Well, this blog has been running for one year! I thought it might be good to put together a top 10 list of the best games I’ve reviewed, or at least my personal favorites. Feel free to give your own opinions! Here they are, in no particular order:

• 1. Galaxian
• 2. BurgerTime!
• 3. Aztec Challenge
• 4. Jumpman
• 5. LightCycle 3D
• 6. Space Invaders 2D/3D
• 7. Typhoon 2001
• 8. Chicken Invaders
• 9. Pac Man
• 10. Plasma Pong

This site has a bunch of small portable arcade games: http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/freeware01/gamemaker.htm

I tested out Donkey Kong, Scramble, Burger Time and Space Invaders but there are much more to choose from such as 2 PacMan clones, Nibbles and other Commodore 64 remakes. The games I tested are all pretty small at around 3 MB or less. The Burger Time had neat graphics but was a bit frustrating at first – you have to be exactly aligned to move on and around the ladders and it’s hard to tell at first until you get the hang of it. Scramble was fun and quite challenging; Donkey Kong was great!

There are 18 free arcade games to try out; should be enough to keep you busy over the weekend.

Before I begin this post, let me issue a warning: this game is highly addictive!!!

I have been playing Burger Time all week after finding a website dedicated to the game over at http://www.burgertime.info/. The site offers everything Burger Time: history, strategy, manuals, several games and ROMS and even an online Flash version of the game. There is a DOS version available, called Burgertime PC Game (which doesn’t work well on Windows XP unless you have a DOS emulator); however, the one I liked the most was the Windows version of Burger Space v.1.6. It’s only 668 KB in size and completely portable! The only issue I have with this version is that it doesn’t save high scores; other than that, it’s a terrific game! This version is also available for Unix platforms.

The object of the game is to make the burgers by walking over the burger parts while avoiding the walking eggs and sausages. If you get cornered by those nasty characters, you can shake some pepper on them with the CTRL key to get past them safely. Also, when you walk over the burger parts to knock them down, try to squish the eggs and sausages at the same time for extra points!