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As you know all official Mario games have been made for Nintendo consoles and hand helds, not PCs, but that didn't stop Mark Wiering of Wiering Software making one in 1994.
This game has all the recognisable features of a classic Mario game with the graphics, moves, enemies and levels you know plus a few new ones. Mario fans new and old will love it and it's available to download and play for free from Dos Games online here.

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Putty Face

January 21st 2008 10:17

Create caricatures of whoever you want!

In Putty Face you upload a mugshot of yourself, of a friend of even of your favourite pet and start modifying their face as if it were putty! It's a well designed game where you can modify each facial feature individually, and the results are hilarious!

Genre: Caricature
Time to Play: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Available From: Miniclip
Play Putty Face here.

Don't click on the image, to play click here.

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Paper Mario

January 11th 2008 13:13

This flash version of Paper Mario is only the first world but it works very well. Over time it will be improved to have more levels, enemies and other features. Give this version a try as it's a great start and best of all it's free!

Controls:
Left -> Walk Left
Right -> Walk Right
Up -> Jump
Space -> Use Hammer
Space and Left or Right -> Use Hammer While Moving

Genre: Platform
Time to Play: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Available From: Newgrounds.com
Play Paper Mario here.

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Commander Keen 4

December 26th 2007 10:37

Commander Keen is a series of video games developed by id Software in the early 1990s, which was successful at replicating the side-scrolling action of the NES Super Mario Bros. games in MS-DOS. The cartoon-style platformers are notable for their pioneering use of EGA graphics and shareware distribution, and because they were the first games by id Software (which went on to develop blockbusters like Doom and Quake). The games were also exciting to the PC gaming community of the time because of John Carmack's revolutionary smooth-scrolling graphics engine.

Commander Keen 4 is one of the most famous DOS games ever made. The graphics, sound and gameplay are what make it a classic. You can download it and play for free here.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Commander Keen series.

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Snake

October 19th 2007 11:37

Snake is a video game that came out in the mid-to-late 1970s. It gained popularity in the 1990s for its inclusion on some mobile (cellular) phones. The player controls a long, thin creature, resembling a snake, which roams around on a bordered plane, picking up food (or some other item), trying to avoid hitting its own tail or the "walls" that surround the playing area. Each time the snake eats a piece of food, its tail grows longer, making the game increasingly difficult. The user controls the direction of the snake's head (up, down, left, or right), and the snake's body follows. The player cannot stop the snake from moving while the game is in progress. You can now play Snake for free online.

Genre: Classic
Time to Play: Varies
Difficulty: Variable
Available From: Strille.net
Play Snake here.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Snake (video game).

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Flash Centipede

October 17th 2007 11:27

As a tribute to the classic Atari Centipede arcade game from 1980, Emil Korngold has attempted to recreate the game in Flash. The game is still in beta form, and yet his attempt seems to capture much of the action and addictive gameplay of the original.

Other than using the mouse for movement and firing instead of a trackball, this version of the game is played in almost exactly the same way: fire upon the descending centipede to remove sections from it and remove it from play. As sections of the worm are hit, they turn to mushrooms that then cause the worm to turn and descend another line lower. Familiar enemies and power-ups are also included with their classic behaviour, such as the spider with its erratic, unpredictable movement and the flea that leaves poisoned mushrooms in its wake

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Duck Hunt

August 17th 2007 12:20

Duck Hunt is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points. The game was developed and published by Nintendo, and was released in 1984 in Japan. The ducks appear one or two at a time, and the player is given three shots to shoot them down.

In Duck Hunt, players utilize the Nintendo Zapper Light Gun that must be plugged into their NES consoles, and attempt to shoot down either ducks or clay pigeons in mid-flight. Duck Hunt was also released as an arcade game in 1984, and is included in the PlayChoice-10 arcade console

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Donkey Kong

August 15th 2007 12:12

Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. The game is an early example of the platform genre as the gameplay focuses on manoeuvring the main character across a series of platforms while dodging obstacles. The storyline is thin but well developed for its time. In it, Mario (originally called Jumpman) must rescue a damsel in distress from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. The hero and ape would go on to be two of Nintendo's more popular characters.

Despite initial misgivings on the part of Nintendo's American staff, Donkey Kong proved a tremendous success in both North America and Japan. Nintendo licensed the game to Coleco, who developed home console versions for numerous platforms. Other companies simply cloned Nintendo's hit and avoided royalties altogether. Miyamoto's characters appeared on cereal boxes, television cartoons, and dozens of other places. A court suit brought on by Universal City Studios, alleging that Donkey Kong violated their trademark of King Kong, ultimately failed. The success of Donkey Kong and Nintendo's win in the courtroom helped position the company to dominate the video game market in the 1980s and early 1990s

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Prince of Persia

August 13th 2007 11:53

Prince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner in 1989 for the Apple II, that was widely seen as a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in computer games. Mechner used a process called rotoscoping, in which he studied many hours of film of his younger brother David running and jumping in white clothes, to ensure that all the movements looked just right. Also unusual was the method of combat: protagonist and enemies fought with swords, not projectile weapons, as was the case in most contemporary games. Mechner has said that when he started programming, the first ten minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark had been one of the main inspirations for the character's acrobatic responses in a dangerous environment.

After the original release on the Apple II, Prince of Persia was ported to a wide range of platforms, including the Amiga, Apple Macintosh, DOS, NES, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, SNES, Sharp X68000, Atari ST and SAM Coupé. The game managed to surprise and captivate the player despite being at first glance, repetitive. This was achieved by interspersing intelligent puzzles and deadly traps all along the path the Prince had to take to complete the game—all this packaged in fluid, life-like motion

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Battle Pong

August 10th 2007 11:31

Pong with a twist - now you can shoot your opponent!
For one or two players.

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Fill It

February 28th 2007 14:09

Fill It is a great example of simple game play that results in an excellent game.
The aim is to fill the screen by joining areas of the game space with your ship.
Remember, the birds can't touch your trail before the shape is created and as such you can only cover a small area at a time

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Online Nintendo Video Games

January 12th 2007 03:06

At 1980-games you can play over 800 video games from the famous NES console. Every game that you can possibly think of from your childhood is here including all the famous Super Mario titles. The games are easy to play. Remember Z and X on your keyboard work like the A and B buttons on the old NES controller. Select is the Space Bar and Start is Enter.
Visit the Nintendo section on 1980-games here and start reliving the memories!

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Talk to the Dead

December 14th 2006 02:29

Ouija (pronunciation: 'wee-jee') refers to the belief that one can receive messages during a séance by the use of a Ouija board (also called a talking board or spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols so as to spell out messages.

With Ask the Spirits you can now use a Ouija Board online

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Super Mario Bros.

November 15th 2006 23:48

Super Mario Bros. is a video game released by Nintendo in late 1985. Universally considered a classic of the medium, Super Mario Bros. was one of the first side-scrolling platform games of its kind, and introduced players to huge, bright, expansive worlds that changed the way video games were created. It has inspired countless imitators.

The game sold approximately 40 million copies worldwide, which still stands as a Guinness World Record

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