Facts about Games

- The first color portable video game system was introduced in 1989.
Was priced at $150 and was called "Atari Lynx."

- In the earliest version of "Donkey Kong" Mario was called Jumpman.
He was a carpenter, not a plumper. LoL!

- The first game ever to have a Easter Egg is "Adventure" for Atari 2600.
You could see names of its creators in a secret room.

- Mario is all time best selling (230 million) game franchise, followed by Pokemon (200).
- Atari comes from the old Japanese game of GO and means "you're about to lose."
- Capcom is the shortened version of "Capsule Computers". LoL!
- While under development, the XBox had the code name "DirectX-Box".
- 3DO was the first game system based entirely on CD technology (in 1993).
- The PlayStation 2 was the first game system to use the DVD technology.

- John Karmac, the programmer of "Quake," worked previously at
Armadillo Aerospace (the company who puts satellites into space).

- By genre, "GTA: San Andreas" is the best selling action-adventure game.
Bungie's "Halo 3" is the best selling FPS ever!

- Half of disk space taken by Oblivion are the dialogues (way too much talking!)

Gordon Freeman

Gordon Freeman, the man who freed himself with only a crowbar. Wait, what?

Designing a Game

To design or not to design? That is the question... Check this one out only if you're serious about designing a game. The basics, rules and useful advice.

A Half Life Story

When you talk about games that forever changed gaming and the way people look at genre boundaries, it's hard to ignore Half-Life. See the Half Life Walkthrough.

Myst Adventure Game

If you played the original Myst game, you either felt one of two things: hatred or joy. But whether you hated Myst or loved it, lots of Myst like games followed.

DotA's Lina

If you're familiar with DotA (a Warcraft III Mod) then you know Lina. An unswerving defender of the Sentinel, Slayers Lina Inverse fights fire with fire.

Turret Defense

A fast paced and highly addictive TD game. Choose one map and set up you turret defense against the invading enemies. Play for free the Tower Defense Game!