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larryhammerFollowing up on this post, more free Pico-8 games that I’ve been enjoying:
Breakout Hero - A Breakout clone that, honestly, is the best breakout game I’ve found that runs on my handheld emulator—yes, even over Arkanoid. And I’ve played many breakout games over the decades.
Cab Ride - Train driving simulator. Took a bit to get the hang of the controls (NB: play in “chilled” mode, which has a HUD and hints, not “very chilled”) but I’m liking this as much as any iteration of Densha de Go!. Great for chilling out.
High Stakes - Addictive card game in which you try to win back your 5l of blood from the vampires who drained you of all but 20ml, which is your gambling stake. If you figure out, based on clues, where the face-down vampire card is, wood-stake it to win that round, or turn it over to lose.
Guncho - This claims to be a roguelike, possibly for the slightly randomized levels, but really it’s a wild-west-themed, turn-based 3rd-person shooter. Tactics seriously matter, so plan ahead.
Into Ruins - This is an actual roguelike—an isometric, hex-celled dungeon crawl with leveling and permadeath, inspired by Brogue. Plays well and pretty to boot.*
Mot’s 8-Ball Pool - Billiards game with surprisingly good 3d angles of view. Play is basic but solid.
Pigments - Puzzle game where you play as a fruit trying to color the floor with paint drops while avoiding flying shuriken. 🤷🏼♂️ It’s turn-based but with slow-motion movements while you think—so think ahead.
ETA: Meant to include in this list Whiplash Taxi Co., which is a timed taxi sim that also includes a street-racing mode, both with traffic, making this an SNES-style demake mashup of Crazy Taxi with Need For Speed. Plus there’s a relaxed fares mode with no time limits. Amazingly good 3D rendering, excellent drift mechanics, plus a surprisingly large map. Crazy fun.
Also-rans: P.Craft, a light Minecraft clone that manages to include overworld & mining levels; and Dungeon Solitaire, a deck-building, dungeon-creating game.
* Speaking of roguelikes, I’ve also been playing the original Rogue, which has a GBA port, as well as the GBA port of Hack on the same page. All hail the homebrew scene!
---L.
Subject quote from On Solitude, Michel de Montaigne, tr. Cotton/Hazlitt.
Breakout Hero - A Breakout clone that, honestly, is the best breakout game I’ve found that runs on my handheld emulator—yes, even over Arkanoid. And I’ve played many breakout games over the decades.
Cab Ride - Train driving simulator. Took a bit to get the hang of the controls (NB: play in “chilled” mode, which has a HUD and hints, not “very chilled”) but I’m liking this as much as any iteration of Densha de Go!. Great for chilling out.
High Stakes - Addictive card game in which you try to win back your 5l of blood from the vampires who drained you of all but 20ml, which is your gambling stake. If you figure out, based on clues, where the face-down vampire card is, wood-stake it to win that round, or turn it over to lose.
Guncho - This claims to be a roguelike, possibly for the slightly randomized levels, but really it’s a wild-west-themed, turn-based 3rd-person shooter. Tactics seriously matter, so plan ahead.
Into Ruins - This is an actual roguelike—an isometric, hex-celled dungeon crawl with leveling and permadeath, inspired by Brogue. Plays well and pretty to boot.*
Mot’s 8-Ball Pool - Billiards game with surprisingly good 3d angles of view. Play is basic but solid.
Pigments - Puzzle game where you play as a fruit trying to color the floor with paint drops while avoiding flying shuriken. 🤷🏼♂️ It’s turn-based but with slow-motion movements while you think—so think ahead.
ETA: Meant to include in this list Whiplash Taxi Co., which is a timed taxi sim that also includes a street-racing mode, both with traffic, making this an SNES-style demake mashup of Crazy Taxi with Need For Speed. Plus there’s a relaxed fares mode with no time limits. Amazingly good 3D rendering, excellent drift mechanics, plus a surprisingly large map. Crazy fun.
Also-rans: P.Craft, a light Minecraft clone that manages to include overworld & mining levels; and Dungeon Solitaire, a deck-building, dungeon-creating game.
* Speaking of roguelikes, I’ve also been playing the original Rogue, which has a GBA port, as well as the GBA port of Hack on the same page. All hail the homebrew scene!
---L.
Subject quote from On Solitude, Michel de Montaigne, tr. Cotton/Hazlitt.