Monthly Archives: October 2009

8bitrocket.com Video Podcast-Essential Flash Game Book Games Preview

Posted on October 31, 2009 by 8bit_admin

8bitrocket.com Video Podcast-Halloween Edition. In this edition we preview the games from our forth coming Flash game development book, Essential Flash Games. You actually see them in action. We also learned to use a screen capture utility and the results … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Two Big Kids On The Block In The Viral Flash World

Posted on October 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

When Jeff and I were little, we lived on a block with a lot of other kids.  Of all those kids, there were two bigger ones that we tried to be  friends with: Justin and Travis.  Both had good qualities … Continue reading →

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A Youth Well Wasted: Lee Bradly Bogs His Youth In Video Games

Posted on October 28, 2009 by 8bit_admin

UK game journalist Lee Bradly has been writing an on-going blog chronicling his youth playing video games.  His series, A Youth Well Wasted is a a fascinating story about his friendship with a kid whose dad was a Sega executive.  … Continue reading →

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Kill Screen: A Video Game Magazine That Aims For The Mature Mind

Posted on October 28, 2009 by 8bit_admin

If you are like us, you constantly lament the demise of great game magazines like Electronic Games and Next Generation. Those magazines went beyond the standard news/preview/review/strategy format of most gaming tomes to include in-depth articles on subjects like sociology … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: October 26, 2009 (10 new games reviewed)

Posted on October 26, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: October 26, 2009 (10 new games reviewed) Games Reviewed: Street Fighter 2: CE, GraveShift 2: The Sewers, Zombie Taxi 2, Globulos Challenge, Froggy, Lost Mouse, WS Cup 2009, Battlerun, Speed Game of the Week: Street Fighter … Continue reading →

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Essential Guite To Flash Games Book: Pre-Order

Posted on October 21, 2009 by 8bit_admin

This has been up for a couple weeks but were waiting some confirmations to post it.  You can now pre-order  the Essential guide to Flash Games book from Amazon.  Also, we learned yesterday that that great Iain Lobb will be … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-Up October 20, 2009 (11 new games reviewed)

Posted on October 20, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-Up October 20, 2009 (11 new games reviewed) I wanted to do a full blog and site mash-up today (along with Mochi Game Reviews), but I that task is so daunting, I decided to stick to just … Continue reading →

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Essential Flash Games Book Ch.9: Dice Battle! A.I.Battle Puzzle Game.

Posted on October 17, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Here is an alpha sample screen of the game “Dice Battle” from the “Essential Flash Games” book.  This game builds upon the material in Chapter 8 (Color Drop), adding ramping machine-based A.I., a soundtrack manager, multiple enemies in battle-style puzzle game … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-Up : Oct 14th, 2009 (Games where things shoot at other things day)

Posted on October 14, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-Up : Oct 14th, 2009 (Games where things shoot at other things day) These were always my favorite types of arcade, video, and computer games, so I scoured the “Coins”, “Featured”, and “Recent” Mochi lists for some … Continue reading →

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Essential Guide To Flash Games Book: Chapter 10: A tile-based scrolling driving game

Posted on October 12, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Essential Guide To Flash Games Book: Chapter 10: A tile-based scrolling driving game I put the finishing touches on the game for chapter 10 this weekend and started writing up the chapter text. It is supposed to be done by … Continue reading →

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Jeff Minter’s Grid Runner Revolution PC Review

Posted on October 10, 2009 by 8bit_admin

If 8bitrocket.com had it’s very own “Mt. Rushmore” containing the faces of four video games designer/developers who have influenced us the most they would be: Dan Bunten (programmer/designer of MULE and Seven Cities Of Gold) Chris Crawford, Atari 8-bit evangelist … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: October 7, 2009 (11 Games Reviewed)

Posted on October 7, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: October 7, 2009 (11 Games Reviewed) Today the game selection kind of made me feel like I was looking though some of the various pirate crew Atari ST and Amiga late era disc menus from the … Continue reading →

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Adobe Max Report #2: Adobe Takes On Mochi With their Own Game Distribution, Ad Serving, and Monetization (updated)

Posted on October 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Ok, Adobe Max day #1 was even better than Day #1. Here is a run-down. Adobe Distribution First off, we were shown Adobe’s answer to Mochi ads and Monetization, Adobe Distribition Services . Here are some of the features of … Continue reading →

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Flash Indie Game Interweb Mash-up (plus Mochi Game reviews): October 6, 2009

Posted on October 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash Indie Game Interweb Mash-up (plus Mochi Game reviews): October 6, 2009 I have a lot of updates that I have been putting off, so I will try to quickly squeeze them in here today… Book Update: Working on a … Continue reading →

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Adobe Max Report Day #1

Posted on October 5, 2009 by 8bit_admin

OK, so here are my notes from Adobe Max Day #1: 1. Biggest News: Flash On The iPhone.  This does not mean it can run Flash apps in the browser, but it does mean that you can compile to native … Continue reading →

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Atari Nerd Chronicles: 1982-1983: Computer Lab

Posted on October 4, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Part I: Mr. Hughes In the fall of 1982 I started 7th grade at Foster A. Begg Jr. High School in Manhattan Beach California. My classes were Homeroom, Honors English. Pre-Algebra, Honors Science, Honors Social Science, Drama, Spanish 1, and … Continue reading →

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Game Macropayments: A Developer Subscription Model?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I was thinking about this on the way home yesterday, and I thought I would run it up the old 8bitrocket.com flag pole to see what people think. After writing about what I might pay for using Micropayments a few … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Of The Day Review: Arthropod Armada By Rocketslap

Posted on October 2, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Of The Day Review: Arthropod Armada  By Rocketslap Arthropod Armada is a very well done side scrolling blaster in the R-Type genre. Instead of a piloting a space ship an organic alien underworld, you are a  flying bug … Continue reading →

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Essential Guide To Flash Games Book: Recursive Function Puzzle Game.

Posted on October 1, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I just finished this last night, so I’m a bit excited about it (or is that exhausted)?  Anyway, I wanted to show that this book is not just about the types of things you have read previously on this blog.  … Continue reading →

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