Old School Color Cycling with HTML5 This was a technology often used in 8-bit video games of the era, to achieve interesting visual effects by cycling (shifting) the color palette. Back then video cards could only render 256 colors at a time, so a palette of selected colors was used. But the programmer could change this palette at will, and all the onscreen colors would instantly change to match. It was fast, and took virtually no memory. [more inside]
posted by crunchland
on Jul 26, 2010 -
40 comments
Can't You See I'm Busy? Let’s face it; we all want to relax every now and then, but still want to appear professional or busy! That’s why all [these] games ... are designed in a way that nobody can see that you’re gaming. In fact, your boss and colleagues will think that you’re working harder than ever before.
posted by crunchland
on Mar 7, 2010 -
24 comments
Castle Attack 2 ... Protect your castle from the attacking horde onslaught. You can use your archers, or lob rocks, dump boiling oil, or crush under burning logs. Extra points for accuracy.
[note: shockwave, loud music, death, destruction]
posted by crunchland
on Apr 29, 2005 -
19 comments
Doom ,
Doom2,
Duke Nukem 3d,
Heretic,
Hexen,
Hexen II,
Quake,
Quake 2,
Return to Castle Wolfenstein : Enemy Territory, plus
dozens more.
posted by crunchland
on Feb 21, 2005 -
20 comments
free games ~ Rockstar Games gives you two of their classic games,
Grand Theft Auto (the original) and
Wild Metal, modified to run on modern machines.
[note : download at your own risk, windows only executables]
posted by crunchland
on Jul 9, 2004 -
25 comments
outbreak [note: flash, advertisement] play this sim and struggle to protect your network from a hacker onslaught.
posted by crunchland
on Apr 30, 2004 -
6 comments
Bridge Builder, revamped I posted a link to this program months and months ago. Since then, the program has been revamped. It's now called
PONTIFEX, and it gives you more options for bridge building materials, as well as better 3-D graphics (including an option to view your bridges from the point of view of the train's engineer).
It's well worth another look.
posted by crunchland
on Oct 30, 2001 -
8 comments
BRIDGE BUILDER :
It's fun for a girl and a boy! A downloadable demo of a pretty cool but geeky bridge building simulator. Each level, you're given the task of spanning a gap using limited materials. Your goal is to build a bridge not only strong enough to stand under its own weight, but to also support the weight of a train crossing over it.
There is no right way to build a bridge, but there is a lot of wrong ways.
System Requirements: 200 MHz or faster CPU, Windows 95/98/00/NT, Direct X version 6 or later, Keyboard recommended, OpenGL video card and drivers
posted by crunchland
on Mar 6, 2001 -
22 comments
