Monthly Archives: October 2010

Kraft NFL Huddle To Fight Hunger Augmented Reality Game Goes Live

Posted on October 29, 2010 by 8bitjeff

The latest project of mine to go live is a cool little “Augmented Reality” game that I coded in conjunction with Total Immersion and Producto studios.  The game uses the Total Immersion Augmented Reality web-cam technology to control the action … Continue reading →

Posted in 8bitrocket History | 7 Comments

Help me find a good AS3 IDE On The Mac

Posted on October 28, 2010 by 8bitjeff

For the last three years I was very happy using the incredible Flash Develop via Parallels and XP on my Mac. I would use Flash CS3 in OSX to create and edit assets and then tie the whole project together … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Game Development | 26 Comments

Adobe Max Day 2: Dave Berzack And Filthy Mouthed Puppets

Posted on October 27, 2010 by 8bit_admin

The Adobe Max day 2 general session was a well produced set of fake TV shows designed to entertain the creative and technical class attending the event.  Most of it went of pretty well, but for me the highlights were: … Continue reading →

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Geo Blaster Basic on the HTML5 Canvas

Posted on October 26, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Steve and I are currently working on an HTML5 Canvas book for O’Reilly (in our spare time). It is giving us a chance to investigate the Canvas in detail and we are applying our game development skills to small and … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, HTML 5 Canvas, HTML5 Canvas Games, Shooter | 16 Comments

Adobe Max Flash Game Update: 3D, Controllers & Terry Paton!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by 8bit_admin

We just got out of the Adobe Max 2010 general session.  There was a lot of information about where Adobe is taking Flash.  They showed Google TV working with Air apps, and some really nice looking e-magazines developed with their … Continue reading →

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Adobe Max 2010

Posted on October 23, 2010 by 8bit_admin

8bitsteve will be @ Adobe Max next week in L.A., so we will try to report any public news in real-time from the conference.   This year, there is a lot of emphasis on Android, multi-player, and HTML5 tools.   … Continue reading →

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Atari Haunted House – Wii Contest Winner

Posted on October 23, 2010 by 8bit_admin

We’d like to congratulate Syd Lexia for his winning entry in our “Wii Atari Haunted House  Contest”.  We asked readers to describe an Atari 2600 game that they wouls like to see remade in the 21st century by Atari.  Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari Nerd, Contests | 6 Comments

Mac Steam: A Bonus!

Posted on October 23, 2010 by 8bit_admin

So here is something really cool I just discovered.  I decided to install the Mac version of Steam, so I could look at some downloadable games.  When I got it installed, I logged-in with the Steam account I made nearly … Continue reading →

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PBS Kids Dr Seuss Flower Finder Goes Live

Posted on October 18, 2010 by 8bitjeff

The first project of mine (from this new venture) to actually go live is The PBS Kids Dr. Seuss Flower Finder. No, it is not an arcade game like I am used to, but I was able to complete the … Continue reading →

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“Yes On 21″ Video Contest Entry

Posted on October 17, 2010 by 8bit_admin

This is little off-topic diatribe for a Sunday Morning.  My wife and I created a video entry for a “Yes On 21 Video contest“.  Proposition 21 is a California State initiative to help save the nearly 300 state parks in … Continue reading →

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Intellivision Lives DS (2010): Signed And Numbered for $19.99

Posted on October 15, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Honestly, while I played the Intellivision 100′s of times at my friend Eric’ Barth’s house back in 5th and 6th grade, I’ve never owned one.  At the same time, most of the retro collections of Intellivision games have not been … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari Nerd, Intellivision | 6 Comments

A Completely Biased Opinion Of Our Book

Posted on October 13, 2010 by 8bit_admin

I’m not sure if this makes sense,  but it’s not easy for me to recall everything that we wrote about in The Essential Guide To Flash Games.  Like any long-term project, the minute it was complete, I took a deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Flash Games Book, Flash Game Development | 16 Comments

Simply Brilliant: Dulldudegames

Posted on October 11, 2010 by 8bitjeff

One of our super-brilliant readers, “AndyGoesToHollywood”, sent over link to Dulldudegames because he wanted us to take a look at Iain Lobb’s simply brilliant game design tool. I am very impressed, especially with the platformer widget. I don’t think there … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Games, Reviews | 6 Comments

Porting a DOS Game To Windows: A Development Story

Posted on October 11, 2010 by 8bitjeff

I thought this story might be of interest to some of the visitors to our site. Steve and I spent a lot of time playing DOS games in the 90′s and also our share of time writing a few of … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Coding and Development Diary | 1 Comment

Retro Gaming Round Up Atari Edition Podcast with Ted Dabney Interview

Posted on October 8, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Listen To The Podcast Being self avowed Atari Nerds for more than 33 years now, Steve and I are always game to hear information on the controversial start-up, on-going business, and eventual crash of the original video game giant. In this edition … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari Nerd, Interviews | 5 Comments

Simply Brilliant: XKCD New Map Of Online Communities

Posted on October 7, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Take a look at the map. We definitely fit into the “Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions”, and are nearly entrenched in “Niche Market Mountains” while actually drowning in the “Bay of Drama”, clinging to a life raft floating passed “Tech Blogs” our … Continue reading →

Posted in diatribe, Simply Brilliant | 3 Comments

Games I’ll Play Again: Retro-styled Flash Game Micro Reviews

Posted on October 5, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Again I find myself with a few minutes between asset delivery and code re-writes and instead of doing something practical like working on Solar Fortress or Lunch Battle (or any of the 100 other games I have started and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Games | 18 Comments

8bitrocket.com Milestone: 1000 Posts!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by 8bit_admin

I just wanted to note that, with yesterday’s content updates, we have reached a cool 1000 updates.  I hope you have enjoyed our  nearly four years of  games,  videos, podcasts, news items, blog posts, interviews, stories, memories, tutorials, reviews, gossip … Continue reading →

Posted in 8bitrocket History | 8 Comments

Simply Brilliant: Keanu Is Sad / Sad Keanu Meme

Posted on October 4, 2010 by 8bitjeff

This is not game related so I created an entire new category on the blog for things that I feel are “simply brilliant” and need to be shared. I would have just “liked” this to my Facebook page, but there … Continue reading →

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Review : Atari Haunted House – Wii : Plus Win A Copy!

Posted on October 4, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Note: This is the first a new series of articles where we review new games from a retro/viral/indie/web game developer/technical writer perspective.  Since we are not a game review site, we don’t want to review every game out there, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Game Reviews, Mid-Core Game Reviews | 9 Comments

Going Solo #7: The bright spots

Posted on October 2, 2010 by 8bitjeff

It has been a little over two full months since I left my cushy corporate job and decided to make my own schedule, manage my own projects and “make my own shit”. The schedule and project part is going great. … Continue reading →

Posted in 8bitrocket History | 12 Comments