED moles, they will reduce your lives.

The game ends when you have no lives left or you have completed the 10 levels.

 

WHACK-A-LIGHT

Can you complete the sequence of learn and match lights ?

Bash the lights in the flashing sequence (dont make or mistake else its lights out !!!)

 

CONTROLS

TITLESCREEN

In one switch mode press keys 1 to 0 on the title screen to alter the auto cycle speed of the auto targetter.

ONE SWITCH

Press left mouse or space bar to fire

TWO SWITCH

Press TAB to select
Press left mouse or space bar to fire

MOUSE

Move the target using the mouse
Press left mouse or space bar to fire

MOUSE AUTO HAMMER

Move the target using the mouse
Hammer with continually fire

 

ONE SWITCH MODE

In SETTINGS there is a “SCANNING SPEED”, this sets the speed that the menu system (and autoaim) move to the next option.

 

ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT

This game has been designed to be compatible with the majority of accessibility-switch interfaces and head-trackers.

This game can also be played using JoyPad controllers using a utility such as JoyToKey.

ACCESSIBILITY TROUBLE SHOOTING

If a particular head-tracker or eye-tracker does not work, try changing the screen settings to the windowed mode.

There are some issues with particular Dwell Clickers not working. There is a ready-made solution. Please e-mail barrie.ellis@oneswitch.org.uk at OneSwitch.org.uk for more support.

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The version available here is a modified version to fit on standard display sizes (BluRay hi-def is a bit too bit ;) ).

Click the link above to start the game (you need JAVA from Sun), click the applet to give it focus.  Cursor keys to move and SHIFT key to jump/start the game.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/06/30/echo-the-mouse-2-java/feed/ 0 Dan Dare http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/04/02/dan-dare/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/04/02/dan-dare/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:00:50 +0000 StuC http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=135 Dan dare the original Super Hero was being featured on the Earth Broadcasting Corporation “This is you Life” programme.  The invited guests who spoke glowingly of Dan’s achievements, his bravery and compassion, included . . .

His faithfull friend Digby who had shared so many of Dan’s adventures, Professor Peabody, Space Fleet Commander Sir Hubert Guest, Sondor the Venusian ambassador along with his equivalent from every planet in the known universe.

It seemed the whole world had turned out to honour Dan.  Dan Dare, embarrased but deeply moved by these accolades, stepped forward to speak, suddenly the picture on every vid screen in the solar system changed into a series of horizontal lines, slowly clearing to reveal none other than the evil green face of the Mekon.

The Mekon proceeded to tell of his dastardly plan to propel a hollowed out asteroid the size of a minor planet on a collision course with Earth . If the powers that be did not give into his  terms Earth would be eliminated.

If they agreed the asteroid would be harmlessly detonated, Earth would be safe and the Mekon would take over as commander of the universe.They could not give in to the Mekon’s threats but what was the alternative?

In the studio the assembled gathering turned their gaze to one man, Colonel Dan Dare knew what he had to do.

To run Dan Dare in a window -
create a shortcut and add /W at the end of ” target”.

Widescreen users:- By default ascpect is left square.

To use a streeeetch screen create a shortcut and add /STRETCH at the end of ” target”.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/04/02/dan-dare/feed/ 12 Hunters Moon http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/03/02/hunters-moon/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/03/02/hunters-moon/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:00:23 +0000 StuC http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=137 Each level takes place in a void with two dimensional cities appearing as they are being built by “worker cells”. The worker cells are indestructible but the bricks dropped by them can be temporarily destroyed using the ship’s weapon.

The goal of the game is to collect enough star cells contained inside the cities to get to the next level.

We even managed to include the “PAUSE MODE” where you create a psycadelic screensaver.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/03/02/hunters-moon/feed/ 6 Mouth Trap http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/03/01/mouth-trap/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/03/01/mouth-trap/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:47 +0000 Andy H http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=115 Originally created for the Atari ST using the STOS game programming language, Mouth Trap was a winning competition entry by Darren Ithell and was included on the Games Galore pack featuring the STOS Squasher.  This was a game that stood out amongst the other games on offer because it had an immediate pick up an play appeal and plenty of levels to attempt to get through.

