Never Ending Story by Parcaran is a new text adventure game for the Commodore 64.
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The Circus Mystery by DTenso Games is a classic MSX platform game, available in English and Spanish.
In this game, you fight off aliens who took over the circus. Make the red key appear at each stage and finish the level by unlocking the gate for exit. Save the entire joint from the nasty space creepers, who invaded the land only to possess the circus animals. The food helps you gain score and unlock more stuff. Jump and climb the innards of the tent to complete each level.
Lilly’s Saga by Fabulous 8bit is MSX2 platformer action game depicting the story of a little girl, who needs to retrieve some stolen gems while exploring strange new worlds. The game is eloquent, maps filled with all information of hidden secrets, smooth folded colorful screens and aspiring soundtrack are all placed in the size of 1 MB.
You play as Lilly, a brave mythical heroine. On your journey to redemption, focus and look for hidden bonus levels and treasure chests which have content that will prove to be quite helpful. You will crave them for sure, as hostile creatures will block every path you’re about to take. It’s either you take up the challenge or the challenge takes you. Good luck!
Dehydrated has been developed for the PICO-1K Jam 2022 by rostok. It’s an adventure, walking simulator mini-game.
You find yourself stranded in a desert and your main goal is to find water. However to actually locate the water, you will require a dedicated tool, a portable seismic thumper with unlimited charges. With arrow keys you can move the character and Z key to use the tool. Survive the heat, look for the tool as soon as possible and finish the game.
Shoot Rock by Jakub Wasilewski is an entry to the PICO-1K Jam 2022. The whole game fits in 1024 bytes of compressed PICO-8 code. It is a space arcade shooter.
The goal of the game is to shoot rocks. Hold Z to charge the laser, when the laser is charged, release Z to shoot the rocks. When you shoot the rocks, different gems fall out, collect these gems to score points. When you reach 10,000 points, you become the master of the game. Easy, right? But those rocks will not let you take advantage and will dodge you most of the time. So take your aim, attentively!
Dice by Mi-Chi and Def Danny is a classic dice tournament game for MSX1. As said by the MSXdev team, “A unique gaming experience with plenty of entertainment in this 26th entry for MSXdev22. German MSX mates Mi-Chi and Def Danny made sure there’s hours of fun to have in this colorful game. The in-game tutorial alone is extensive and will cover all details for the next 30 minutes.”
Dice will put your wits and luck up against over 190 unique opponents in 17 tournaments. Crush the competition in a single blow, or be crushed by them. Outclass your fellow players with sovereignty and strategy, or simply outsmart them with your challenging brain. Chance and luck won’t favor you much, only wits will come in handy.
1k Among Fish by SkyBerron is a colorful, action game. Built up on incredible graphics and presentation, for PICO-1K Jam 2022.
You play as a fish, who eat fish smaller than you and grow up, but be careful! As your fish gets chunkier, game unlocks larger size fishes and it’s more difficult to avoid collisions.
Nono 1k by NuSan is a simple number puzzle game, developed for the virtual console Pico-8 as part of the 2022 PICO-1K Jam.
The rules of the game are simple but tricky as well.
- You can change difficulty and board size (5 to 15) in ENTER menu.
- Press C to fill a cell and X to mark it as empty, arrow keys to move around.
- You can also use the mouse, left click to fill a cell and right click to mark as empty.
Enjoy tickeling your brain!
Bouncy Blob by NuSan is one button tiny physic based platformer made for PICO-1K Jam 2022. The style of the game is rather simple, oriented with a touch of arcade.
You can use any button (like c, v or arrow keys) to jump, you have infinite double jumps and have to reach the end of the randomized tunnel in each level. The number at the top is a timer which shows how much time you have taken to finish each level.
MSXmas is MSX2 game by Brazilian developer André Baptista. It is a classic catching action game where you play as Santa, catching gifts. You move around with left/right arrow keys and space/fire to control him. If you don’t catch your gifts of the day, you can’t go on your night tour.
