Fruit Ninja Kapow
By Don Calaca
PC (opens in a browser)
This is the new game of the Rypi console (C1ic.mx), it's called "Fruit Ninja Kapow", based on the original game "Fruit Ninja" created by HALFBRICK.
The only reason for this version is to bring the actual expirience of the game in a very accessible way, as the other games and the console itself tha game can be controlled using just one switch.
Pony Club Races
By BillGameBase
PC (opens in a browser)
There are ten levels to play against the clock in this Lego inspired one button (space) horse jumping game. Each level gets slightly harder with more or bigger jumps. Once you have selected your rider at the beginning of the game using the mouse you can then navigate and play the game using just the space bar.
Timing is key. However, if you miss time your jump and land on a fence or don't even leave the ground you will be able to continue without any penalty (except losing some seconds on the clock) and try the jump again. If you complete the course within the time you can press space to try the next level. If you don't succeed, press space to retry it.
Play it online here: http://www.horsegames.net/games/2034/pony-club-race.html
Alternative Christmas
By One Switch
I don't know quite what to make of Specialbites's collection of eight switch accessible Christmas activities. They're a little bit odd. One is of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer getting scared by a possessed Christmas tree, then poo-ing in a toilet. Another is of a magic tree firing cannon balls at a cloud of brussel sprouts. Another is Rudolph starting a fire, melting a snowman whilst staring and grinning. Often there's a mad echoing laugh, or funeral march version of Away in a Manger.
Badlands
By One Switch
After playing it for the first time at Replay Expo 2011 I decided to have another go at getting Konami's one-switch laser-disk game Badlands working on my laptop. Using the latest version of the Daphne emulator (v1.0), it worked!
So, what's the game like?
El Duelo
By One Switch
El Duelo is an on-line high-noon gun-fight set in a haunted Mexico. As soon as your opponent draws, fire using the space bar (or linked accessibility switch). All dialogue and text is in Spanish which really adds to the Spaghetti Western feel. Requires fast reactions.
Parental guidance advised.
Accessible Gaming on a Budget: Playstation 2
By One Switch
Last week we were approached asking if we would recommend a Wii or a Playstation for a young lad with Cerebral Palsy. He uses an Able-Net Big-Red type switch to play some Help Kidz Learn games and has also shown interest in web-cam activities.
That tipped me into thinking a Playstation 2 would likely be the best bet. Ideally one of the old fat ones that will work with the majority of accessible controllers.
Here's a list of the PS2 compatible software we recommend anyone with similar needs takes a look at (listed in degree of accessibility for the player, once a helper has set things up):
Skeleton Hoops
By Don Calaca
Celebrating 10 years as videogames developers RYP producciones and Fantasmas.com.mx (#1 ghosts web page in Latin America) decided to make a game using the topics they like the most: Skeletons, Basketball and accessibility .
They create a very simple online game, to play and navigate you can use the mouse or any button on the keyboard
The rules are simple, try to score as many baskets as you can, depending on the timing of your shot, try to shot at highest of the jump
Deflektion
By BillGameBase
PC - GraemesFreeGames.com
Deflektion plays like a mix of the videogame 'Pong' and Air Hockey as you aim to hit your opposition players back board for 1 point or goal for 3 points. The first to reach 20 points wins.
Gameplay and menu navigation both require the use of just one button, key or switch to play. To change your paddles direction of movement from left to right or right to left press either the space bar, left mouse button or use a switch programmed to one of the previous two options.
Rotastic
By zippedyzipzang
XBox 360 (out on PC & PS3 2012) - Focus
Home Interactive
So the concept behind Rotastic is that you’re a Viking and using
your trusty grappling hook you swing between anchor points
collecting gems, all the while avoiding the insta-death that
comes from falling below the bottom of the screen, and
negotiating anything sharp or spiky that could put a damper on
your day. Now I don’t know if it’s just me, but I was never
taught at primary school that Vikings could fly, maybe I just
wasn’t paying attention when it happened to be mentioned. Well
either way, I’m glad I never learnt this truth, as the image of a
rabid, bearded, Norse man flying through my bedroom window in the
middle of the night is one that I don’t think my adolescent brain
would have been able to
process.
Anyway, each level starts with you being spat into the screen. You then collect enough gems for the exit to open and you fly off again. The game keeps things interesting by interspersing the gem collecting with Arkanoid-style breaking blocks levels, versus matches and challenges of staying alive while avoiding battering rams and dragons.
Spike: A Love Story
By BillGameBase
PC (opens in a browser) - Matzerath
When a lonely spike-trap falls in love with the guy that tries to run by him every day, how can he express this love? He can’t get out to buy flowers. He needs to get his attention the only way he knows how …
A bit gruesome and a lot fun, Spike: A Love Story tests your reactions and timing in a challenging one button flash game.
Your sole control is of Spike's drop meachanism. As the man passes underneath you must try and spike him by timing your press of the space bar.
