The Games Page

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Welcome to my Games-Links page.

Programming Languages

FirstBasic Once upon a time, a long time ago, and in a land that seems so far away, I pretended to be a programmer. I worked on some games, and even finished one or two. They were written in BASIC, for Dos3.3 and CGA of all things. Ugh. To compile them, I used a piece of software called FirstBasic, available from this page.
DarkBASIC I don't know what it is about BASIC that I love, but I seem to love it. DarkBASIC is a BASIC compiler with built in DirectX controls. Very cool. There's a shareware version, but it's limited. Much better if you can afford the full program.
Borland One of the coolest things about Borland is that they have made all sorts of software available for free, including a bunch of old DOS compilers (C, C++, Pascal) and some newer stuff, too (C++ 5.5 for Win, Delphi 6). I have several of these software tools. Not that I'm proficient in them, but we can always dream...

Authoring Software

Authoring systems are a way of creating games without needing to learn the details of a programming language. DarkBASIC is about as close as a language can get to an authoring system. The following are true authoring systems.

Game Maker Mark Overmars is a CompSci prof in the Netherlands who has created and given to the world a very flexible 2-d game authoring system. If you don't believe me, check out some of the demos and downloadable games.
Adventure Game Studio This piece of software is designed to create Adventure Games along the lines of King's Quest or Monkey Island. Very good system, but the quality of the games depends on the capabilities of the programmer using it.

Games

I would be remiss not to mention some of my favourite games, and how to find them on the web.

Clickomania! Easily one of the most addictive games ever made, Clickomania is too much fun, and should come with a warning.
Dave's Freeware Dave knows cards. His solitaire suite, Solitude, has found a permanent home on my hard drive.
LucasArts Sadly, LucasArts doesn't make adventure games anymore, as it seems they are moving to their more profitable StarWars games. But they made the Monkey Island series, which are some of the best games I've ever bought.
EA Sports EA Sports. The finest, most consistent sports titles, especially for hockey.
Granite One of my projects was to write a good curling game, since most curling games for the computer stunk. However, this site has such a good game, I don't feel that urge anymore.