...The second part in the Sonic VS mario VS Crash bandicoot debate, which character had the best racing game in the 32bit era?

Sonic the Hedgehog, who is Sega's mascot had a racing game on the Sega Saturn and it was later re-relaeased on PC. It featured a "running" race between super-speed Sonic, high flying Tails and powerful gliding Knuckles. The racing game was named "Sonic R".

The race was on foot and all characters had their own stats, advantages and disadvantages. What was mainly good was the minigames such as balloon seek and tag mode.

You could also unlock characters, such as Dr. Robotnik and Metal Sonic by collecting special golden tokens hidden in each map.

Now to Mario's ra...more

The Development Cycle of Online Games

...cide on what type of game you want, is it an online game, puzzle game, word game or arcade game. Once you've answered these questions you'll have to asses your resources and construct a budget (we're looking at this through an independent commercial developer not a huge publisher so we'll skip some steps) it's critical to stay within the budget, sure the goal is to make great games, but you won't be able to do that for long if your run out of money. Included in the budget will be the forum for which you'll make your product available. It may be through traditional retail or an online game. In the latter case you'll dramatically reduce your costs by offering it online, generally pc games will take the download games route. What will you charge for the game, will you be offering free download games or will charge people to play. Free games create revenue...more

Super mario World - Green, Yellow, Red, and Blue Yoshi Abilities Clarified

...Super mario World and focused into Super mario World 2 Yoshi's Island. Which Nintendo focused on colored Watermelons for abilities. The sequel Super mario World 2 Yoshi's Island did not focus on special Yoshi Abilities. It was not as popular as Super mario World (original) but had more defined graphics.

Snes games like these are the reason why Nintendo is such a dominating force in the Console Entertainment System market. So next time you hook up the Super Nintendo try out these color Yoshi tricks.<...more

Play Star Fox 64 Online Free - Nintendo (N64) - Instructions and Story

...Star Fox 64 has similar controls to previous installment in the series Star Fox for Super Nintendo. The A button fires a normal laser either single laser, double laser, or blue double laser (compared to weaker green laser). The B button fires a Bomb which is Fox's strongest move in the game (use sparingly).

The R and L buttons do rolls and dodges. They are useful for cutting tight squeezes especially in Venom air spaces or inside the Venom planet. Z and C buttons perform flips and full reverse turns. A...more

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