Monthly Archives: December 2009

Tunnel Panic

Posted on December 30, 2009 by 8bit_admin


Tunnel Panic is very simple game. As your ship flies through the retro, 8-bit tunnel, simply press the space bar to move it up. Dodge everything and stay alive for as long as you can. You get more points the longer you make it through the tunnel. Continue reading →

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My Interview with Arnie Katz (Co-Founder Of Electronic Games magazine) Up At Gamastra

Posted on December 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

My interview with Arnie Katz is now up at Gamasutra.If you don’t know who Arnie Katz might be, here is the intro I wrote for the interview: Arnie Katz was a pioneer of video game journalism. In the late 1970s … Continue reading →

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Merry Retro Gaming Christmas Inter-web Mash-Up from 8bitrocket.com

Posted on December 25, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Merry Retro Gaming Christmas  Inter-web Mash-Up from 8bitrocket.com Here are some retro-gaming Christmas treats for your viewing / reading pleasure. First some Christmas related retro gaming commercials and then some retro gaming Christmas stories and finally a survey of some … Continue reading →

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What Happened To Silverlight Games? (Or, Why Flash Is Still The Platform Of Choice For Web Games)

Posted on December 24, 2009 by 8bit_admin

As you may recall, we started this year experimenting with technologies beyond Flash. First, we started to review iPhone games because, well, my wife got an iPhone Touch and I wanted to start looking at the games and explore the … Continue reading →

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8bitrocket’s Five Favorite Retro Inspired Flash Games of 2009 Podcast

Posted on December 23, 2009 by 8bit_admin

8bitrocket’s Five Favorite Retro Inspired Flash Games of 2009 Podcast We’ve featured and reviewed many games this year. Over the next couple weeks we are going to take some time to list our favorites in a few different categories. The … Continue reading →

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Planet M.U.L.E First Impressions

Posted on December 18, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Our first impressions of the Planet M.U.L.E, the online playable 2009 update to Dan Bunten’s classic Atari 800 game, M.U.L.E.   http://www.planetmule.com  

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.+.palindromes.+. plus (2009)

Posted on December 17, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Unscramble The Palindromes…Plus! Now with more palindromes, including palindrome phrases and better re-play features.

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idkwid.com “Flying Blind” video tutorial…

Posted on December 14, 2009 by 8bit_admin

A simple tutorial for playing IDKWID.com’s game “Flying Blind”.  (http://www.idkwid.com)  

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Flash Game Blog Interweb Mash-up Video Podcast Dec 12, 2009

Posted on December 13, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash Game Blog Interweb Mash-up Video Podcast Dec 12, 2009 I decided to have a go at doing a Mash-up as a video podcast with mixed results. How many different iMovie transitions can you recognize? See below for links to … Continue reading →

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8bitrocket.com IDKWID.com Mochi Game Review blowout!

Posted on December 11, 2009 by 8bit_admin

  Today we cover our new favroite Flash Game developer, idkwid.com. I believe idkwid stands for “I Don’t Know What I’m doing”.   We cover these gems: Public LiBEARy Beam Me Up, Santa Flying Blind Dino Art Museum Just in case … Continue reading →

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8bitrocket Reports On the Mochimedia 2009 Survey Results + IKDWID.com Preview

Posted on December 11, 2009 by 8bit_admin

  We report on the Mochimedia.com Flash Games Market Survey.

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Mochi Flash Game Review 12/10/2009

Posted on December 10, 2009 by 8bit_admin

5 More games Mochi games reviewed: Bloons Tower Defense Baby’s Christmas coloring 8bit Little Killer Disney Puzzle 3 in 1 Dark Inference : The First Shadows (Inspired by a Spectrum Game, not originally C64 or Amiga as we stated)

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Mochi Flash Game Reviews 12/9/09

Posted on December 9, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Flash Game Reviews: This time we have a new style where the games are highlighted only with voice overs.  We think this might be the easiest and est way to do this.  Games Reviewed:Rift Under City Eric’s Xmas Work … Continue reading →

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Mochi “Doofus” and “Talent” game reviews of the day: Dec 8, 2009

Posted on December 8, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi “Doofus” and “Talent” game reviews of the day: Dec 8, 2009 Today we are going to pick two Mochi games to review. One will be the “Talent” game. This game will be my favorite game of the day. The … Continue reading →

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GameSetWatch Tackles Indie And Fan Clone Games + What Do Gamers Think Of Microtransactions?

Posted on December 7, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Sometime I feel like we are talking into thin air when we discuss intellectual property issues and indie/Flash games.  It just seems like no one really cares, or just looks the other way.   However,  today GameSetWatch.com has a very interesting … Continue reading →

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The greatest song ever written? Code Monkey By Jonathan Coulton

Posted on December 4, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Code Monkey – Jonathan Coulton   I’m not sure what else to say.  I’ve listened 10 times in a row… 

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Retro Game Insipration Podcast #1 : Atari 7800 Food Fight

Posted on December 3, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Retro Game Insipration Podcast #1 : Atari 7800 Food Fight I am planning to make a new “re-skinnable” game engine based on the Atari 7800 (and arcade) game by Atari.GCC called Food Fight. I will be looking for a Pixel … Continue reading →

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AS2->AS3: Making A Click And Stick Christmas Tree Designer In AS2 and AS3

Posted on December 2, 2009 by 8bit_admin

In my last tutorial I focused on the differences in managing the mouse in AS2 and AS3 and how to create a click and drag effect in AS2 and AS3. This tutorial will take the code in those tutorials further … Continue reading →

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AS2->AS3: A Simple Drag And Drop Game plus Hiding/Showing/Changing The Mouse Pointer

Posted on December 1, 2009 by 8bit_admin

One of the things designers love to do in the Flash IDE is change the mouse pointer. This was a pretty simple task in AS2, but in AS3 there are few complications. The following short tutorial describes how to hide/show/change … Continue reading →

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