Sunday, 17 September 2023

Quake 3 arena - game that lived up to expectation (in 1999 that is ;)...

The classsic game of arena fight is in some sense also a survival game.If you think that quake 3 is too old to play it might suprise you with war hammer like features.

(graphic of this game is impresive for 1999,source bing)

Let's dive into bit more info about the game it self.

 Quake III Arena is a 1999 multiplayer-focused first-person shooter developed through identification Software. The 1/3 installment of the Quake series, Arena differs from preceding video games by way of with the exception of a story-based single-player mode and focusing notably on multiplayer gameplay. The single-player mode is performed towards computer-controlled bots. It elements track composed by using Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly founder Bill Leeb.


(game had many new unique feature's,source -=-)

Notable elements of Quake III Arena consist of a minimalist design, notably customizable settings such as discipline of view, texture element and enemy model; and superior motion points such as strafe-jumping and rocket-jumping.Your new surroundings rejects you with lava pits and atmospheric risks as legions of foes encompass you, trying out the intestine response that added you right here in the first place. 
(design can be a bit disturbing specially if game glitches ,source -=-)


Gameplay
The game in it self very simple to win simply fight other opponents.Simple.

The sport used to be praised by using reviewers who, for the most part, described the gameplay as exciting and engaging. Many favored the crisp pics and center of attention
 on multiplayer. 
(over all it's nice simple to play not over-complicated classic,source -=-)







Quake III Arena has additionally been used drastically in expert digital sports activities tournaments such as QuakeCon, Cyberathlete Professional League, DreamHack, and the Electronic Sports World Cup.

Summary 
Game has nice unique features while graphic is old and may not take everyone's fancy (and online features weren't even a thing in 1999) but still it's classic to remember which will stay classic even in future. 




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Cubeblogstation rating :
8.4/10

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Warcraft III - Best of the top strategy games...or could it be better?

 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a pc fantasy game launched through Blizzard Entertainment in third of July 2002. It is a real-time approach pc game, the 2nd sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and the third recreation set in the Warcraft universe.

(Warcraft 3 has many different heroes,source google)

Warcraft III takes location on a map of various size, such as giant plains and fields, with terrain aspects like rivers, mountains, seas, or cliffs. 

(Warcraft gameplay is always different and unique,source -=-)



The map is firstly hidden from view(unless playing custom game where you can switch visibility) and solely will become seen thru exploration. Areas no longer in sight vary of an allied unit or constructing are protected with the fog of war, that means that whilst the terrain stays visible, modifications such as enemy troop actions and constructing building are not. 

(there are many differenent custom scenarios to make gameplay interesting for any player,source -=-)



During a game, gamers need to set up settlements to attain resources, shield in opposition to others, and teach devices from constructions to discover the map and battle pc managed or other online player's foes.

 There are three principal sources that are managed in Warcraft III: gold, lumber, and food.If obtained enough resources you can build buildings (some builds need to be unlock first however).

(one of the latest update of the game - reforged with improved graphic,source -=-)



Game Warcraft 3 is one of the most succesfull strategy game of all time .Still played by 1000s of people with active online present (mainly Warcraft 3 - reforged).Warcraft been also made into movie.

Summary :
Warcraft 3/reforge is one of the top strategy game even these day's.Highly played,highly recommended still has 1000s of online players .This is unforgetable must have for every gamer classic.



 






Related posts:

1.Warcraft-3 

2.Warhammer-40k-dawn-of-war



Cubeblogstation rating :
9.2/10

Thursday, 31 August 2023

The Settlers 3 - Definition of what strategy games should be ...or is it?

 This strategy game while not a best strategy game it's certainly in top 100 for sure.Game it self is not complicated and if played for a while it starts be quite addictive because how rewarding the game is.

(Settlers 3 has many thing's improved from original Settlers game,source bing)


Work on The Settlers III commenced in January 1997, prior to the launch of The Settlers II: Gold Edition. Initially, Blue Byte had no immediately plans to do a 3th title in the series, however due to the sudden recognition of each The Settlers and its sequel, Volker Wertich (designer and programmer of the original) and Thomas Hertzler (Blue Byte CEO and the collection producer) determined to commence development. 

(Game offer maps with unique scenario,source -=-)


Wertich had now not been worried in the making of the 2d game, because, as he describes it, "after two years programming The Settlers, I did not without a doubt choose to see these little guys for a while". 

