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Secret Maryo - Today's Time Waster
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Feb 6th 2006 at 5:35PM
Need to scratch that Mario itch?
Well here's Maryo anyway: Secret Maryo! It's obviously an homage to
a certain plumbing Italian guy we all know and love. Yes, the action of Mario's universe is recaptured in this 2D run
and jump clone, which uses Simple Directmedia Layer under the hood to
run. It's cool enough to play the maps provided, but Secret Maryo allows you to build your own wacky unlicensed fun as
well. I'm not saying Secret Maryo is perfect, as it's at version .97, but it is progressing. As with all OSS, feel free
to contribute bug fixes yourself, and join the developers in making this cool toy better. Even if you aren't a
programmer, they're also looking for some level designers, so if you're looking to get in the game business, it's a
great way to practice your craft.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Wolverine said 6:52PM on 2-06-2006
Looks promising, graphics need to be more uniform and the controls are a little glitchy.
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Wolverine said 6:56PM on 2-06-2006
Looks promising, graphics need to be more uniform and the controls are a little glitchy. i can see my self playing it again after they fix the controls.
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