Video Games

Puzzles to help you find the Easter Eggs in Riven. Hint: click the Spider on the home page and go from there.

"It is bigger than Myst, in many ways it is better than Myst, but it isn't really innovative which Myst was in its time."

Rated 3.75/5 by Joonas Linkola. "The atmosphere is surrealistic to the extreme, and the puzzles are devilishly clever."

Eamon is a text adventure system with strong RPG elements, originally created for the Apple II. More than 200 games have been created for it.

Focal point for news about Inform.

Review from Crash magazine.

"After all those hours spent playing other people's adventures, the time has come to create some of your own. Thomas Green takes a look at the do-it-yourself package from Gilsoft."

Format for sound and graphics in Z-Machine games. Includes sample C code to get started with.

Rated 4/5 by Matthew Murray. "The latest of the next generation Zork games, while a very good one, is not a very good Zork."

Rated +4 on a -5 to +5 scale. "Nemesis is a good, faithful continuation of the Zork tradition. It upgrades the Great Underground Empire to contemporary standards and beyond."

Hidden characters and programmer's initials revealed.

Support group for programmers of Atari 2600 games.

Supports undocumented opcodes, includes source and executables for 16-bit DOS.

Includes package locations and car photos.

Offers cheats, frequently asked questions, walkthrough, screenshots, and a discussion board. (PS)

Preview with screen shots.

Review by Larry Tipton. [8/10] "It is the kind of game that you can quickly get into and one that will keep you playing long after you have mastered the many circuits."

Offers cheats, screenshots, reviews, and a discussion board.

[9.6/10] "...one of the best racing games to grace video games..." Includes screenshots.

Reviewed by Dan Amrich, [7/10]. "If you love all things MK, you'll see Shaolin Monks as a special milestone in the franchise and a reward for your loyalty."

Offers 110 page guide for sale.

Review, with screen shots. Score: 9 out of 10 and an Editors' Choice.

[Free] Palm chess with several chess engines (Fruit,GNUChess,Toga,Phalanx,Scorpio - [V3.0RC2 1/2007]

[Freeware] Graphical interface for the free internet chess servers.

Review of Sigma Chess Lite 5.12, Vanessa Chess 2.01, with tournament results.

Discusses game collections, software, chess database, starting sites.

A graphic interface program. Includes news, FAQs, and downloads.

Chess engine for Winboard/Xboard. Has basic opening book and adjustable hash size.

A few cards drawn by Arkanstock attendees playing a game of 1000 Blank White Cards. Some are bawdy or tasteless.

[6.5/10] Staff review. "Fails to live up to the high quality of the company's reputation." (January 24, 2000)

Includes various walkthroughs and faqs.

Cheat codes and trainers.

Official download site for the most comprehensive guide to Diablo and Hellfire.

Includes details on accessing secret Easter eggs and transferring characters.

Fan page offers midi music, game and expansion set information, clan, and screenshots.

Various screenshots from the game.

Work with others to create and share code, ideas, models, textures, sounds, and quests.

News, game information, media, and message board.

Game information, news, and codes.

Preview by Thomas Wilde, with screen shots. "...[T]his is the kind of game that eats entire weekends."

Custom voices, weapons, armor, scripts, and spells.

Contains a brief history of those who made the game, a description the game itself, screenshots, and an overall score.

Includes a downloadable alchemy database program.

Includes an on-line tool to translate the Daedric characters into Latin characters.

An unreleased modification which will add the Dremora as a playable race. Contains information, a diary, screenshots, and wallpapers.

Video, screenshots, preview, news, and a message board.

Features a review of the arranged CD by Ramza with selected Real Audio samples.

Game information, news, codes, media, and review [9.2/10].

Features character biographies, image galleries, game tips, and links.

Fujin shrine containing character information and fan works.