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JavaScript Space Invaders - Time Waster

by Ian Smith Nov 6th 2007

Twenty Years ago Space Invaders ruled the video game world. It is easy to see why the formula worked so well: you are heavily armed and heavily outnumbered by the enemy. It is the same basic model that works so well for everything from 1942 to Mario to StarCraft to Halo. Peril is increased by the enemies moving faster and faster the more of them that you killed.

With this JavaScript version of Space Invaders you can relive the classic battles without having to download anything but a web page. The game uses the YUI and demonstrates how far JavaScript has come from the days of simple form validation and button mouseovers.

Tags: arcade games, ArcadeGames, classic games, ClassicGames, space invaders, SpaceInvaders

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10+ free Windows Mobile games - Mobile Minute

by Brad Linder Mar 19th 2007

A few years ago you could impress friends by showing them a minesweeper clone on your PDA. These days, it's not unusual to see full-fledged PC or console games like Call of Duty 2 or Syberia ported to Windows Mobile.

But you don't have to spend a ton of money to turn your PDA into a gaming device. A few weeks ago we showed you five emulators that turn your Windows Mobile PDA into a pocket GameBoy or Playstation. This week, we showcase 10 great standalone games.

Solterra

First up is an amazing 3D space shooter called Solterra. This game is designed to run on Windows Mobile PDAs with an Intel 2700g graphics accelerator, so it's pretty much just for Dell Axim X50v/X51v users.

Solterra was developed as a commercial game, but later released as freeware. The rules are pretty simple. Fly your ship, blast anything that moves, and collect the thingamajigs you can pick up along the way to beef up your spaceships weapons and armor.

Tags: asteroids, dopewars, egoman, gamebox, gikadiver, kevtris, nethack, pac-man, project gd, ProjectGd, scrabblce, solterra, space invaders, SpaceInvaders, tetris, xonix

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