Video Games

Empire City vs Criminal Valley Empire City vs Criminal Valley- Comparison of Empire City and Criminal Valley. Downloads, question and answer, and screenshots for both maps. Turbo King's GTA Rage Page Turbo King's GTA Rage Page- Map downloads and screenshots of the them. GameSpy GameSpy- Preview of Xbox version by Raymond Padilla. Includes screen shots. GameSpy: GTA: Double Pack GameSpy: GTA: Double Pack- [5/5] Review of bundled Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the Xbox. "As the best of any platform...this may be something you'll wan… Epinions Epinions- Consumer reviews. All-Reviews.com: Driver All-Reviews.com: Driver- Offers a review of the game. WorthPlaying WorthPlaying- Review (4.9/10), with screen shots. [Xbox] Eurogamer Eurogamer- Reviewed by Kristan Reed, score: 3 out of 10. [Xbox] GameSpy.com GameSpy.com- Reviewed by Hector Guzman, score: 2 out of 5. Includes screen shots. [Xbox] IGN.com IGN.com- Contains news, reviews, guides, FAQ, and message boards. (PlayStation 2) CNN : Will Wright CNN : Will Wright- Contains the transcript of interview in which Will Wright answered the questions of people in a CNN chat room. CNN : Will Wright CNN : Will Wright- Contains the transcript of a chat with Will Wright in a CNN chat room on the creation of The Sims and SimCity. LinuxDevCenter LinuxDevCenter- Article exploring Linux on the PlayStation 2, including hardware, installation, upgrades, alternatives, and game programming. By John Litter. Nintendo 64 Game Shark Codes Nintendo 64 Game Shark Codes- Game Shark codes for the N64. AS6502--A Cross-Assembler for the 6502 AS6502--A Cross-Assembler for the 6502- Supports undocumented opcodes, includes source and executables for 16-bit DOS. MAS65--6502 Macro Cross Assembler MAS65--6502 Macro Cross Assembler- For Z80 CP/M and DOS systems, source available. Stella: The Starpath CD Mailing List Stella: The Starpath CD Mailing List- Support group for programmers of Atari 2600 games. Le Geek: BTECH Le Geek: BTECH- Frying-free version with bugs, tricks, Easter eggs, and cheats for Atari 2600 games. Le Geek: E.T. Easter Egg Le Geek: E.T. Easter Egg- Hidden characters and programmer's initials revealed. I Beat Solaris on the Atari 2600 I Beat Solaris on the Atari 2600- Cheat and walkthrough game guide. Atari Jaguar CD Unit Repair Guides Atari Jaguar CD Unit Repair Guides- Information on repair and replacement of the Jaguar CD Unit Laser Transport, fix for ticking laser, and a sticky platter. Wikipedia: Atari Jaguar CD Wikipedia: Atari Jaguar CD- Offers a summary history and a list of titles. Jaguar CD BIOS Replacement Jaguar CD BIOS Replacement- Provides information on converting a retail Jaguar CD to a developer Jaguar CD by replacing the BIOS ROM chip with a Flash ROM that contains the develo… Jaguar CD Creator Jaguar CD Creator- Windows utility to create CDs for the Atari Jaguar game console. The graphical user-interface simplifies the creation of Jaguar CDs significantly compared to th… BCD CatBox [ICD] BCD CatBox [ICD]- Official site offers overview. Adventure Classic Gaming: The Dark Side of Zork Adventure Classic Gaming: The Dark Side of Zork- Rated 4/5 by Philip Jong. "A dark twist to a classic Zork adventure that sports groundbreaking technologies in both graphics and s… Metzomagic Review Metzomagic Review- "Zork Nemesis is a game for savouring and there is no way that you will finish it in an afternoon." By Gordon Aplin. Review by David Tanguay Review by David Tanguay- Rated +4 on a -5 to +5 scale. "Nemesis is a good, faithful continuation of the Zork tradition. It upgrades the Great Underground Empire to contemporary st… PIB Review PIB Review- "Zork Nemesis is a dark and difficult game based on the original Zork games. Worth playing." Review by Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin Review by Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin- "Zork Nemesis is really good... It has a few flaws in its graphics and a few more in its puzzle design, but don't let that stop you from snatching… IMDb: Zork: Nemesis (1996) IMDb: Zork: Nemesis (1996)- Cast and crew credits, and user comments. Adventure Collective Review Adventure Collective Review- Rated 4/5 by Matthew Murray. "The latest of the next generation Zork games, while a very good one, is not a very good Zork." Metzomagic Review Metzomagic Review- "It's a thoroughly enjoyable game that is not too difficult as far as Zork adventures go." By Gordon Aplin David Tanguay's Review David Tanguay's Review- Rated +5 on -5 to +5 scale. "Zork Grand Inquisitor is solid in all aspects." PIB Review PIB Review- "Zork Grand Inquisitor is the funniest of the graphic FMV Zork games." IMDb: Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997) IMDb: Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997)- Credits for cast and crew, and user comments. XZip XZip- A port of Zip to X-Windows (runs under *nix). Emacs style key bindings. MaxZip MaxZip- A port of Zip to the Mac. Can build stand-alone executable containing interpreter and game file. Requires System 7 or 8. Blorb: A Z-Machine Resource Collection Format Standard Blorb: A Z-Machine Resource Collection Format Standard- Format for sound and graphics in Z-Machine games. Includes sample C code to get started with. Glk: An Interface Standard for Interactive Fiction Glk: An Interface Standard for Interactive Fiction- This I/O library maintains portability. Libraries are available for many systems. Frotz -- A Portable Z-Machine Interpreter Frotz -- A Portable Z-Machine Interpreter- Interpreter for Z-Machine games. Ported to MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Amiga, Unix, and Apple IIgs. QTads QTads- A GUI interpreter for text-only Tads games running under i386 Unix/X11 systems. TADS: The Text Adventure Development System TADS: The Text Adventure Development System- The official TADS site with information, screenshots, downloads and links. Crash - The Quill Crash - The Quill- A review of The Quill and some Quilled adventures. Crash: Franco Frey exchanges The Quill for a brush... Crash: Franco Frey exchanges The Quill for a brush...- "It provides a very easy means of creating graphics and combined with the excellent Quill enables a lot of people to design … Your Spectrum: Thrills From The Quill Your Spectrum: Thrills From The Quill- "After all those hours spent playing other people's adventures, the time has come to create some of your own. Thomas Green takes a look at t… Yahoo Groups: winquill Yahoo Groups: winquill- Mailing list for the Windows port of the adventure writer - The Quill. Crash: Professional Adventure Writer Crash: Professional Adventure Writer- Review from Crash magazine. Some Observations on Using Inform 7 Some Observations on Using Inform 7- Emily Short, one of the developers of Inform 7, discusses why she has found Inform 7 to be powerful. Informless Informless- Review of Inform 7 by Shamus Young. "Inform tried to allow programming without the use of a programming language, and what they built is programming with a confusing l…