First game up is 1001 Spikes


The story seems to revolve around a retired adventurer and his two children. One playing the role of the abiding daughter, and one playing the role of the black sheep good-for-nothing son, draped in Indiana Jones-esque clothing. Yes, that would be us.


Look at the happy bunch.


Well haven't we all.


THEN one day the father dies, and a box appear. I hope it's not Gwyneth Paltrow's head.


Oh phew.


So our young hero starts out adventuring like his father, and the game can begin.

The game revolves around getting to the other side of the screen without being killed, but along the road you'll have to avoid a fair dozen of traps in various forms. Avoiding them is one thing, but to be able to do that, you'll have to anticipate when and where a trap will spring, which is not all that easy.

The buttons are quite easy, there's short jump, high jump and shoot dagger.
The height of the jump is mostly used to avoid death, and the game is more than happy to kill you off if you should happen to pick the wrong jump. shooting daggers are mostly used to get rid of enemies and block projectiles.


People who have played Mega Man can relate. Often it's possible to guess where a trap might be, but quite often you'll find yourself tossing your arms in the air screaming HOW COULD I POSSIBLY KNOW THAT!




But hey, from each death you go through, you've learned something you probably shouldn't be doing in your next try. Repeat this process a lot and you just might finish the level.


Better get used to seeing this screen.


Aaaand, this is where I stopped playing!


All in all a very enjoyable game. I liked it a lot, but then again, I really like games that make the player suffer. This is absolutely one of those games.