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Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game is good. the ASCII is cool.
the objective of the game is reach the end of the level. in order to do this you have to defend the train and sometimes charge some fuel.
The game's not finished yet, there are more tutorials than missions. the ambushes seem to don't work yet ;-).
regardless i liked it.
the sound effects are ok, but what happened to music?. i'd love to see complete version of this game with cool music!.

I think this game would be better if: it had more missions, music.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 2

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

In this game you control aome kinda ASCII strange ship.
The objective of the game is to defend a train trough time.
it starts on year 0 and finishes on year 2006.
in this game there's only one enemy, it's kinda abstract, i don't really know what is it.
you can kill them with three kind of weapons: Standard gun, Erradicator Beam(the same as the previous one, but with a larger range), and the ASCII Garbage(Hahaaha, that's a good one).
in some places of the railroad there are bombs, and you have to deactivate them before the train passes. if the enemies or bombs hit the train you lose fate points(you start with 100 of them). if the fate points reach 0, you lose.
The game itself is great, simple and fun, but sometimes it turns repetitive, specially after 1000 years.....

I think this game would be better if:
mmmm.... time would pass faster. and there's no music!!, remember music is good and easy to implement, it companies the player trough the game.

Sorry for my bad english.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 4

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

I love minigame-based games. This is one of them. you have to stop a train before something rally bad happens....
in order to slow down and stop the train you have to play some minigames. they are simple but fun. There are five minigames, some of them are kinda confusing, but they're right. The ASCII art is ok.
Well, i don't have much to say about this game, i liked it, i think it's cool, but something rally unfair happened first time i played. i read the story("an elderly lady..."), but while i read the story the time was passing, so i lost about half a minute reading the story, and that's not fair, not fair at all.
regardless the game is great, and i like it.

I think this game would be better if: mmmm... a menu would be fine. timer should start first time you press home, this way is not so unfair ;-). and another thing that allegroids seems to always forget.... MUSIC. I don't like to play games in silence, please add music to your games!!!. Believe me, it's easy ;-). Just download a MIDI from any commercial game, classical music, tv-series or whatever, any music will do!.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 4 Technical 4 Genre 4

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game is strange, i don't get it, you control some rectangle, but when you get to the end of the level you lose the control of the rectangle and you can't do anything more!.
i didn't found any readme nor in-game help that explains something. and there were no ASCII art at all.

I think it would be better if: it were complete.

Scores: Overall 1 Artistical 1 Technical 1 Genre 1

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

I must admit it, this game is soooo original. the ASCII-art is great.
so you control a funny ascii-guy and go trough a train before time's up.
it has only two levels(High Ascii quality levels, but only 2). the first one has a time limit of 11 seconds, and the other 17 seconds, so the game lasts only 28 seconds!!!.
it's funny, and the music is cool, but it could last at least 3 minutes!.
regardless, i liked it, it's simple and fun.
you can jump with space button, something really unnecesary cause you can go trough the train without jumping. in fact you can complete the game by only keeping right arrow pressed....

I think this game would be better if: it last at least more.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 4 Technical 3 Genre 3

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game is an RPG, where you control a guy called christopher.
The game seems incomplete, you have no objective. you can't enter the houses, talk to anybody...
When you go to a certain place, the map seems to change(apparently some time passed), and when you come back the houses are different.
there aro some enemies, and the graphics are ok.
but the game is kinda easy, because in any fight you can run, and christopher will always succesfully run! ;-).
It can be a good game completed, but not yet....

I think this game would be better if: it had some more interaction. The collision detection could be better. and please put your game some music!!!

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 2 Technical 2 Genre 2

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

The ASCII art of this game is impressive, one of the best ASCII-art in this competition.
I was impressed by the smoke of the train!!!.
but the game is kinda unfinished, it would be a great game finished, but in 0.2 version you never lose and you can't crash to anything.
so, the game idea is ok but the game itself(at least this version) is not fun at all.
There is no music nor sound effects. well, i understand it's not a complete version, so i hope v1.0 will have cool music and SFX ;-)....

I think this game would be better if: it has collisions ;-).

Scores: Overall 1 Artistical 5 Technical 2 Genre 3

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

mmmmm, this game is great and really addictive.
you control some strange thing that for no apparent reason has to dodge some other strange things ;-). The in-game help says that you're a master if you can last 20 seconds or more, i think if you can last more than 20 seconds you're some kinda super freak!.
my record is 16.42.
the menu is great and it has some options. there's one of them that sais "reduce cpu usage yes/no" i think it's kinda absurd...
The music is ok, and the SFX great.
the hi-score could be better, each time you make a new record you have to write your name again, and that's an agonic pain!.
Oh, and the ASCII art is kinda cheap.... i would say really cheap......
anyway it's one of my favourites.

I think this game would be better if: the hi-score would remember last name entered.
mmmm, the ASCII could be better, much better.

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 4 Technical 3 Genre 4

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game reminds me an old game called Transport tycoon.
You build railroads and trains in order to communicate
all cities in the map(a total of 8). The first impression of the game was really great. but the game is not as fun as it looks like. first of all there is lack of randmoness, so let's say i put a train from city A to city B, in the first travel my train won $28, from city B to city A it won $28, and then again, from city A to city B, guess how many did my train won? yes, $28.
So, that makes me think that train ticket cost $1, and there are ALWAYS 28 passengers in both stations.
There are no taxes/train mantenance, so you always win money.
The GUI is really great, and the interface is OK, however i didn't found how to remove stations....
regardless, the game is very good, one of my favourites, but some little details would have make it much better....
i'd love to see a complete version of this game, so thumbs up!.

