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Iter Vehemens ad Necem  
Iter Vehemens ad Necem (or IVAN, for short) is a graphical rogue-like that is simple enough for the casual gamer to play, but has even more depth than most of the others. Don't let the confusing name fool you, this is a game that rivals that of Nethack in the sheer joy of playing it.
Within the world of IVAN, you play a lowly banana picker. One day, you are on your break when you are called to the castle. The viceroy of this colony tells you that another colony close by may be plotting against him, and you are givin the mission to take a letter to this place. You are not told what this letter says (you can't even read it), why you should do it, or what you are going to get out of it. You are just ordered to do it. Yes, the story is pretty lame, but the gameplay easily makes up for it.
As I said before, IVAN is a rogue-like, and plays like one. Most of the time, you'll be running through dungeons killing monsters that oppose you. However, this is definitely one of the highest quality, and most unique of all rogue-likes I've seen. The game is suprisingly simple to play for a rogue-like, the commands are simplified and easier for the people who don't want to read manuals and study control lists. Even through the simplification, the game retains some complexity in the vast amount of things you can do. When was the last time you prayed to a god in a game, and the god invokes his wrath to sever your arm off? Yes, by far one of the most unique things I've ever seen in a game like this is the body system. All of your body parts can be severed off, and it all drastically effects how your player works. If one of your legs is severed off, your encumbrance is severely reduced, and your movements are slowed. If you lose both legs... well, your only hope is to pray to your most appreciative god in hopes he will give you a couple of iron legs, or else you'll be laying on the floor until you starve or are killed by the unforgiving amount of creatures about (or you could use an amulet of life saving, but those are extremely rare). You also must pay attention to the amount of damage your body has sustained. Eventually, you will start to bleed in areas you have been hit in, which detracts from your health even further. Of course, you've still got all the things you loved from other rogue-likes here, such as polymorph, one of my favorites. The only things I could've hoped for is a character creation system. You always start out with the same stats and items, with no options to tweak him. However, your character starts out as a clean slate, which you build upon throughout the game. Depending on your actions, you can build up certain skills. Carrying enough items to weigh yourself down will increase your leg strength, and taking heavy damage and healing wounds through rest will increase your endurance. This also applies to weaponry, use your weapon in your left hand and you will gain a proficiency with that hand, and fighting with one type of weapon for a long time will let you level up your skills for that weapon as well. This allows you to build your own type of character to play how you want.
IVAN's graphics are very good for a rogue-like game. Objects are nicely detailed for their small size and there are lots of nice little graphical treats to be found within the game. When you hit an enemy, or when you're hit, you will see blood splatter on the ground, if you�re hit hard enough you�ll see your character dripping in blood. Once a character is bleeding, you will see a trail of blood following where they went. If an enemy runs after you have critically hurt him, you'll be able to chase him down and slaughter him for that nicely deserved helmet you were admiring. The real downside (if you see it that way) is the extreme difficulty. Iter Vehemens ad Necem even means; Violent Road to Death, which aptly describes the difficulty level.
Overall, IVAN a great game with lots of features to keep you coming back for more, even when you've been killed by that pathetic little kobold around the corner. Most people could probably find something here to love, but the difficulty of the game is so unforgiving at times you might give up on it and move on to other games just because you lost your favorite character you worked so hard on. IVAN is the closest example of a perfect freeware RPG I've ever seen, and easily deserves a 10/10. I've always been a big Nethack fan, but IVAN has surpassed my expectations for any freeware RPG.
| PC REQUIREMENTS: 266 MHz CPU, 48 MB RAM |
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REVIEWED BY Sykz
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING 8.8/10
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FILE SIZE 1.3 MB
FILE DATE Dec 10, 2004
UPLOADED Mar 17, 2005
DEV TOOL C/C++ (generic)
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Magical Broom Extreme 
Magical Broom Extreme (MBX) combines the best of sound, graphics, and most importantly, gameplay, to create one of the coolest games I have ever played. You, as a little anime-style witch, fly around on your broom and shoot at overgrown baby heads with your magic wand, which is part of your broom. Yes, overgrown baby heads. Nice, huh? The OBH's (Overgrown baby heads) drop little capsules, which you must pick up in order to boost your score. There sre alot of little "gimmicks" in MGX, such as a rating system, a combo system, and a Gold system. These systems, all viewable on the little bar at the bottom of the screen, add to the "not just another shooter" feel that this whole game has.
