Before there were guitar hero’s and dance revolutions there was Dance Aerobics a relatively obscure NES game that had you hit buttons on the “power pad” (much like Dance, Dance, Revolution). Before that there was Simon in like the 70’s. You know you had to hit the lit but tons in the exact order they played, and it would play notes. I guess that’s the first rhythm game. Of course I went too far back, so let’s jump back after Simon, after Dance Aerobics and before what is arguably called the first influential music game to a game called Jumping Jackson by Infogrames. Of course I am not reviewing that game, I’m reviewing a remake for the retro remakes competition. It’s called, guess what? Jumping Jack’son! It’s by Puzzle House Finland Okay so there’s a little difference in the name spelling. Actually after looking at screenshots it looks pretty faithful.
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Jumping Jack’son – I’m Jumping Jack’son, it’s a gas, gas, gas!
Thursday, April 9th, 2009(xblig) Poker Squares: What I win, I keep… What you win, I keep…
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Got your Poker faces on? Good, because you won’t need ‘em here. So basically when you play poker you create hands of five cards, a pair, two pair, three-of-a-kind (three of the same number, 2 unmatched), straight (ie straight set of sequential numbers with different suits), flush (five cards of the same suit), full house ( 3 of the same number, and a pair of a different number), four-of-a-kind, and a straight flush (five cards in sequence, of the same suit), and royal flush (means the 4 highest cards of the same suit in sequence, and 1 ace also in the same suit). Whew! that was a lot to say, er type.
(ags) Warthogs – too bad it’s not the title to Halo: The Adventure Game
Monday, April 6th, 2009 
Who wouldn’t like to see Harry Potter get mocked in a game? I know I would. And so I have with Warthogs by Crystal Shard. Crystal Shard is the team that brought you a Tale of Two Kingdoms which was widely praised by the AGS community. I decided to review some earlier games first.