Playing Games Like Its 80s
Do you miss the good old 80's Amiga and Commodore games? You are not the only one. In fact, creating remakes for popular eighties games is all the rage.
Bombardix
If you want to have some fun on you lunch recess or just to relax at home, this Bomberman game is exactly what you need. Bombardix is a perfect Bomberman game. In addition to the excellent gameplay, usual for all classic arcade game, in this Bomberman game you get a perfect 2D graphic, which gives you an opportunity to play real bomberman game by placing you into the picturesque surroundings of one of the five imaginary worlds of Bombardix: Deep Forest, Desolate Wilderness, Swamp-Fever, Diamond-Mine, and Southerly Town.
Free Download: http://www.deprice.com/bombardix.htm
Cosmo Bots
Cosmo Bots takes its cue from the addictive classics Jezzball and Qix. However, that's where the similarity ends, because Cosmo Bots has different shapes for each level, 3D rendered graphics, digital sound, new enemies, and tons of power-ups. The free version features a full set of 50 levels to play, and does not require any special hardware. In Cosmo Bots, you try to fill areas of a board by sending out lines in opposite directions from your bot. You can choose to send these lines out either horizontally or vertically. Once you have boxed out an entire section, it fills in. The goal is to fill in a set amount of the board. With 577 levels there is plenty here to keep you playing for a long time.
Free Download: http://www.deprice.com/cosmobots.htm
Betty's Beer Bar
Betty's Beer Bar is a fast paced and addictive arcade game. Your task is to serve the customers as quickly as possible - keep them happy and they will give you huge tips. Serve them coffee when they're about to get drunk, to keep them awake - drunk customers rarely pay! This nurse had one beer too many. With good reflexes and a sharp mind, Betty will earn enough money to leave her original work place and start progressing towards her own bar in the caribbean! Betty's Beer Bar features four unique scenarios and over fifty original and fun animated characters in a beautiful hand-drawn, cartoonish style.
Free Download: http://www.deprice.com/bettysbeerbar.htm
Cactus Bruce And The Corporate Monkeys
Cactus Bruce and the Corporate Monkeys is, first and foremost, hilarious. You play a one-eyed pirate cactus (!) defending your home, Foster Island, from becoming a banana republic (Bananas Foster, mmm yummy!...) under the domination of Hollabanger Corporation and its army of Corporate Monkeys (who try to conk you on the head with coconuts). So, you must defend your home from this corporate takeover at all costs! Smack those monkeys before they smack you! Fortunately you have a unique weapon - a 1 ton claw machine - and several helpful friends such as Billy the Elastic Blowfish and Marvin the Explosive Snowman.
Free Download: http://www.deprice.com/cactusbruce.htm
John Deprice owns and operates one of the largest collections of the 80's remakes games available for download at http://www.deprice.com/games.htm.
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