Tag: Interplay

Deal Alert: ‘Fallout’, ‘Fallout 2’, ‘Fallout Tactics’ Are FREE On Good Old Games!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: You’re going to want to jump on this deal RIGHT NOW, as it’s only on for another day!

The always-wonderful Good Old Games has launched their annual (fantastic) DRM-Free Winter Sale. There are TONS of great games on sale (600 titles at over 50% off, to be exact) but the company also has an incredible freebie for all GoG users.

Right now you can pick up Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics for nothing. Like totally free. Yep, $0.

The games work on both OS X and Windows, and as always with the service, are completely DRM free.

Head here to download, and be sure to show your support by picking up a few more titles (Theme Hospital for $2.99, yes please)!

Thanks to everyone at Good Old Games for all of their hard work! Be sure to let us know what you pick up!

 

An Awesome Short Film Based On Interplay’s ‘Run Like Hell’ Has Just Debuted Online!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: A short film based on Interplay’s classic sci-fi shooter RLH: Run Like Hell debuted online today, and it’s really, really cool.

The three-minute long, GoPro shot short tells the story of a young man who sets out to reconnect with his high-school crush – but things don’t go as planned. If you played the 2002 PS2 title, you probably know how things turn out.

The short was directed by Stu Maschwitz who is also attached to helm a feature film based on the property. The short is a great way to spend a few minutes, and the behind-the-scenes making of video is arguably even more interesting. Take a look at everything below, and let us know if you enjoy the short!

Did you play RLH: Run Like Hell back in the day? What did you think? Sound out below!

http://youtu.be/QTx5sopwxwQ

http://youtu.be/QsS5E5KiBz4

Like Old Games? How About 32 Classic Interplay Titles For $34.99?

by Derek Kraneveldt

Good Old Games has just launched a promotion that’s simply too fantastic not to talk about. If you’re a fan of older Interplay titles, you’re not going to want to pass this up.

The promotion is pseudo Pay-What-You-Want (akin to the wonderful Humble Bundle). You can pay anything you want for a set of 8 titles, if you go above the average you’ll get 12 more, and anything about $34.99 will get you another 12 for a total of 32!

Here are the games:

Pay anything (8 games):

-Conquest of the New World
-M.A.X 1+2
-Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
-Shattered Steel
-Screamer
-Evolva
-Kingdom: The Far Reaches
-VR Soccer ’96

Paying above the average (currently $14.00) will add the following:

-Freespace 1 + Expansion
-Giants: Citizen Kabuto
-Descent 3 + Expansion
-Stonekeep
-Castles 1 + 2
-Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
-Messiah
-Battle Chess Special Edition
-Die By the Sword + Expansion
-Earthworm Jim 3D
-F/A-18E Super Hornet
-Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus

$34.99 or higher will add the following, bringing the total to 32 games:

-Fallout 1
-Fallout 2
-Fallout Tactics
-Freespace 2
-Descent 1+2
-Redneck Rampage Collection
-Sacrifice
-Earthworm Jim 1+2
-MDK 1+2
-Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
-Kingpin: Life of Crime

That’s quite a lot of games! Of course there are plenty of classics in the list (as well as some games I’ve never heard of). The package is well worth it for the classics alone! As a bonus, if you decide to go for the top tier, GoG is including 21 soundtracks from the games, and some other goodies as well!

Are you planning on picking this package up? Which games are you most excited for?

Again, the games are all available from Good Old Games 

Carmageddon Smashes Its Way Onto iOS App Store: Free For 24 Hours!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Whether you live in LA, or are just a fan of video games, you’ve likely heard the term Carmageddon. The former of course (I hear), is a crappy closure on a huge highway that TONS of people take daily. The latter was a well received (and highly controversial) racing game from 1997.  Here we’re talking about the one that sounds more fun.

You may have also heard news this past year that Carmageddon developer Stainless Games had plans to reboot the series. A successful Kickstarter was launched back in May, and the company will now be bringing a new vision of the series to modern machines. One of the cool bonuses for the crowd-funding going so well: an iOS port of the original title.

The game launched in the App Store (iTunes link to the game) just a couple of hours ago, and as a thank you to everyone who helped out, the game will be FREE for its first 24 hours of availability.

I never had an opportunity to play the game when it originally released (I was 7 and Mario Kart 64 was the only racing game I cared about), but from what I’ve read, the game is a rather faithful port of the 1997 title. Stainless Games did a fantastic job a supporting all of what iOS has to offer too: the game features full support for the newly released iPhone 5, will sync saves automatically via iCloud (THANK YOU), and more!

If you were a fan of the game, or are just looking for a neat piece of nostalgia (or want to see what all the bloody controversy that caused the game to be banned from many countries) was about! The price is right, and the port is excellent (though again, the game is from 1997, so feels rather clunky today).