Shahzad Sahaib's Articles

openMSX is one the most advanced emulators of MSX, an 8-bit home computer system from the 80's for which many great games exist. Compared to the preview version, this version starts up much quicker, has a more responsive and better designed OSD menu and has a virtual keyboard.

In Fuzed DS by Richard Eric M. Lope and Marc Russel you're a blue-bombing-magic-wielding-beer-bellied-bad-ass-creature and have to rescue all the pink snipes and go to the exit.

In Magic Floor by Martin Korth you are a boulder, who discovered a hidden underground hall in your magic cellar! At the first glance it appeared to be just empty, but at closer look it turned out to be having a very funny bewitched floor...

Martin Korth, himself also known as no$cash, has come up with another nice custom built hardware, which will get all NES homebrewers glowing eyes; a NES single chip cartridge! It can address max 32Kbytes PRG-ROM, and uses the internal 2Kbyte Name-Table RAM as CHR-RAM.

I Wanna Flip The Sky by Tom is a platformer along the lines of I Wanna Be The Guy or Battle Kid. In each level you're trying to reach the exit door while avoiding traps like spikes and conveyor belts. The trick is you can flip gravity a limited number of times each level.

Charles Doty has let us know that he released BLT for SNES, which is a vertical shooter featuring bacon. So if you wonder what this exactly means, go ahead and get the download.

Piipe Paniic by miguel28 is a game where you have to build a pipeline with random pieces without spilling water. There is a time limit for the ones amongst you who lover pressure. The game currently features 20 levels in total.

Digger was released on PC in 1983 by Windmill software. Andrew Jenner loved it so much that he created an open source version called Digger Remastered. The object of the game is to get as many points as possible by eating all the emeralds and bags of gold. The Hobbins and Nobbins don't seem to like you doing this and they will try to stop you. You can terminate them by squishing with the gold bags, eating them after you get the magical cherry powerup or shooting them with your slow to recharge fireball.

Starfall - a journey in space; a test of survival. Catch stars to increase the jackpot, but don't forget to claim it! Avoid the meteors; they're deadly unless you Color Shift. Same color ship and meteor = OK! Mismatched colors = GAME OVER! Go for the high score!

Bubble Fight Neo by relminator is an enhancement of Bubble Fight EX by the same author. It's a classic space shooter where you just need to destroy everything that moves.