There are lotsa different enemy types and insane bosses. Often the game gets very hectic but there was absolutely no slowdown or chopiness, even with the screen full of baby-heads, suspicious looking capsules, powerups, fairies and whatnot. It took me time to get used to the all-out iNsAnItY that this game presents, but after a few games I was a'ight. You can choose from 3 different difficulties if it is too iNsAnE for you on Normal and Hard. Don't worry tho, Easy is by no means "easy" so you will still be challenged.
Bottom Line: The best freeware shooter that I have played in a long time and it is a relatively small download. So get it. Especially if you enjoy shooting at overgrown baby heads.
| PC REQUIREMENTS: Decent/Good 3D card, Pentium II 400 MHz CPU |
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GAME AUTHOR Haniwa
REVIEWED BY Evil Boris
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING 7.7/10
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FILE SIZE 5.8 MB
FILE DATE Oct 02, 2002
UPLOADED Nov 21, 2002
DEV TOOL VC++
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Monkey Swing
Monkey Swing is different than most games in terms of game concept and imaginary graphics. You play the role of a happy monkey trying to collect all the bananas and then reaching for the top of the tree of each level. Each of the levels have a time limit which makes it more exciting. The trick is to learn the techniquie of swinging. The monkey is very cute and he makes funny ape sounds too. This game has 8 levels.
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GAME AUTHOR Paul Hamilton
REVIEWED BY Boson
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING 6.1/10
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FILE SIZE 3.1 MB
FILE DATE Mar 05, 2002
UPLOADED Apr 18, 2002
DEV TOOL DIV Games Studio
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Operation Spacehog
In Operation Spacehog, you can choose to control one of three ships. Each ship has a different special weapon, and has different powerups to start with. Operation Spacehog has multiple difficulty levels, a 2-player mode, high score system, and tons of power-ups. Sound effects are not very impressive. The DOS version of Spacehog was created in DJGPP
| PC REQUIREMENTS: 16MB RAM, DirectX8 (only applies to the Windows version) |
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GAME AUTHOR Johan Peitz
REVIEWED BY Aguydude
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING 8.4/10
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FILE SIZE 713 KB
FILE DATE Dec 11, 2001
UPLOADED Dec 14, 2001
DEV TOOL C/C++ (generic)
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Pendulumania
Pendulumania is one of those rare computer games that manages to be simple, fun, and unique at the same time. In Pendulumania, you control a ring using the mouse. Attached to the ring is a ball which swings back and forth along a very springy string. Using the ring, you can pull the ball so that it will whip acroos the screen and hit the targets. However, the string will snap if it is stretched too far. Even if the string doesn't snap, it may weaken if overstretched, making it so that it can no longer stretch as far as before. By the way, you can't view ratings that you've never earned yourself when seeing a recording. The game will blur them out.
Pendulumania's gameplay is made more exciting by the scoring system. The more stretched the string is, the more points you can earn for hitting the targets. Furthermore, combos serve to allow you to earn massive quantities of points. The red and green targets serve to increase the size/mass of your ball and the strength of the string. A timer rapidly counts down towards zero but you earn more time for hitting targets.
Pendulumania's sounds and graphics are unimpressive. However, the gameplay is excellent. You can save replays of your games and can upload your highscore to the game server. I could not get the game server to work, however.
By the way, one of my best scores (not my highest one) is 152,936,489. (REC)
| PC REQUIREMENTS: DirectX 7 or higher |
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GAME AUTHOR naruto
REVIEWED BY Aguydude
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING 8.6/10
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FILE SIZE 818 KB
FILE DATE Jul 06, 2003
UPLOADED Oct 22, 2003
DEV TOOL Delphi
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