This week there shall be no AGameAWeek.

The game that keeps on going, even though it's just a ball and some spikes! <a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/795/dislike.jpg"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/795/dislike_thumb.jpg"></a>

Yesterday, Rob from RetroRemakes asked if he could do a spritesheet for Spike Dislike. After a lot of back and forth, I decided to write a how-to, so any future requests could go a little bit smoother! Here's some info on how to make 'em, alongside a bunch of all-important rules.

A nice slow paced shooter this week. Poor old CPC Basic couldn't really handle bullet-hell type games. Well, ok, maybe it could if you really really tried, and came up with a scrolling ascii grid of bullets, but for the most part it just wasn't happening. Instead, Cassette 50 creators had to rely on other ideas. Like trying to kill you with your own desire to kill!! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Inferno_20110125_Logo_thumb.png">

Since I'm going to be doing Cassette 50 for a while, we're not going to be needing the regular Suggestion Box for a while. As a kind of replacement for those, then, I'll be thinking ahead, and wondering about the "larger" projects. Obviously one of the new ones is going to be a new Platdude game.

How the smeg did I screw up the counting, last week?! I mean, REALLY!! I have a Google Spreadsheet that's supposed to be counting all this! Bah! Spreadsheet reorganised, and counting fixed. Silly thing.. Anyway, this game's a bit pants. <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Evasive_Action_20110118_Logo_thumb.png">

The story so far... Jay buys Mac Main PC Dies Jay worries not Jay uses Mac.

Here we go, then! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Royal_Rescue_20110111_Logo_thumb.png">

It's starting! Cassette 50, Game number 1. <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cassette-50-Royal-Rescue-Screenshot_09-Jan-2011_153935.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cassette-50-Royal-Rescue-Screenshot_09-Jan-2011_153935-300x168.png" alt="" title="Cassette 50 - Royal Rescue (Screenshot_09 Jan 2011_153935)" width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1135" /></a> If you're hoping to Collect Them All, ...

I'm out of ideas. I ran out about midway through Advent, and I think finishing that off has sapped every last ounce of ideaness out of my poor little head. So, in order to continue to do AGameAWeek, I'm going to have to start doing things in a slightly different way. I thought about this for a while, yesterday, and it does seem slightly plausible, if a little dumb! <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cassette_50_K7_Cascade_Games_1985_Standard_Jewel_Case_-_Front.jp...

You all know how to play this one! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Super_Spike_Dislike_20110104_Logo_thumb.png"> <a href="https://jayenkai.blogspot.com/p/spike-dislike.html">Also on iPhone/iPod/iPad</a> Bounce continuously to the right, avoid the spikes, shoot at them occasionally, Super Spike Dislike!!

The year is new, but the logo's old. Sod it. I love this logo! I should be doing a year-long roundup thing, but I've not had much time, what with the whole Advent and stuff. No matter, there's been some good, and plenty of bad, and that's what AGameAWeek's all about!

Top 10 of 2010

1. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=219">Platdude's Retro Advent Collection <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude__s_Retro_Advent_Collection_20101201B_thumb.png">

No normal AGameAWeek this Tuesday, but worry not, there's still some games to be played! <img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/xmasxompo_480.png">

Hello all!

Think of this as a christmas present. (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AdventCollectionSource.zip">You can download the Advent sourcecode here)

<img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Platdudes_Retro_Advent_Collection_(Screenshot_24_Dec_2010_215837)_thumb.png">

Hmm.. I forgot to post a "This Week", and a "Suggestion Box", this week, didn't I. One little tweak to my weekly schedule, and the whole thing goes to pot! Today's Tuesday, and I won't (again) be posting AGameAWeek, and I'll be forwarding any complaints straight to my spam bin! 21 games, some of which are much more playable than recent AGameAWeek games, all done within the past few weeks. I think that's more than enough to stop you whinging about a lack of AGameAWeek. Still got about 4 more to go, alt...

What follows is a review from PlayThisThing.com I screengrabbed it, because they're probably going to fix the "little" thing at the top, and I want to continue to take the piss out of them. Here's me taking the piss out of them.

Same as, Advent continues right through until Xmas! Although, whether the advent collection will include a game for Xmas day or not hasn't yet been decided.. If I can manage to do enough, I will, but I won't be spending christmas morning coding anything, so..! Meanwhile, over the past few days I've been building this. There's currently 52 tracks in there, and.. well.. It's a start, anyway. I have other stuff to go in, and extra features/tweaks to make. A "Song by URL" feature...

Platdude Hungry!!

This week, I bought one of these...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I'm happy for any/all magazines to put any/all of my games in their magazines, or on their coverdisks. If you do, TELL ME, and I'll do my best to purchase a copy of your magazine. Heck, you might even be nice enough to SEND me a copy, for free! But you probably won't, because it's actually really really really stupidly rare when you ever bother to even tell me.

<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude__s_Retro_Advent_Collection_20101201_Logo_thumb.png"> A brand new game, EVERY DAY over Christmas!

Unfinished Or, to put it another way, this game got to about 70% done, I got really stupidly bored with it, I lost interest, and I still bothered to get it to about 92%. At 92%, I gave up. Here's a game at 92%.

Thursday = Suggestion day, and usually a lookback on Tuesday's game. hmm...

Am I doing the RPG or not!? Damnit, Jay, make up your mind! <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dungeon8.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dungeon8-150x150.png" alt="" title="dungeon8" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-985" /></a>

If you've an idea for AGameAWeek, let it be known in the comments below!!! Meanwhile, thinking time...