I think it’s high time we wasted some time at work guys, seriously.
Like I may have mentioned once or twice already, I’ve been working my ass to the bone recently and dealing with all kinds of stress that manifests in a lot of horrible ways I don’t think we should go into.
So let’s give the finger to the man as we jump in the time machine and zip 30 years back to a time when games were played on devices the size of your wallet and gameplay just consisted of moving left or right.
Some genius website developer out there put together this site called “pica-pic†which is a collection of 36 of those old crusty hand held games our parents bought for us to stop us from whining for Game Boys / SNESes.
To be honest, I only remember one of these – “Parachuteâ€. Here’s a screen grab:
![](http://www.slicktiger.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Parachute2.png)
The backstory here is that you’re Chuck Boatman, top Navy Seal special ops commando and you’re on a mission to save as many of your men as possible as they jump out of the chopper above the palm tree on the right.
Succeed in your mission and your reward is more men jumping haplessly out of the seemingly infinite space that is the inside of the chopper. Fail, and you’ll have to watch in horror as sharks eat your men alive.
You can afford to lose only three men but will be expected to save at least 1700 (no shit, I checked the high scores) to be the best there is at this game.
I saved 66. The bar has been set.
![](http://www.slicktiger.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Parachute.png)
But don’t let the fun stop there, no!
Why not travel back to prehistoric times and play as Ugga Dugdug, a simple caveman on a mission to gather precious dinosaur eggs to feed your starving family from a mighty fire-breathing Diplodocus?
![](http://www.slicktiger.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Caveman.png)
Or gear up in a badass suit of armour as you go head to head with a horde of Nosferatu who are hell bent on landing on the ground and walking from left to right to feed off the blood of a beautiful maiden who moves left. Then right. Then right. Then left again. Then right.
Brandish the burning sword of Naelfalger as you slay the undead and avenge the ancient realm of Gartangen!
![](http://www.slicktiger.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Castle-Adventure.png)
The sky’s the limit here guys. With over 30 different games to choose from you’ll be moving left and right like your very LIFE depends on it!
TOTAL TIME WASTED: The time it took to write this post. So let’s call it 30 mins
TOTAL ENJOYMENT LEVEL: 22%
FINAL VERDICT: The one massive disadvantage the digital versions of these games have is that you can’t throw them as hard as humanly possible against the wall when they piss you off, a HUGE drawback considering that’s really the only fun any of us ever had playing them.
-ST
Hey Slick!!!
Listen got a game that’s kinda lame but at the same time quite addictive. Perfect for wasting time at the place we go to get rich! Its called Random Defense 2. Random Defense 1 is crap but 2 is pretty interesting.
http://www.notdoppler.com/randomdefence2.php is the site.
Basic idea is to build up defense shooting guns and rockets to stop bots getting from one side of the map to the other. You have to mine resources and you get cash for killing bots or (creeps as they call them). Gets pretty hard after a while and you can press the + button to speed time up. You can upgrade and get better shooting things etc etc. Takes some skill but trying to get passed level 270 is hard. (levels go passed in like 30 seconds).
So ya try it!
Nick
WHY DID YOU SEND ME THIS GAME?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!
It’s too awesome to handle. At first I was like, “Wow, this is definitely the crappest game I’ve ever played. EVER.”
But then something happened (probably boredom) and before I knew it it was 1am on Friday morning and I was STILL playing this fucking game.
Great job, this one gets a post fer sure 😉
-ST
DONKEY KONG!!!!!! You’re my hero! What a blast from the past!
I used to LOVE that game when I was smaller…it was always a real tragedy in my little life when those round batteries died and my parents told me they were too expensive to replace so they wouldn’t for months (probably to get me to stop playing Donkey Kong and beating their previous high scores, or possibly to try get me to get into sports or something equally less fun)
Ah this is how I shall pass my weekend and save my hard earned pounds! YEAH!!!!
You rock Slick!
Have a great one!
Hahaha! Jax, you flipin’ rockstar 😉
Glad you dug the games. Maybe my write-up was a little harsh, the nostalgia value with these bad boys is pretty high…
-ST