Free remakes of old classic games

 Click on the names of the games to go to their websites.

OpenRA

Red Alert,  Command & Conquer,  Dune 2000's remake

FreeCol

Sid Meyer's Colonization remake

Widelands

Settlers 2 remake

OpenTTD

"OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features."

This game has a 27+ year legacy.

How to train above level 30 in "Yendorian Tales 3 - The Tyrants of Thaine"?

Problem

In Yendorian Tales 3, The Tyrants of Thaine I cannot train above level 30. The only potential trainer seems to be the one in the keep, but he does not yet accept me.

Solution

I went through the following steps

• Opened the save file with a hex editor
• Searched for "1E" hex value (meaning 30 in decimal, as in level 30 of one character), changed it to "1F" (decimal 31)
• This increased the level of one of the characters to 31 (mine was the 4th character)
• Loaded up the save-game, went to the trainer in the keep. The trainer unlocked something, because I could trained one of the level 30 guys to 31 (in my case the 1st character), then saved
• With the editor I decreased the artificially increased level of the 4th character back to 30. Loaded up the game and proceeded normally

Source

I am not sure, but I might have downloaded the game from DOS Games Archive.

Before you play this, you should definitely check out Yendor 2

My favorite Dragon Age character

Can't you see I'm busy!

Play games while appearing professional and busy. Wish they had a similar game for Battlefield Heroes.

• www.cantyouseeimbusy.com/
  

Icycle - a cute platformer

A very cute, very hard game: Icycle

Upgrade complete - A fun flash game

The most entertaining game I played lately (besides BFH) is Upgrade complete. Make sure you check it out!

PuzzleBoom - A very nice game

Puzzle Bloom is a 3D puzzle game in which you need to guide a green thingy through various obstacles to nature-ize some floating industry platforms.
Graphics are very nice, controls responsive the game is very engaging.

• Go to PuzzleBoom homepage and play the game

Battlefield Heroes: free massive online shooter

• http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/

It's still in beta but I am having a lot of fun with it.

Awesome retro game of the day: OutZone

• http://easyretro.com/en/play/329/outzone.html

New show: Game Damage

This is the pilot to a new Gaming show starring one of my favorite game critics Yahtzee.

Flash test game of tza day

My score is 3.46. Yeaaah!

• The eyeballing game

Commando 2 Flash game

• Commando 2 Flash game

Video Game Glitches

• The Funniest Video Games Bugs & Glitches

Game I am looking forward to play

• EA has announces Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• A Red Alert 3 trailer

Coming:
Red October 2008 :)

Painkiller on Zero Punctuation

One of my favorite games was reviewed by Yahtzee Croshaw, The Escapist: Zero Punctuation.

Boxhead Zombie Wars

Kill some zombies! AAAARGH!

• Boxhead Zombie Wars

XNA Game Studio

Before spending $20 on Game Maker (as I mentioned in my previous post) I would like to try Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0.

"Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0 is a set of tools based on supported versions of Microsoft Visual Studio tools that allow students and hobbyists to build games for both Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360."

• XNA Game Studio on MSDN
• XNA Game Studio on Wikipedia

Game Maker

I started saving $20 for Game maker.

• Download page

Neverwinter Nights 2 Silver Shard bug, story stopper

Problem:
In the swamp ruins after retrieving the silver shard the dialog with Bevil does not start.

Cause of the problem:
You installed Mask of the Betrayer directly on the original Neverwinter Nights 2 without installing some patches first.

Solution:
Stand next to the chest where you got the shard then use ~ to open up the console then enter the following:


DebugMode 1
rs ga_conversation_self ("11_sw_shardscene")


This should trigger the conversation and you should be able to continue the story.

Zero Punctuation: Clive Barker's Jericho

In an older post I said that Clive Barker's Jericho is "a good game to play". This guy thinks otherwise: