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Irritating Ship v2022.11.01 (Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom Game)

Irritating Ship by Fiskbit is a homebrew game made for Nintendo Entertainment System. This game was made in a month for the 2022 NESdev Competition. You can download this game and run it on an NES flash cart or an emulator, such as Mesen.

Your aim is to navigate a winding corridor filled with obstacles, rotating your ship and accelerating forward in the frictionless environment of space. Three difficulties determine the number of lives gained from each checkpoint, and gravity can be toggled on for additional challenges. A secret ending and hidden mode can be uncovered by the most skilled of players, which can be you as well!โ€‹

StellarRoads v0.6 (Demo) (MS-DOS Game)

StellarRoads by raphnet is a 2D scrolling platformer made for MS-DOS. The game is still in development.

This game is heavily influenced by the well known 1993 classic “SkyRoads” by Bluemoon. StellarRoads can be seen as a sort of 2D “demake” of SkyRoads. It is where you can only go forward and survive by skillfully controlling the vessel’s speed and jumping right on time. With carefully monitored graphics, this game has many versions, like for CGA, Tandy and VGA.

8088 Tetris Attack v2.1 (MS-DOS Game)

8088 Tetris Attack by Mindbleach is a classic puzzle game made for MS-DOS. This game is for the original 1981 IBM PC where it runs in full color with a high resolution. Responsive gameplay, even at 4.77 MHz, and the music and sound effects are with a simple buzzer.

The goal of the game is to match the blocks as fast as you can. The more blocks you match, the more you earn yourself a high score. The combinations are easy and, with quick flow, you can swipe the blocks without any errors.โ€‹

Santa’s Workout 2 v2022.11.27 (Commodore 64 Game)

Santa’s Workout 2 by Vector5 Games is a 8-bit puzzle game made for Commodore 64. The game is tested on real hardware and emulator.

You should help Santa to create a path to walk through the maze and find a key that opens the exit. The difficult blocks can only be pushed if there is a block’s worth of space behind them and nothing immediately ahead of them. If you push a block over the ice, the block will sink and leave open water on the level where Santa can sink if you are not careful. Other hazards include ice, which prevents Santa from stopping until he goes past it. Falling through holes loses one of your 3 lives, so think carefully about your steps. On your way, you can collect stars, Christmas ornaments, and gifts for extra points.The game has a password system to load already-played levels.โ€‹

SlipSpeed v15 (MS-DOS Game)

SlipSpeed by voxel is an action racing game made for MS-DOS. You can play the demo version for free but in order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $7 USD.

It is the far future racing event of the 1990s. You need to race your slip-craft through 16 exciting locations, from famous Earth cities to the exotic distant dimensional rifts of farfields in this intense single-player drifting speed fest. Now, check out this intense game before you miss your chance.โ€‹

Mahjong v2022.11.12 (Sinclair ZX Spectrum Game)

Mahjong by Under4Mhz is a classic board game. This game has several builds for different systems, this one here is for Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

You need to match the tile pairs until the board has been cleared. The game gets difficult as the levels go by, but this can never get you to stop, as you have survived more difficult challenges than this one before. You can play this classic gem either via emulator or on your original console.โ€‹

A Dark Town v1.1 (MS-DOS Game)

A Dark Town by voxel is an interactive fiction, text adventure game made for MS DOS in one day for Adventure KAJAM and DOS GAME JAM.

You stand in a dark, narrow alley running north to south between two walls so close a child can reach both at once with outstretched arms. Small creatures can be heard skittering across the rough stone slabs underfoot. You will command what to say next and write it according to the statement. You must use the ‘Examine’ command to look at objects. ‘Look’ may only give you the room description.You can abbreviate ‘Examine’ to ‘Ex’ for speed.