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[Caveman Pong]

Been done too many times before

Sadly, Pong has been done to death on NG, and apart from the challenge (I did manage to score a single point), there's not much to recommend this over the many Pong flashes available. As you said to Bezman though, this could easily entertain for five minutes. It's still Pong after all.

rangi responds:

Well if this entertains for at least 5 minutes , then I've done my job.

[lll_Spasmbot Dressup_lll]

Not a bad dress-up

As far as dressup games go, this isn't too bad. A wide range of things to choose from and different people to dress up. Music choice is alright as well. I just don't think dressup games can get much good, period.

alexsmolik responds:

Thanks for the nice review, just like you said, I also don't think that dress-up games can get much good, but you should also take a look at synj's dress-up game ! It's way better, and it has nice animations that moves !
But hey ... It's synj !! ^^
Thanks for the nice review !

Alex

[Swarm]

Very good Asteroids remake

Well made, I like the way you've added new weapons to make improvements over the original. Tough to beat as well, requires some skill. Music wasn't great but the sound effects were fine. Once I'd died once it was unclear where I was starting from and lost the other two lives quickly but that's probably me playing crap. If you like classic arcade games you can't go wrong with this.

MikeLawrence responds:

I found this site after an NG user emailed me and pointed out that my game AirFox had been stolen from Flashkit and posted here under someone else's name. I elected to put Swarm here after reading the reviews to the guy who claimed to have written AirFox. I wanted to share something with NG inspite of the kind of people that will take credit for someone elses work. Thanks for having integrity and helpful reviews.

[Money Pit]

Cool different game

Have you watched The Running Man recently (well, it was on last night)? Because this is just Climbing For Dollars. In any case, it's a pretty cool short game, good for a laugh. Could have done with a bit more sound.

yurgenburgen responds:

I watched it last night, it was very cool. Thanks for your review!

[Worm Dress-Up]

Another dress-up? Why?

I can't understand why people make, or even play these. They're just mind-numbingly dull. This one was better than most, with an OK sound loop and a fair selection of things, but that doesn't mean I liked it one little bit. For a first submission it's OK. Just don't do one of these again.

Dezmodus responds:

as i said to the other guy, why'd you play it then, it has dress-up in the title.

[Mario Dodge Shell!]

Seemed glitchy

The idea for this game is good, it just seemed rather glitchy in places, and it wasn't clear when I was being hit or not. The sound was quite annoying as well. It's OK, not something I'd play too often in its current state, work at it and you could have a winner.

TvP responds:

;-)

[w.w.t.b.a.m. v2.0by joshR]

Fix those sounds!

The sounds on this are awful! They really make a poor game even less enjoyable. The questions were crap, in fact the whole game was just crap and boring.

thejosh responds:

It sure was.

[Dress up creatures demo]

Why make this?

Dress up games are universally poor, and this was no exception. Best bit was the short sound clip, nothing else appealed to me. I won't be watching this again.

Joelasticot responds:

Carrotus

[Fotball Trixing]

Could be good, poor right now

I couldn't get it to do very much. There's the potential for a good game here, right now it's kind of lame. Work at it and this could be great.

omega10mg responds:

are you ppl just plain stupid?

[Mensa Man]

Nice job

I liked this - I don't get why supposedly intelligent people pay someone to say how smart they are. Nice selection of questions. Graphics were a bit basic, but OK.

TheOtherTruth responds:

Thank you for the review. If you didn't hit paypal the first time, play it again.

If you did......GOOD JOB!

-Thanks again