Feb
22nd
1 Button Platformer
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a browser) - Chicken Dance
Using the space bar only (for jumps and double jumps) you must move the square using the platforms and avoid the spikes in order to travel as far as you can in this endless platformer. To start the game and to restart simply press the space bar.
Fast reactions are required along with well timed button presses to get good distances. However, due to the simple one button input to restart you can practice without restrictions and frustration.
Nov
5th
Magnet Canyon Racer
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a browser) - Go Play Sushi .com
Magnet Canyon Racer is not worried about not making much sense, just in making a short, fun game with plenty of replay value.
The aim is to travel the furthest distance in your left turn only car using the pull of the magnets to you right to counterbalance your lack of steering, whilst avoiding the rocky sheer drop off the cliff edge to your left. Along the way there will also be obstacles to test your one button driving skills.
Nov
2nd
One Button Left
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a separate window).
A Space Invaders with one button gameplay, One Button Left uses a simple yet effective mechanic to give the player full control of their ship using just the spacebar.
After navigating the menu with a mouse cursor, the game itself requires the pressing of the spacebar to move your ship right, whilst relasing it will move it left. You will automatically fire at enemy ships when positioned beneath them.
Nov
1st
Switch Skills Champions
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC - Inclusive Technology
"Every child can be a champion with these fun games that help develop switch timing skills."
Choose from Ice Hockey, Volleyball, Boccia, Basketball and Hurdles to practice and hone your switch skills. Each game allows the user to practice their timing using a switch.
Choose either one player (playing against the computer) or get competative with two player mode. Player one uses a switch set to the Spacebar, whilst player two sets theirs to the Enter key.
Nov
1st
Flabby Physics
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a browser) - Molleindustria (Paolo Pedercini)
Flabby Physics uses just one button (spacebar) to allow you to distort the onscreen shapes in order to move the ball around with the aim of hitting the star (a now common feature of many physics based games), which will allow you to progress to the next level.
Well timed presses are required and it's a case of trial and error with many of the levels in order to work out the timings for multiple button presses.
Oct
11th
Poto & Cabenga
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a browser) - Honeyslug
Requiring mental agility (multi tasking), but using a simple (one button) input method makes Poto & Cabenga a fascinating contradiction and provides just the sort of challenge we like to rise to at GameBase.info.
After being separated at the outset of the game, you must control both Cabenga and Poto on a split screen, avoiding the 'Beasties' and reunite yourselves after your separate (yet shared) adventures.
To control Poto you hold down the spacebar to gallop and let go to jump. With Cabenga you release the spacebar to run and press it to jump. These opposing controls mean that you must watch the two characters simultaneously, making compromises and choice judgments as to when to release and when to press the spacebar.
Sep
24th
Net Blazer
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a separate window) - Flash Game Studio
Simple gameplay mechanics make Net Blazer a satisfying addition to the powerbar switch game genre (if their is such a thing), whilst offering a testing challenge to players of a range of abilities.
After navigating the menu with a mouse, the gameplay itself relies solely on the use of either left click or spacebar. Using either, you must aim to press once the red dot on the powerbar is in the centre of the cross. Firstly when it is moving up and down and then for a second time when moving from left to right.
Sep
22nd
Runnerby
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a browser) - agj
"There’s no dying, just lots of cursing over missed jumps and having to do it all over again."
Runnerby is a smart, imaginative and challenging one button game (using the space bar). The improvisational element to the audio gels nicely with the spontaneous and experimental nature of the game mechanics.
Sep
17th
Blitz Bombing
By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
PC (opens in a browser) - Flash Arcade Game Site
Blitz Bombing, as it openly states in the title page, is based on the VIC-20 game 'Blitz,' a one button game from the early 80's. In respect to the original ethos of the game, Blitz Bombing maintains the simple yet captivating (quickly becoming one of our favourite and overused GameBase phrases) gameplay, which made the original so popular.
The aim is to release bombs onto the city below. As the levels progress, the cityscape become more populated and with increasingly taller buildings. To drop a bomb, press the spacebar. With each right to left pass the plane makes you drop altitude, making the higher skyscrapers a priority.
Sep
15th
Switch Lanes
By One Switch
PC Windows and Mac - Switch in Time ($75 + shipping)
Mix 10-pin Bowling with a 1950’s theme, add some decent accessibility features and you have Switch Lanes. It's the best one-switch bowling game to date!
Here's some music to put you in the mood for the review: Spotify GameBase Switch Lanes playlist or second best, the Stray Cats on YouTube. Stroll on...
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