In 2008 Ovine by Design created a remake with updated graphics and sound for the GLBASIC GP2X competition in which it came a respectable second.  The updated game features an editor so you can create your own levels and runs on Windows and the GP2X hand held open source console.  Other platforms may be supported at a later date. 

There is obvious insperation from games such as Bubble Bobble, Pac Man and the like.

There is a version available to download, click the link above to get it.  It is not 100% complete as it is missing the item bonuses and not all levels have been created or refined.   The download contains a Windows exe and also a GP2X file for playing on the handheld console of the same name :)

Come back soon for updates on the progress of this remake.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/03/01/mouth-trap/feed/ 0 Quantasm http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/01/15/quantasm/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2008/01/15/quantasm/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:00:39 +0000 StuC http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=132 Battle your way through 100 levels of neon madness.  Use multipliers and bonus’s to give you super scores.

Upload your scores to the online scoreboard and be the best.

Controls

Use your mouse to choose the direction of the shot, press
the left mouse button to shoot.

Press the RIGHT mouse button to use your neutron (smart bomb)

A joystick can be used as an alternative.

Bonus’s

Shoot an enemy inside the red circle for “cocky” bonus = x3
Collect the damsel for “hero” bonus = x2
Shoot an enemy soon after it appears for “bullseye” bonus = x1
Combine these with the quantasm bonus for huge scores.
Die and you lose the bonus’s you collected that level.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2007/01/02/driller/feed/ 3 Cholo http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2005/11/06/cholo/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2005/11/06/cholo/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:00:25 +0000 Andy H http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=45 The surface of Cholo smolders and glows, no oceans, no trees, no life… only post nuclear fallout and instant sun tan. The days pass slowly in the confines of the bunkers and shelters beneath Cholos ravaged surface.

About

You pass away your pointless life, working at a terminal and listening to the committee reports from Cholo topside. One piece of software is very popular : “RAT” a computer game guiding robots and roving eyes in and around a shattered city, a city similar to the ones that scatter the surface – maybe too similar.

Could you really be in contact with topside? and if so where is the lethal radiation which is reported in the official committee bulletins?

The original

The original game had stark wireframe which by today’s standards is very poor. However the game sucked you in and at the time this was the cutting edge of 3D games. There were versions for the BBC, Amstrad, C64 and Spectrum and all were almost identical with only speed and colour differentiating them.

The remake

In remaking CHOLO we have decided to make a number of improvements. The original has a very simple 3D wireframe view, this will be improved immensely for starters (see screenshots of our early 3D view). But also the gameplay, with more hacks, programs and the ability to enter more or less every building.

The visual design is very specific. We are trying to create the view through the eyes of a robot, hence the colours, textures and TRON-like style. Even video feedback and distortion! So far our trials are giving good results. The screenshots to the right on my lowly Radeon 8500 are giving an average of 80 frames per second updates, and we now have a fair few triangles in the 3D world.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2005/04/30/wunda-walter/feed/ 0 Hamster Jam http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2004/05/31/hamster-jam/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2004/05/31/hamster-jam/#comments Mon, 31 May 2004 08:00:34 +0000 Andy H http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=66 HamsterJam is a Windows remake of an old game called Rockman. Rockman was released by Mastertronic in 1985 and gave Vic-20 owners a frantic treasure collecting, boulder dodging game, all within 3.5K of RAM. This is one of the few in our most favourite games list.

Rockman has similarities with games such as Repton or Boulderdash, however the gameplay makes it stand out in its own right. Rolling boulders that bounce and split in two gives Rockman its unique charm and challenging gameplay. All the action is on one large colourful screen, and the player can choose which route to take through the twenty rooms in their quest to collect all rings.

In remaking Rockman we have painstakingly recreated all  rooms and implemented the same behaviour and game logic. The graphics had a big and bold quality which we did not want to loose and we decided to carry this across by using a high resolution of 1024×768 pixels. The characters were typical of Vic-20 games and in updating them we decided to change them to hamsters and mice. Besides being cute, my son wanted a game with his hamster in. The boulders ended up as walnuts and the grass was scattered with flowers!