I think this game would be better if: some randmoness in the money. taxes or maintenance or wathever makes me lose at least some money. And one more thing, MUSIC!!!, there are no musics/sound effects at all!!. I don't like Chaplin style games you know ;-).....

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 3 Technical 4 Genre 4

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

The menu of this game is something cool, a good quality ASCII art, and a voice that says "Train Master!", it's cool to hear a voice at the start of a game, it adds a special flavour. The music is OK.
The game idea is really excellent and original. i will say my experience with this game: first i choose new game and then i chose not fair mode(I love that incoherent things) but i didn't understand absolutely anything, so i tried mode for dummies(don't laugh ;-)). I understood how to play the game, but i discovered that for dummies mode was as unfair as the unfair mode itself, the game ask you to reach stations that doesn't exist, not at all....
So then i tried normal mode, and it worked ok.
when you lose you se an ASCII guy pointing at you and it says "YOU'RE FIRED!".
I liked this game so much, it's something different and fun for a while, one of my favourites.

I think this game would be better if: mmmm, there's a bug with the speed, some times speed get stuck at 100 or -100, and that's really frustrating. And the dummy mode could ask for REAL stations ;-)....

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 4 Technical 4 Genre 4

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game is Graphically excellent. the only 3d game in this competition.
it's cool but the controls are kinda frustrating sometimes.
well, it's a fun game, but sometimes it's hard to control the ship.
The menu is excellent, but the ASCII art.... well, better not to talk about ASCII art....
I didn't see any trains nor railways, oh, you've got a TRAINing level right? you're so funny!.

sometimes is better to obbey the rules than using act of dog to escape some rules, you know? ;-)

Framerate is good on my celeron 1.8 with my geforce 5200 128mb.
And music is Excellent.

I think this game would be better if: the control were better.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 4

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

The color ASCII-art of this game was something really good!.
so the game's kinda simple, you control some kinda rocketer
that catch some items and sells them in order to go to another planet.
Graphically the game is beautifull, and the idea is original.
The world generator is something incredible.
the game itself turns kinda repetitive after the first world, yo got $1000, then you travel to another world and get another $1000. regardless it's one of my favourites.

I think this game would be better if: The gravity were not so extreme! ;-).
oh, i almost forget, what happened with music/SFX?

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 5 Technical 4 Genre 3

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

[Edit]
Now i can play it, i couldn't fix the problem but i can play it in a friend's computer.
In this game you control some kinda dark megaman that destroys some flying clocks. you can slow down the time pressing space.
The game itself is fun, and the framerate is excellent. you can view some ascii art in the background if you look closely.
the music is good.
ah, and the game crashes when "dark megaman" dies.....

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 4 Technical 3 Genre 3

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

It's without any doubt my favourite game on this competition.
it's an original puzzle where you have to guide a train to the end of the level.
It has a lot of levels and a good variety of it. The music is excellent.
The game is really fun and entertained. The graphics are cute.
and the ASCII is OK.
the menu, GUI, and everything looks excellent. i didn't found any bug.

Two thumbs up for this game!

I think this game would be better if: mmmm, i dont like the way you add railways, they're random, and sometimes you have to fill the map with any railway in order to get the necessary railway.

Scores: Overall 5 Artistical 4 Technical 4 Genre 5

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

I can't play this one, i think it's not finished...

I think this game would be better if: I could play it...

Scores: Overall 1 Artistical 1 Technical 1 Genre 1

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

Well, this game is kinda strange and abstract.
first of all you control a train that goes trough an ASCII map. i found the ASCII map kinda hard to understand, but the objective of the game is to kill some squirrels in some limited amount of time.
it's simple and fun but sometimes the train doesn't go wherever i want.
Thumbs up for the music, it's excellent and fit the game.
The ASCII art is not the best i've seen in my life....

I think this game would be better if: it had a map not so confusing.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 2 Technical 3 Genre 3

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

I can't play this one, it says "failed to connect to server 68.205.12.228:1423."

Scores: Overall None Artistical None Technical None Genre None

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

mmmm, this game is some kinda crazy taxi.
the graphics requiere a some imagination(the car is a white spot!), but they're OK.
The game is fun, the ASCII map is cool and original. sometimes the white/yellow spot doesn't go where i want, specially on closed curves. But anyway it's an excellent and fun game, the effects on the texts are cool!.
Two thumbs up for the music, but sometimes it stops for no apparent reason and in some eras music is kinda... silent.... ;-).

I think this game would be better if: mmmm, it's fine as it is, but music could sound in ALL eras....

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 2 Technical 3 Genre 5

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game is kinda confusing.
Some graphics are OK, but it's hard to control.
and it feels kinda incomplete, lack of music/sfx.
The shoots are kinda slow.
The game credits doesn't seem to work at all ;-).

I think this game would be better if: it had a better control.

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 2 Technical 2 Genre 3

Review by Darksoll all reviews by Darksoll

This game is a puzzle, and i love puzzles!.
you have to guide a train trough some stations.
The game is simple and fun. the controls seem kinda confusing at first but you control it ok after some time.
The music is great, so great!, the readme didn't say anything about it but i'm sure i heared it before, a long long time ago. mmm let me guess, Adventure island maybe? ;-).
I've found a bug, when you press control and then click in certain places of the screen, you get an access violation signal.
I like so much this game, it's one of my favourites.

I think this game would be better if: more ASCII art would be alright.

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 5