However, with the aid of 1997, he was once prepared to resume working on the series, keen to enforce thoughts which he felt would enable the sport to compete with rival titles such as Warcraft II and Anno 1602.

(ability to build buildings where-ever on the map is awesome ,souce -=-)


Wertich's core plan essential used to be to hold the most famous factors of the Settlers gameplay, however enhance the graphics, and each enlarge and enhance upon the sport mechanics as tons as possible.

 He started through going via remarks from followers of the first two games, and rapidly noticed two ordinary suggestions; to enhance the unreliable delivery machine from Settlers II, and to put into effect on line multiplayer capabilities, some thing he started out programming right now.

(game offer many features ,source bing)


Summary:

Game certainly became a definition of a good quality strategy game and has lot to offer.Definitely recommend playing.It's a Ubisoft never ageing masterpiece for retro heads,for sure.









Cubeblogstation rating :
8.5/10

Friday, 25 August 2023

Baldur's Gate - A one of a kind retro top rpg ...

 Baldur's Gate is a collection of role-playing video games (short RPG) set in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & (& is the character reference for "ampersand".) Dragons campaign .

(baldur's gate was the top rpg game of it's time,source bing)


 Baldur's Gate brings the grand tradition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons© gaming to the computer like not many other rpg games.

(design is so retro,source -=-)

The sport has spawned two series, acknowledged as the Bhaalspawn Saga and the Dark Alliance, each taking location in the main inside the Western Heartlands, however the Bhaalspawn Saga extends to Amn and Tethyr. 


The Dark Alliance sequence was once launched for consoles and used to be seriously and commercially successful. 

The Bhaalspawn Saga was once severely acclaimed for the use of pausable realtime gameplay, which is credited with revitalizing the pc role-playing sport (CRPG) genre.

The Bhaalspawn Saga was originally developed by BioWare for personal computers. 

(game has long and interesting storyline,source -=-)


In 2012, Atari revealed that Beamdog and Overhaul Games would remake the games in HD.

Game is great as one of the first original RPG game of it's time which has it's new releases as well like   the new released Baldur's Gate 3.









Cubeblogstation rating :
8.2/10

Monday, 7 August 2023

Sid Meier's Civilization II - a highly addictive game for some or is it ?...

Sid Meier's Civilization II is a turn-based method video game in the Civilization series, developed and posted by MicroProse. It used to be launched in 1996 for PCs, and later ported to the PlayStation  which was owned by Activision.

(civilization 2 ,front cover,source bing)


(If you're thinking of playing this game on newer pc then you need emulator .Game is a 16 bit program, so it might not usually run on 64 bit new Windows.But it can run via emulators exampl. Dosbox..etc)

Players construct a civilization from a primitive tribe, competing with rival computer- or human (in some editions)-controlled civilizations. They control cities and gadgets in a quest to guarantee their civilization's dominance—either by way of conquering all different civilizations or via manufacturing superior area technology.

(game has many evolve stages of civilization,source -=-)


Civilization II was once a selling hit, with sales of round three million through 2001, and has received several awards and placements on "best video games of all time" lists. It used to be accompanied with the aid of Civilization III.

(map is clear and easy to read/play-on,source -=-)


Gameplay of the game :

Player start by picking 1 of 21 historical civilization or create custom-name civilization.Game is on Tiled map.playing against rival computer civilizations.Until whole map is conquered.

(civilization evolve through many stages,source -=-)



Game is historical trend and might also now not be ''everyone's cup of tea'' however still fashionable  and  addictive game if you are into retro games.The source of game that remainded you of the old fashion hits.






Cubeblogstation rating :
7.5/10

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

TMNT videogame - is retro tmnt a video game really too boring to play ?


Created first by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird started as a comic book.First comic book was created in 1984.

Later in 1987, Eastman and Laird licensed Turtles to Playmates Toys. Between 1988 and 1997, Playmates produced Turtles toys consisting of round four hundred figures and dozens of motors and playsets.

(first original series of ninja turtle was very unique ,source bing)


Influenced with the aid of the success of He-Man, G.I. Joe and Transformers, which had promoted toy traces with animated series, Playmates labored with the animation studio Murakami-Wolf-Swenson to produce the first Turtles animated series, which premiered in 1987 and ran for nearly a decade.