So why did we call it HamsterJam?  There are two reasons, the first is that the game obviously has the odd hamster in it, but the main reason is that we recently remade a game called Imogen. One level was called Hamster Jam. In this level you had a hamster, a tulip bulb and a very heavy weight on a rope. I won’t spoil the surprise, but be sure to play Imogen to find out!

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Instructions

IMOGEN is an animated adventure game in sixteen sections containing a number of puzzles based on a particular theme (usually comic and funny). It is not possible to be killed off although the number of times you can change character has been limited. The number of permitted changes is given at the top-right of the screen.

The goal of the game is to solve the puzzle on each level and collect the spell fragment. When you have all sixteen, you can complete the game.

Full details on the Imogen website.

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/12/23/imogen/feed/ 0 Terra Cognita http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/08/07/terra-cognita/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/08/07/terra-cognita/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2003 08:00:22 +0000 Andy H http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=43 One of our entries for the first Retro Remakes game competition which came in at 10th place out of 83. Terra Cognita, a frantic action maze shooter from the Amstrad and C64, updated in glorious 3D!

Instructions

The game is shown on plan view with the landscape scrolling down or from third person. You play thre role of the Mining Engineers, escapeing in their small scout ship. You have to make your way over 100 screens of tortuous terrain to the mothership waiting at the end.

Fly over the terrain passing over “tiles” that active to add extra fuel – speed you up – slow you down. Avoid the “time slips” that return you right back to screen 1 !!!!

Remake Details

This has been a great game to work on. Not the most popular in terms of remakes, most people scratch their heads when we told them what we were remaking, but it’s been fun and I think we have been able to improve it a lot.

For the purists out there we are keeping the 2D viewpoint in as an option.
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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/08/07/terra-cognita/feed/ 0 Sky Hawk http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/01/25/sky-hawk/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/01/25/sky-hawk/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2003 08:00:27 +0000 Andy H http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=26 The city is under attack from enemy planes. Scramble into your Hawk aircraft and shoot down the waves of enemy planes. Defend the city! A classic game from the Commodore Vic 20 and Commodore 64.

Instructions

Control your Hawk aircraft with the arrow keys. At the beginning of the game your SkyHawk will descend onto a platform to refuel and reload its ammunition.

The claxxon sounds when each new wave of enemy fighters is approaching the city. Use your radar to track where they are and intercept them. Shoot them down with the CTRL key, Space bar or TAB key.

You only have a limited supply of fuel and ammunition, so stock up regularly by landing on a platform.

The game has many progressive levels of difficulty. How long can you survive? You have three SkyHawk aircraft. Remember to protect your city and importantly protect your platforms!

Good luck pilot!

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]]> http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2003/01/25/sky-hawk/feed/ 0 Meteor http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2001/01/27/meteor/ http://www.ovinebydesign.com/index.php/2001/01/27/meteor/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:37:55 +0000 Andy H http://ovinebydesign.com/?p=72 Frantic action! Meteors are heading your way, millions of them! Litterally! You start off at a gentle pace, one meteor slowly falling to Earth. Shot bits of it away and shoot away all the debris that breaks away. Soon you will see more and more and more…

Instructions

Meteor is a fast paced, action based blaster. You control Earths only line of defence against millions of falling meteors and asteroids.
You begin the game with the first meteor heading your way. It moves from left to right and gradually gets closer to earth. Shoot away chunks of the meteor and dodge or shoot the debris. As the game progresses, you will see some of the fastest and most furious action ever experienced in a game of this genre. Although you will be up and running in this game right from the start, you will find it challenging to survive for long! You need strategy and skill to survive, it is possible.

Use the mouse to move and either the keyboard or mouse button to fire. As simple as that.

This version is the free executable that you can run from your own computer. The original version can be played on the v-cade! where your high scores are saved on a server for others to compete against. You will need a free user account to play at the v-cade!.

Not to be confused with an Asteroids remake!

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