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- The House of Games -
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Welcome to The House of Games
This site is dedicated to bringing you all those great games from the past which are now known as abandonware or abandongames. You'll find reviews, screenshots, solutions and more. Also many games were released for
multiple systems and if they are available we'll put them on the site as well.
I vowed to complete every game on this site so games might not be added as quickly as other sites but it does
mean you are sure that the games are in complete working order.
Now run along and check out those games :p
Happy gaming to all.
Erde Kaiser
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| Jun-19-2009 14:41 |
even more busy |
| There loads of stuff happening for me which means I have little time for anything
else. I do managed to add another game called
the Oregon trail in which you control a family of pioneers in their travel
west. You can stock up on items and food but you will have to hunt and trade along
the way to make it if you don't have the supplies you need. The game can be very
unforgiving and family members can easily be lost due to sickness or accidents.
It's not entire realistic but the game is somewhat of a classic so I suggest you
give it a go. |
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| Jun-05-2009 22:06 |
busy |
I've been quite busy now with working 6 days a week and some stuff happening in my personal life as well leaving me little time for anything else which I didn't update last week. I had some extra time and I always like an adventure game so I added one called Universe from Core who weren't specialists in the genre but released some which were quite good. This one not bad either as you play a regular guy transported to another universe and have to defeat the evil Golden King. The interface isn't really up to my taste with some unneccesary options but overall the game is funny and well done so give it a go.
Ps. I just read that there will be remake of the Secret of Monkey island which is probably one of the greatest adventure games EVER!!! HOORAY! |
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| May-22-2009 12:23 |
Two games |
I added two games this time, both are very simple, one is ok and the other is not so good really. Ofcourse just remember that not all classic games are classics in themselves but I like trying out games that I don't know and are not popular games, sometimes you come across real gems and other times it's just crap :) anyway here they.
Quest for atlantis is a game in which you pilot a craft through a maze in order to find Atlantis (I think). The only thing stopping you is your limited amount of fuel but you can fuel up at certain points throughout the maze, ofcourse if you bump into a wall or forcefield it's boom and a life lost. The game's not very good though, the object isn't clear and it gets boring quickly. Strangely it was apparently released in 1998 at which time the Commodore 64 was not commercially intereseting for a long time already.
The second games is called Zulu, it's a bit of a puzzle/action games where you must avoid the Zulu's while gathering items. The exact story or goal isn't quite clear much like the very first games like pacman. It's ok I guess but I doubt it will last you very long. |
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| May-16-2009 11:04 |
More work |
Well my jobcontract was changed but unlike most people I wasn't laid off or anything but I do have to work more hours, good thing is I get paid a lot more also mmm. Take the offer if they offer it themselves I guess so I agreed. Anyway I'm sure you're more interesting in the update so here it is.
Xevious was released back in 1982 and as a scrolling shooter was the first (as far as I know) that had both flying and ground targets that need to be taken out with different weapons. Unfortunately the port to home systems was made several years later by which time most shooters had evolved beyond this game a lot. It's worth the effort just for nostalgia sake though.
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| May-08-2009 11:28 |
Weird game names |
Last time I added a game called up 'n down en this time a game called Zig Zag, what wonderfull names huh. Anyway they were named basically after what the game was about and in Zig Zag you pilot a craft through a maze and unfortunately the only way you can go is forward. Because of this you will need to bounce off all kinds of objects in the maze to get to the exit. You can even buy powerups that will allows you to jump over objects and things or keys that open doors to new parts of the maze. There are also enemy craft that you need to shoot so apart from the puzzle's you'll have to have a trigger finger as well. It all sounds pretty simple but it is quite nice.
Ohyeah I found a list of funny video game names there's plenty more but some name on this list are pretty funny. |
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| May-03-2009 09:27 |
Bored |
| Lately I haven't felt up to doing much really, guess everyone has times like that. I almost forgot to update but that's because we're having some national holidays and stuff which really messed up my schedule. Anyway here it is, a game called up 'n down, which strangly is actually a racing game. You drive around a track filled with flags which you need to pick up, the difficult part is that there are multiple paths you can take on the track and sometimes you can't reach it from where you are. Luckily you car can actually jump up and down and by jumping the correct points you can actually change lanes by jumping over the road. There are other things like broken roads, mountains and ofcourse other cars as well. It sounds kinda lame but actually I really enjoyed the game so give it a go.
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| Apr-25-2009 10:18 |
X-men |
| I've been watching the new anime series called Wolverine and the X-men which I quite like so I though it would be nice to add a game based on the X-men as well. The uncanny X-men is pretty much a game where the license takes precedence over everything else. Yes you have six X-men like Wolverine, Cyclops and Colossus among others but other than their names they don't really act of play differently at all. Three of the characters are long range fighters while the others only have hand to hand combat skills. Close range attacks are very dangerous as you need to be very close to the enemies and some enemies are almost impossible to hit doing this. None of the characters even have any of their mutant powers available which are very important in the comics. You can choose two of them to fight in any of the four levels but when their energy level is depleted you will have to chose another pair to finish the level. I didn't get very far though, not every old game is a classic I guess. |
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Sitestats
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03-Jul-2009
Games: 377
Utils: 30
Manuals: 166
Solves: 74
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