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Simple quick and fun games

crazyjah2003crazyjah2003 Registered User regular
edited February 2008 in Games and Technology
Recently I got hooked up on puzzle quest, desktop tower defense, geometry wars galaxy, endless zombie madness, and peggle. Now I'm looking for new games in a similar pedigree. By the way, I strongly recommend any of the fore mentioned games....
can't wait for the full version of Irondukes.

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  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Are you shackled to a certain system?

    Though I haven't procured it yet because of its rise in price (probably due to the exploit it provides), I recommend you grab Lumines. There's a sequel out now, which is considerably cheaper, and unless you're looking to downgrade your PSP firmware also, you might as well get that.

    PC games are a massive division. Pac-Man is always fun, and these are exceptional clones. Matt Thorson is a God among indie gamers, so, for great justice, check out his website. He's the mastermind behind Jumper and Jumper Two, and the lesser-known Dim.

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  • ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    If you have a PS3 I highly recommend both Super Stardust HD and Everyday Shooter, as you seem to enjoy stuff like Galaxy Wars. I love Everyday Shooter, it's great just to play for 10-20 minutes to take a break from whatever I'm doing.

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    click my sig, there's a ton of games there.

    I don't care if you do the referral thing, really. Either way, tons of games there.

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  • ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Oh, Audiosurf! Great if you have a large music collection. We have a thread on it if you have no idea what it is, but it's a really good timewaster.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Nanaca Crash

    I love making posts that I know are going to steal hours of time away from the collective forum members' days.

    Edit: Oh, and obviously Off-Road Velociraptor Safari

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Ah, time-wasters and minigames. I'm thinking PC?

    Urban Dead is very good, although you need the UDToolbar plugin for Firefox to make it a little more user-friendly.

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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited February 2008
    PatchCon! Defend the Library!

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Aroduc wrote: »
    PatchCon! Defend the Library!

    Where and how do I play this?

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Oh for fucks sake. Someone mentioned nanaca crash. there goes the next 2 hours of my life.

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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited February 2008
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Aroduc wrote: »
    PatchCon! Defend the Library!

    Where and how do I play this?

    http://www.paletweb.com/selectpage.asp?code=80000039
    http://www.himeyashop.com/product_info.php/products_id/3806

    It was on sale at Comiket 73 for like, $5, but I think just because it never got 'publically' released, it's been marked up a little bit just from rarity I believe. Unfortunately, there's no demo.

    As for what it is... it's just a little quasi-tower defense RTS thingy where the swarms fight back. It can be a little confusing if you don't know Japanese since every character has 3 powers they get as you upgrade them, but that's what the wiki is for. There are about 8 extra modes too. One that starts with extra cash, one that's more traditional tower defense, one with endless waves, etc. There -are- only 4 maps for the normal arcade mode, and the optimal strategy is usually to just spawn ginormous swarms of/upgrade only one or two characters, but I've gotten way more than $10 of fun out of it.

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  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Definitely get Audiosurf. Best $10 you'll spend all week.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Can you use your own music in Audiosurf or just the stuff it allows?

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  • xraydogxraydog Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    You can use your own music.

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  • Spacehog85Spacehog85 Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Oh for fucks sake. Someone mentioned nanaca crash. there goes the next 2 hours of my life.

    No shit. I've been playing it for an hour. Non-stop.

    Also this:

    http://nigoro.jp/game/rosecamellia/rosecamellia.php
    Your husband is dead, and the only way to claim your rightful spot among his mother and sisters is to...

    slap the mother fuckin shit outta em.

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    http://www.progressquest.com/

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    See signature.

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    My zombie survival life simulator They Don't Sleep is out now on Steam if you want to check it out.
  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Armor Games has a metric fuckton of good games - I wasted my weekend playing a variety of them. The ratings tend to be a pretty good representation of quality, I've found.

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  • CronusCronus Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I've got to concur with the audiosurf recommendation. Women like the game as well which is always helpful in relationships with a casual gamer.

    I've got to recommend Strange Attractors. It only has one button and a great and simple game mechanic. I was hooked, but it's not too long so you won't get sucked in for an entire day.

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  • Disco BanditDisco Bandit Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I got 5289 on my second try with Nanaca Crash, and I haven't broken 1000 since.

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