Electronic Arts has released a large patch for the critically-acclaimed Crysis. The patch contains performance compatibility tweaks plus changes to weapons balancing in multiplayer and several bug fixes. Fixes Fixed: Potential crash in D3D10 Fixed: Orange boxes apearing when hispec savegame loaded into lowspec game. Fixed: Inconsistent damage dealt to vehicles when shot by LAW. [...]
The Old Shoebox: Download the original Tomb Raider demo
Jan. 3, 2008 1 Comment
There once was a magazine called Launch. Oh what a magazine it was. Launch was mainly a music publication, which offered a Macromedia-powered CD-ROM magazine in the 90s. It was an early form of convergence journalism, and we pay homage to them and their efforts. Like just about every other good thing in the tech [...]
Download the Switchball demo
Dec. 30, 2007 Leave a Comment
We have a review of Switchball coming 1/1/08, but for now, here’s a chance to get the demo. Switchball is an intricate puzzle game set in a stunning 3D world. Control an ever-changing ball along a narrow winding course suspended in midair. Solve your way through challenging levels jam-packed with obstacles, traps and mazes. This [...]
The Old Shoebox: Seek and Destroy (1996)
Dec. 11, 2007 Leave a Comment
Long before Takara developed their 2002 mixed-reviews tank sim, Epic Megagames was distributing Seek and Destroy, a PC action game that combined tank and chopper elements. I first encountered Seek and Destroy in the July, 1996 issue of Interactive Entertainment (IE), the CD portion of Computer Games Strategy Plus magazine (previously called Strategy Plus, then [...]
The Old Shoebox: Sango Fighter
Dec. 6, 2007 Leave a Comment
Here’s another out of that old Aztech’s Super Games cd: At the twilight of the Eastern-Han Dynasty of ancient China, under the reign of the frail and incompetent emperor Han-Ling, the country was in disarray when the government was run by a group of corrupted eunuchs-theso-called “Ten Attendants.” Hardship and famine finally threw the country [...]
The Old Shoebox: Download “Raptor: Call of the Shadows” Shareware here
Dec. 2, 2007 3 Comments
Today’s Old Shoebox feature is a game that brought me a ton of joy in the mid-90s. The game is Raptor: Call of the Shadows and the CD I originally found it on is called “Aztech’s Super Games,” a red CD-ROM that came bundled with my first 4x CD-ROM drive many years ago. The CD [...]
The Old Shoebox: Download original AIM and AIM+ here
Nov. 7, 2007 3 Comments
A lot of people just haven’t gotten used to the new AOL Instant Messenger style. It’s completely different after all, and functionality or not, many people just want to chat — not video conference, not voice chat, just and lol and brb their nearest and dearest Internet friends. So I dug deep into 15 years [...]
Download the Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood 1.4.1 patch here
Oct. 25, 2007 Leave a Comment
Lighthouse Interactive released a second patch for Born of Blood, the official expansion pack to the Windows space strategy game Sword of the Stars. The update adds several enhancements to the English version of the game, including: New trade summary screen Improved ship manoeuvres, including rolling and off-the-plane pursuit mode New fleet management features New [...]
