Category: Reviews

  • Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 (11 Games Graded)

    Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 (11 Games Graded). My hat’s off to the Mochi staff once again for always doing a great job of selecting the Featured games. I do (once in a while) find games that I think should have been featured that the over-worked Mochi…

  • Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: Monday, Aug 10, 2009 (26 Games Graded)

    Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: Monday, Aug 10, 2009 (26 Games Graded). So, I take one day off (Sunday) and the “fit hits the shan”. There are so many truck loads of new Mochi games every day, and I have no idea how portal owners keep up (if they do at…

  • Mochi First Impressions Game Review Mash-Up: Thursday, Aug 06, 2009

    Mochi First Impressions Game Review Mash-Up: Thursday, Aug 06, 2009 I know you are going to play the world tiniest violin for me, but reviewing games is hard. No matter how much I try, I’ll never be able to grade every Mochi game, as there are a flood of new…

  • Mochi First Impressions Game Review Mash-Up:Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009

    Mochi First Impressions Game Review Mash-Up: Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009 Here’s the deal. Don’t piss me off. You know you have pissed me off when your game aggravates me more than the FIVE (count em up), FIVE dress up games. Let me repeat that, FIVE DRESS UP GAMES! FIVE! FIVE!…

  • Mochi Game Review Mash-up: Sunday July 26, 2009

    Mochi Game Review Mash-up:  Sunday July 26, 2009 It’s Sunday, a day I normally leave for TV shows on the DVR and playing with my kids outside. But,  I’m trying to get a good handle on the quality of Mochi Games, so I am reviewing the latest 9 games on…

  • Wii Motion Plus/Wii Sports Resort : First Impressions

    I picked-up my reserved copy of Wii-Motion Plus/Wii Sports Resort yesterday at Target.  My first impression is this: No Need To Reserve It. There were many many copies, and not too many buyers.  I also noticed that Target was giving away a free game with every Wii sold.  Wow, what…

  • Mochi Game Review Mash-up: Saturday, July 25, 2009

    Mochi Game Review Mash-up: Saturday, July 25, 2009 Nine more Mochi Games Reviewed Based In Initial Impressions I need to pick up the slack a little bit. Here are my capsule reviews on the 9 games currently on the “Latest” game page in the Mochi Publishers section. if I can, I…

  • Play the new free Atari STE Game rOx in Windows with a single mouse click!

    Play the new free Atari STE Game rOx in Windows with a single mouse click! The guys over are RGCD UK have out done themselves with a brand new, FREE Atari STE game that can be played in Windows with a single mouse click! rOx, is a modern scrolling “avoid-em-up”…

  • Book Review: American Nerd, The Story Of My People by Benjamin Nugent

    I did not think that I would write a review of this book.   I start reading dozens of books like “American Nerd” ,but in all honestly, it is the rare one that I actually finish.  Even though I am a huge fan of non-fiction, I’m really not a fan of…

  • Press Space To Win Is Pretty Awesome

    Press Space To Win is pretty awesome I was trolling message boards and portals this morning because of my inherent need to procrastinate rather than work on the three games I have going at once. On the Mochi boards I found a link to a  YouTube video of this game…

  • Retroshoot added to 8bitrocket Retro Arcade Hall of Fame

    Retroshoot added to 8bitrocket Retro Arcade Hall of Fame Dave Munsie’s incredible title, Retroshoot has been added to the 8bitrocket Retro Arcade Showcase. His first indie Flash game is good enough to be only the 6th game we have ever felt deserved to be given a Gold Medal Hall of…

  • Three iPhone Game Video Previews

    You know, to be honest, we never planned to review iPhone games on this site. However, someone asked us first, we decided “OK, why not?”, and since then we have been inundated with requests to review iPhone games. At first, people sent us links so we could download and play…

  • iPhone Game Reviews: Aqua Jigsaw and Jigsaw Wild From 99Games.in

    Jigsaw puzzles have been a staple of web-based Flash games for many years. The combination of hi-res images and and the mouse/web interface made a nice platform for easy to play and easy to digest small jigsaw based games. The iPhone touch interface takes this to a slightly higher level,…

  • iPhone Game Reviews: Rainbow Ninja

    Rainbow Ninja is a tough game to review, since it is not really much of a game at all. It’s more of test of the ability to read words and see colors. It is very similar to one of the games on the Nintendo DS game Brain Age. In that…

  • iPhone Game Reviews: Fleck And Pseudemys From SurvivorSoft

    iPhone Game Reviews: Fleck And Pseudemys From SurvivorSoft Note: We have recently opened up the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPod section of 8bitrocket.com. In this section we will be exploring both playing games and making games for these platforms.   Fleck Fleck arrives like a lamb and then slays you like a lion. Underneath…

  • Movie Review: Chasing Ghosts: Beyond The Arcade

    Earlier this year I wrote a very positive review of the movie King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters because I was both fascinated with the content, and with how the film makers turned the story of a Donkey Kong high score rivalry into a universal story about “the outsider…

  • The 56k Connection : PigRace Review

    The 56k Connection : PigRace Review http://www.picasogames.com/games/pigraceBy PicasoGames Today we go to the farm – it’s time to race and your pig is entered. PigRace is an easy, good-looking game that involves navigating your piggy through various obstacles to get to each level’s finish line.  Using the tried and true…

  • The 56K Connection: Fisherboy review.

