Comments on: Megamash: retro Flash game requires you to mash up vintage genres to win http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: librtee_dot_com http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1239527 librtee_dot_com Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1239527 Characteristically innovative, clever, and fun gameplay from the Nitrome studio. They remind me quite a bit of the developer 'nerdook' - always unique gameplay, distinctive graphics, a good grasp of what makes a game just feel right. Except that he is only one guy! Characteristically innovative, clever, and fun gameplay from the Nitrome studio.

They remind me quite a bit of the developer ‘nerdook’ – always unique gameplay, distinctive graphics, a good grasp of what makes a game just feel right. Except that he is only one guy!

]]> By: Nightflyer http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1239255 Nightflyer Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1239255 It sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out.   Off-topic: I'm still experiencing a bug trying to view this site on my cell phone. It's a Droid 2 Global, if that matters. I can bring up the main page, but if I try to read more of a story or view comments, I can't scroll down that page at all. Though the banner ad at the top of the page works just fine, of course. I have no trouble on my laptop. It sounds interesting, I’ll have to check it out.
 
Off-topic: I’m still experiencing a bug trying to view this site on my cell phone. It’s a Droid 2 Global, if that matters. I can bring up the main page, but if I try to read more of a story or view comments, I can’t scroll down that page at all. Though the banner ad at the top of the page works just fine, of course. I have no trouble on my laptop.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1239250 dagfooyo Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1239250 This is awesome!   I love how the mashed-up games are similar but not exactly identical to their old-school counterparts - the first level, for instance, bearing an eerie similarity to Super Mario Bros. 1-1.   The puzzle-solving required by this is truly excellent - I especially like the way the tetris-clone dynamic comes into play and must be used in an unexpected way.  I remember as a kid when a game cartridge malfunctioned, wishing it would do something cool like this.  I used to mess around for hours typing random codes into the game genie in the hopes of creating a random alternate game out of my old cartridges. This is awesome!   I love how the mashed-up games are similar but not exactly identical to their old-school counterparts – the first level, for instance, bearing an eerie similarity to Super Mario Bros. 1-1.   The puzzle-solving required by this is truly excellent – I especially like the way the tetris-clone dynamic comes into play and must be used in an unexpected way.  I remember as a kid when a game cartridge malfunctioned, wishing it would do something cool like this.  I used to mess around for hours typing random codes into the game genie in the hopes of creating a random alternate game out of my old cartridges.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1239137 blueelm Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1239137 Hahaha! I found this really fun. But I had a completely depressing day today so I'm just glad there was something cute and stupid for me to distract myself with. Hahaha! I found this really fun. But I had a completely depressing day today so I’m just glad there was something cute and stupid for me to distract myself with.

]]> By: cap10wow http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1238950 cap10wow Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1238950 i thought it was pretty cool. i played it for about 20 seconds before my nine year old daughter asked me what the heck i was doing.  i thought it was pretty cool. i played it for about 20 seconds before my nine year old daughter asked me what the heck i was doing. 

]]> By: allium http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1238860 allium Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1238860 That would be <a href="http://www.indiegames.com/2008/03/freeware_game_pick_rom_check_fail_farbs.html" rel="nofollow">ROM CHECK FAIL</A>. That would be ROM CHECK FAIL.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/megamash-retro-flash-game-requires-you-to-mash-up-vintage-genres-to-win.html#comment-1238749 Lobster Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122397#comment-1238749 There's another similar game out there somewhere that actually mixed elements of different classic games. There’s another similar game out there somewhere that actually mixed elements of different classic games.

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