Untitled Game was made just as game modifications began to gain widespread recognition as an art form unto itself. JODI made the piece by altering the graphics of Quake as well as the software code that makes it work. Their mods reduced the complex graphics of Quake 1 to the bare minimum, aiming for maximum contrast between the complex soundscapes and the minimal visual environment. For the mod 'Arena,' JODI took this principle to the extreme: they completely erased every graphical element of the game, turning monsters, characters and backgrounds all to white. The more psychedelic 'Crl-Space,' the earliest of the set, is not based on a static image. Instead, it features a swirling black-and-white background. The game engine generates this effect as it continuously tries, and fails, to visualize the interior of a cube lined with black-and-white wallpaper.
Sod is an extreme modification or "hack" of id Software’s action game Wolfenstein 3D, in which the goal was to escape from a Nazi dungeon. In Sod, Wolfenstein 3D’s representational renderings (considered state-of-the art at the time of the game’s release in 1992) have been replaced by pure geometrical forms in a limited palette of black, white and gray. The result is a game space that is loosely architectural and extremely disorienting; it is easy to get lost, and it can be difficult to distinguish the walls from the targets one is supposed to shoot. Paesmans and Heemskerk complement the game-play difficulties with a cryptic interface (setting game preferences is no easy task!) and tongue-in-cheek game instructions along the lines of "If you are tough, press N. If not, press Y daintily." With its stark elegance, Sod offers a compelling alternative to the computer game industry’s mindless pursuit of representational realism.
D-Day: Normandy is a first-person shooter set across all theatres of war in World War II, originally developed as a Quake II mod in 1999 and later released as a free standalone game.
PGA European Tour is a golf game that makes use of the official European Tour license. It offers only four courses, specifically Quinta do Lago in Portugal, Kungsängen in Sweden, Druids Glen and the K Club in Ireland. Players can choose to play a quick match, a non-tour golf game or participate in the real tour. The non-tour option includes several modes: in Strokeplay players need to get the least number of strokes in order to win, in Matchplay the goal is to win more holes, while in Skins holes are played for money (winners of holes one to six get 100 euros, seven to twelve - 200 euros, thirteen to eighteen - 300 euros). Up to four players can play non-tour games, and some options allow teams of two to face each other.
Participation in the tour itself is a simulation of the real thing. Players start as amateurs, and can select to play as one of 64 European golfers like Nick Faldo and Jose Maria Olazabal, or create their own custom character. To reach professional status it's necessary to reduce the handicap to
The Intruder is an interactive narrative based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges. The viewer must compete in some rudimentary games to hear, read and see the story. Thoroughly well-observed, and compelling, The Intruder takes about 15 minutes to navigate. The games are not difficult but act as an aid to the narrative and introduce levels of addiction to the telling of the story.
Bungie's Mac Action Sack collects six of the company's action games on one CD which comes in an actual sack made of cloth.
Games Included:
Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete
Pathways into Darkness
Abuse
Marathon
Marathon 2: Durandal
Marathon Infinity
Moon Whistle is a Japanese language freeware role-playing video game created with RPG Tsukūru 95. Mainly made by Kōichirō Takaki, also known as Kannazuki Sasuke, this game involves an adventure of a five-year-old kindergartner in a pseudo-Japanese city of the 1980s and 1990s.
In 2011 an updated version was released called Moon Whistle XP.
UNO, the classic card game of skips, draw-twos, and reverses, has come to the Game Boy Advance. There are two modes of play: Standard and Challenge. Standard has the players keep going until they reach a specified number of points, usually 1000. However, a player only scores points when he gets rid of all the cards in his hand. The points are the total value of the cards left in the opposition's hands. In Challenge, each player has a set number of points, and a player is eliminated when he reaches the point total. Play continues until one player is left standing. In both modes, you can play against up to three computer-controlled opponents. You can also play a single human opponent via a link cable. As an added bonus, there are three new cards that are not part of the real-world game. Now you can play UNO by yourself.
Rummer & Rabalder: Dr. Franks Mask is a Swedish computer game created after an idea by Lars Anttinen. The mouse brothers is a famous duo from an old Swedish television show called Lattjo Lajban: Rummer och Rabalder broadcasted on TV4.
Fly your spaceship around on the level and shoot at everything that shoots at you. There are refueling zones where ailing ships can replenish their shields and weapons and safe zones that offer a respite from the action, but there's little time to think about anything other than your immediate survival.
Skull Caps, the RTS video game sequel to Baldies, where the player takes command of creatures named skullies that are pitted against hairies. There are 45 levels. To proceed to the other level skullies have to destroy all hostile units and buildings.