    Fisher Boy,  http://www.box10.com/fisher-boy.html California wildfires have caused more than 60,000 people to be evacuated from their homes and we’ve had 3 days of constant television coverage of the devastation.  Although I’m not in any imminent danger, soot and ash is flying through the air covering everything with a layer whitish…

  • The 56K Connection: Olive War ‘ Attack 1: Veggies from above review.

    The 56K Connection: Olive War ‘ Attack 1: Veggies from above review. Editors Note: Marz Nolte is the newest 8bitrocket editorial team member. She brings a much needed female voice to the pages of this site. And yes, she does really only have a 56K modem. Olive War ‘ Attack…

  • The 56k Connection : Body Ladder Review

    The 56k Connection : Body Ladder Review Editors Note: Marz Nolte joins the 8bitrocket editorial team with the first of her sure to be insightful look at the world of casual games. Marz has bee an avid gamer ever since she helped Steve and Jeff’s parents buy them an Atari…

  • RuneScape, First Impressions

    RuneScape, First Impressions RuneScape is a free Massively Multi-player RPG that I started to play off of the AddictingGames home page today. This British produced, Java based game plays very well on my New iMac. Considered to be the most popular MMORPG in the world, this title has been around…

  • Spore Is Midcore!

    I know I’m not the first person to mention this (I saw link from another blog that puts the idea of Spore and Midcore in the same sentence), but I just want to reiterate just how much SPORE seems fits the idea of “Midcore”. I’m currently playing Spore on my…

  • Designing Arcade Game Graphics – A free book!

    I have been researching and writing a few new basic tutorials on using blitting for arcade games. In my search for some simple graphics to use, I once again came across the Ari Feldman sprite libraries. Along with his incredible, free library of sprite sheets, Ari has made something even…

  • Review: Commadork and The Hidden Collective Experience of 80’s Vintage Computing

    80’s Home Computers: The Hidden Collective Experience The world is awash with collective experiences into the 21st century. In fact, it’s very hard to find something that is experienced by an individual without the ability to somehow communicate that experience with others. Every hobby, comic strip, graphic novel, book series,…

  • Commadork and The Hidden Collective Experience of 80’s Vintage Computing

    80’s Home Computers: The Hidden Collective Experience The world is awash with collective experiences into the 21st century. In fact, it’s very hard to find something that is experienced by an individual without the ability to somehow communicate that experience with others. Every hobby, comic strip, graphic novel, book series,…

  • 80’s Guitar Rock: The Alarm: UCLA Spirit Of ’86 Celebration Report

    80’s Guitar Rock: The Alarm: UCLA Spirit Of ’86 Celebration Report

    Mike Peters of The Alarm returned to UCLA on April 12, 2008 after 22 years to celebrate The Alarm’s historic show at UCLA on April 12 1986. This turned out to be a wonderful event for many reasons, not the least of which was the showing of the fully restored…

  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for the Wii

    Soccer video games have not changed very much since the the first 3D version of FIFA appeared on the 3DO almost 15 years ago. The graphics and models have gotten much better, and the licensed player names have improved, but the actual game-play has stayed (relatively) the same. The controls…

  • Review: Pinball Hall Of Fame:Williams Collection for the Wii

    A week or so back I wrote a pissed-off blog entry about how it was to find Pinball Hall Of Fame Williams Collection for the Wii out in the wild. That has not changed, and I still have not heard or found any real explanation for it. I ordered my…

  • Bookworm Adventures Review

    Bookworm Adventures   Platforms:PC Links: Official Site Game Play: A serious update to the Pop Cap classic Bookworm Deluxe. Fight monsters by creating words from a grid of 16 letter tiles. Play through three separate books and several mini-games. Collect experience to gain levels and increase your health and attack…

  • Alien Shooter Vengeance Review

    Alien Shooter Vengeance   Platforms:PC Links: Official Site Gameplay:Blast scores of aliens in this 2.5D isometric shooter. The game has the feel of the “Fallout” series put into an action game. 8/10 Intangibles:Feels old school, but plays very smooth. Explosions and FX are very satisfying. Addictive to the core. 7/10…

  • Another Person’s Game: Vector Runner

    Vector Runner is a fast paced classic wire frame vector game in the style of the Tempest and Battle Zone. I found the game on the Congregate.com web site in my weekly search for classic style games. I can’t find any information on the actual developer (it could very well…

  • Review: “Carnival Games” For The Nintendo Wii (7.5 out of 10)

    “Carnival Games” from Global Star software for the Nintendo Wii is the best game ever made about, umm, Carnival Games. This is certainly a game that would have been a minor failure on any other platform, but on the Wii is an entertaining success. You enter the carnival where you…

  • Required Reading: Classic Computer Magazine Archive

    The Classic Computer Magazine Archive (http://www.atarimagazines.com) boasts several complete or nearly complete magazine archives, mostly from the 1980’s. The archive concentrates on Atari Computer magazines. It was once called AtariMagzines.com (and still holds that particular URL). However, it now contains archives for other magazines as well, including a very comprehensive…

  • Required Reading: “On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore” by Brian Bagnall

    I have to admit, when I avoided reading On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore by Brian Bagnall for about 12 months for one reason: Commodore. The name makes me throw-up in mouth a little. Being an ardent and fastidious Atari fan, a book about Commodore seemed…

  • Indie Game Showcase: New Star Soccer 3 – the best $20 I’ve spent in a LONG TIME!

    Do all the fancy controls of the Fifa series confuse, frustrate or annoy you? Do you value playability over fancy rendered realistic images of Ronaldo’s bald head? If you have any interest in Soccer, or role playing games, or sports game for that matter, New Star Soccer 3 might be…