In the first game, Don't Shit Your Pants, it's run like an old DOS game with command line type inputs, with a similar soundtrack and graphics that resemble old DOS games. This game was interesting in that I had no idea how to open the door at first, until I watched someone else beat it in front of me. The first time I inevitably shit my pants, while the second time, I managed to get my pants off, but shit on the floor instead. The next few tries, I ended up shitting my pants automatically due to trying to kick the door down, or writing "don't shit pants" or something along those lines. This game is simple, but interesting in that there's plenty of achievements, or ways to beat the game. Apparently there are plenty of ways to shit or don't shit your pants. This game really lets you get creative with how to not shit your pants. This game exemplifies how you can take a mundane concept, such as trying to use the bathroom, and turning it in to an interesting short game.
The second game, Rescue: The Beagles, is about rescuing beagles from testing lab grunts. Except, this game is actually pretty hard. The difficulty level is supposed to resemble classic arcade game difficulty. That's probably one of the reasons why as a kid, I could never get that far in to this game. Even now, I still have trouble rescuing all the dogs, but I usually manage to get a few of them. One of the mechanics I always liked about this game was that you could leap from ground level to the areas in the background. While I never had much of a problem going on to the higher hills, I always had a problem of accidentally dying when I tried to lead down one area. Avoiding the testing lab grunts was usually relatively easy, or at least it is in the beginning of the game as I never got that far, but trying to maneuver the area is sometimes really tough. If I remember correctly, as a kid I never would get rope or use the owls, as I thought they would hinder you for some reason, which made the game even harder. Owls in game serve as a "weapon" which you can use to force grunts out of the way, and rope lets you move up on to a higher hill. I also just found out that you can still use your parachute, and it's not just a one time use entering the screen. You also have to watch out for each hill, just in case a lab grunt is almost about to reach a dog. The game has simple cute graphics, and an actual story line, which surprised me as I didn't actually remember the story button when I first played the game. If there's one thing that this game has taught me, is that you probably should read the instructions instead of a brute force playthrough, as I realized this time around that a lot of the items lying around are actually helpful.
The third game, Super Puzzle Platformer, resembles either game boy advanced games or arcade style games. In this game, you shoot at blocks, which then give you exp to power up your gun. Shooting too many blocks can result in you falling off the edge in to the spikes below, or having no where to run when blocks are falling on top of you. I can't remember if anything happens if the blocks reach the top of the screen or not. The gun reminds me of the gun in Cave Story, as its power ups seem somewhat similar. There was one thing that got me about this game, was that when I played it in high school, and even now, I always glitched the game. When a block is supposed to fall on top of you, you're supposed to die. Instead, I would somehow glitch inside the blocks and would be able to not get hurt by any of the falling blocks. Instead I'd be able to shoot any of blocks from where I was standing. It's kind of a big glitch, that I remember my friends and I used to abuse. Besides that, the game is actually well polished, and has really nice simplistic graphics.
The fourth game, You Have To Burn The Rope, only has one level, and it's neither long nor is it terribly difficult. The game starts out by telling you that there is a boss at the end of the tunnel, but it also informs you that your weapon is useless against the boss. The only way to beat it is by burning the rope holding the chandelure above the boss' head, which destroys it almost instantly. The music for this game is pretty serene during the level, but the actual credit music is pretty hilarious. This game is actually incredibly short, but its credits song is pretty much four times the length of the actual game.This game makes fun of itself within its own song. This game's replay value sort of relies on whether or not you want to listen to the ending song or not, which can get stuck in your head rather easily. The background graphics and sprites resemble a generic platformer background, while the main character and Grinning Colossus are simplistic in nature, and lack basic shading. All in all, this game is simplistic in nature, but probably has some deeper commentary on games that I am unable to remember at 9 in the morning.
The fifth game, Memory Reload: The Downfall, actually surprised me quite a bit. At first, I thought it was a normal memory game. However, the longer I took to play it, the more I realized that I was wrong. The more times you get something wrong or depending on how long you take to find its matching piece, the cards will change. At first you could stop the cards from changing if you get everything early enough, but the longer you take, the worse things get. For instance, the migrant worker card will turn in to "mexican invasion" and "peace in palestine" turns in to "Israel security." This game is actually a commentary on the downfall of United States as a hegemonic power. After the game is over, it displays an explanation for each card, and how they've effected each other over time in our world. Depending on the cards you caught on early enough, the words in the after explanation change. This game is either a commentary on how society's views on certain subjects change extremely quick, or how society remembers certain subjects are drastically different from how they started out.
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