 It delivered Turtles factors such as their color-coded masks, catchphrases, love of pizza and awesome personalities. To make it desirable to mother and father and tv networks, the collection had a lighter tone than the comics, with no expletives, much less violence and much less threatening villains. In the United Kingdom and some different European regions, the franchise used to be renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for the violent connotations of the phrase "ninja".
(nintendo tmnt game.source -=-)



The first Turtles video recreation was once launched for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989, the first of a number of developed by means of the Japanese enterprise Konami. It offered about 4 million copies, making it one of the bestselling NES games. In response to issues that the collection was once drifting from its origins, Eastman and Laird posted an editorial in the comedian in 1989, writing: "We've allowed the wacky aspect to happen, and revel in it very much. 


All the while, though, we've got stored the originals very a great deal ours." Eastman later stated there was once "some stuff that we desire we hadn't stated sure to", and Laird wrote of his dislike for the softer tone of the animated series.
(There's many realeses of tmnt ,source -=-)



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, recognized as Geki Kame Ninja Den[a] in Japan and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in Europe, is a 1989 side-scrolling action-platform sport for the Nintendo Entertainment System launched by using Konami. In North America it used to be posted underneath Konami's Ultra Games imprint in the US and the equal PALCOM manufacturer in Europe and Australia.

Alongside the arcade recreation (also developed through Konami), it was once one of the first video video games primarily based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, being launched after the show's 2nd season. The recreation bought greater than four million cartridges worldwide.
(so many even unofficial pictures since 1984)


Overall great classic that still has die hard fans with very collectable and desired items always for sale .





Cubeblogstation rating :
7.9/10

Saturday, 22 July 2023

Original colourful icon from the 80s ...The Pac-Man

 Who would not recognise original colorful iconic game with lot of maze ?Of course Pac-man.

Game which has many ghosts but only one main character.

(pac-man has many colouful characters which are ''the enemy'',source bing)
 


Pac-man game design commenced in early 1979, directed through Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. 

(pac-man maze are full of dots which are for points or for change,source-=-)


Iwatani desired to create a recreation that ought to enchantment to ladies as properly as men, due to the fact most video games of the time had topics of hostilities or sports.

(whether is new or old version pac-man as game is iconic classic)


 Although the concept for the Pac-Man persona used to be the picture of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has stated he additionally rounded out the Japanese persona for mouth, kuchi (Japanese). 

The in-game characters had been made to be adorable and colourful to enchantment to youthful players.

Gameplay :

(simple explanation of this game...)


Game is situated in a maze where character chase other main character Pac-Man .If Pac-Man is caught by a any color ghost, he will lose a life and the whole game ends when all lives are lost.

overall rating:

Hard to fault.Iconic game from iconic 80s era ,great nostalga except graphic (yes there is lot of new version's of pac-man) and maze background which is kinda like map,still Pac-Man as game is retro-gem ! :)




Cubeblogstation rating :
8.5/10

Sunday, 16 July 2023

RC DE GO - Is it just one of many forgotten retro gems?...

 One of the first rc games. RC de GO!

                                     (appart from g-net ,rc de go game was also published on psone,source bing)

This game was created and developed through Taito and posted with the aid of Acclaim Entertainment. It was to be proven at Taito's sales space at the 2000 Tokyo Game Show.


(gameplay has very similar idea to simply win and get to next level ,source-=-)


In 2004, Acclaim offered all of their intellectual property to Throwback Entertainment after going bankrupt. In 2011, Throwback offered the Re-Volt IP to South Korean business enterprise We Go Interactive. 
The acquisition protected RC de GO!.

RC de Go! is a racing video recreation developed via Taito, first launched to Japanese arcades in 1999 for Taito's G-NET system.

 It was once later launched for the PlayStation, with publishing in North America and PAL territories treated via Acclaim Entertainment.

(In last few levels speed is also very limited and max out at 60km/h ,source -=-)



The recreation acquired commonly high-quality opinions from video sport critics, evaluating it to RC Pro-Am.
Game it self is great but graphic wise is getting a bit old now but still a classic retro to play.

In game you have view as if you control rc car in real life (shame graphic is old).
Another thing is speed max out at 60km/h which in these day's can be lot more.Game never had another series which is a bit shame as with upgraded graphic and more items this game could have been awesome.Overall a standard classic worth playing again.








Cubeblogstation rating :
7.8/10

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