Shahzad Sahaib's Articles

Super Sheep is an Android game by Gamex-Studio. The end of the world has come and the world is in danger of being destroyed by the aliens and giant meteorites, but there is a little hero that is arranged to save the it by flying in outer space and shooting laser. Will you be too rude to help him? will you have the skill you need? if your answer is yes then start now and be a hero!

Xevious is going to hit the Atari Jaguar! Based on the arcade game of the same name, Xevious for the Jaguar was written from the ground up and is a near-perfect version of the original game.

RVGL is a cross-platform rewrite / port of Re-Volt, the famous remote cars Racing game, that runs natively on both Windows and GNU/Linux and uses modern, open source components to power it. We currently use OpenGL for the graphics, OpenAL Soft for the audio, SDL for input and OS specific support and ENet for networking.

Kaffeeware is a pretty funny name, especially if you know German. But the name is not only funny, it's an actual group of indie game developers doing new games for old hardware. Rodas Cross is their current creation, cooking up for the Game Boy Advance. As it looks it's going to be released as Steam game, with most likely GBA emulation in the background. If you are into RPG games, keep an eye on this, it's already looking amazing. Maybe there is a chance we see a physical GBA release too, keep your fingers crossed!

The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) still is the favorite retro console in the hearts of many of us. What if you could write software and games for it using Javascript?

GameYob by Drienn is an open source Game Boy und Game Boy Color emulator for Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi (via Sudokuhaxx).

Pin The Colors is an Android game by Ad4m4. You have to pin each color of the circle with needles of the same color. There is also a special needle (the multi color needle) which can eliminate all the needles existed in one color of the circle without affecting the score. Oh wait! 2 needles can't touch each other!

Mario M updated his Android game Mallows. Tap to save the Mallows from the fire, but be careful, you only have 3 lifes. How many points will you achieve?

Go Round ZigZag is a new Android game by Gemini Software Studio. Make your little car staying on the path as long as you can. Just tap the screen. Addictive funny game. Control directions of the car and try not to fall off the edges.

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