Okay so it’s just one cat named Orlando, who has been stolen by a witch. Today’s review is called Jasper’s Journeys, a delightful jump’n’run platformer that hearkens back to the 16 bit era by Lexaloffle. Please be sure to click on the screenshots for their full sizes, as scaling them down doesn’t really do them justice.
Remember the good ol’ days, when real games required pointing and clicking your mouse? Well now those days are back. With the various adventure game creators out there it’s now more accessible to most computer users to make games that rival commercial games of days past.
This is the first adventure I’m reviewing on my blog hopefully with many more to come. The name of the game is Limey Lizard, Waste Wizard made by Shane Stevens with Adventure Game Studio. It’s a fun, old fashioned point and click adventure game. You step into the role of Limey Lizard, who happens to be a maintenence worker on the ship, “The Spicy Curmudgeon”, where your role happens to be… well… maintanence. If there’s a leak in the waste system of the ship, Limey is always ready to lend a hand. Well not really, see he’s kind of lazy, but heck who isn’t lazy these days!
Okay almost every other review of the game that’s almost a remake but not quite, Hurrican, has used a line from the famous Scorpions song. I had to do it myself even. Because when I think of the name I think of that. In any case, I’ve played the original Turrican only briefly.
Hurrican is a ‘jump’n’run’ platform shooter, from a German group called Poke53280 (note, it’s in German). You play a cyborg who goes to a planet that’s the source of an attack on planet earth. Apparently you’re shooting like robots and stuff because I couldn’t get a clear idea of what they were. The graphics and music is really nice, but the control scheme makes it hard to play.
