The Old Shoebox: Download Overkill
In 1992, Epic MegaGames released this almost forgettable little EGA game called Overkill. You, the pilot, are tasked with destroying all the evil alien forces that captured six otherwise peaceful planets, enslaving the populations along the way. Destroy them.
KKnD2: Krossfire review
Two articles on a 1998 European import. Plus: download the original demo here!
The Old Shoebox: Download Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Ahh, 1993. The first person shooter was bursting forth in popularity, but how did Blake Stone fare?
Red Bull BC One demo released
Ignition Entertainment launched an online demo for the upcoming puzzle-strategy title Red Bull BC One for Nintendo DS.
"Red Bull BC One is one of the most important B-Boy competitions in the world. The le...
Zac Browser brings autistic children into their own digital realm
Zack didn’t like computers.
At age 3, he was diagnosed with severe autism. His parents decided to send him to a specialized school, where he could get one-on-one attention. It was there that he was first introduced to computers. [...]
Download Doomsday and the addons
Doomsday and projects like jDoom have kept the game going well into the 21st century, with support for high resolution graphics and textures, OpenGL, new character models, particle effects, high-quality audio a...
Download Doom1.wad
Very simple. Very basic. Download the Shareware Doom1.wad free from Blast Magazine....
WordPress 2.5 RC2 available
The WordPress Development Blog announced Wednesday that the second release candidate for the upcoming WordPress 2.5 is available for immediate download.
The developers also release a video screencast as a sn...
Download Doom 95
From id: "Doom 95 continues the hyperviolent exploits that propelled the original Doom to infamy. Face the onslaught of demons and specters that populate this terror-filled underworld. Slip a few shells into yo...
The Old Shoebox: Download Bio Menace
In December 2005, Apogee/3D Realms released the classic side-scrolling action game Bio Menace as a freeware "Christmas present" for its customers and loyal fans.
At that time, the game had floundered around ...
The Old Shoebox: Links: The Challenge of Golf
One of the best computer golf games is still Links LS 98
The Old Shoebox: Heretic shareware
Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everyth...
The Old Shoebox: Download the Hardball 5 demo
One of my all time favorite PC sports games was High Heat Baseball 1999. It was behind its time and had sub par graphics, but it was a smooth playing game that was insanely customizable. It had replaceable grap...
SunAge patch released, download it here
Lighthouse Interactive and Vertex 4 released update 1.08 for SunAge, their sci-fi real-time strategy game for PC. The new update adds several new enhancements, an auto-updater, bug fixes and above all, new mult...
Knights and Merchants review
This article originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999 during an explosion of real-time strategy games.
After many battles, a former kingdom has been divided into many small principalities and earldoms...
The Old Shoebox: Download the original Tomb Raider demo
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 j...
The Old Shoebox: Seek and Destroy (1996)
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 Destro...
The Old Shoebox: Sango Fighter
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 w...
The Old Shoebox: Download “Raptor: Call of the Shadows” Shareware here
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...
