We've got another big day of Nice Code games today.
310. AIMLESS
Another version of the Nice Code 3D shooter we saw as Close Quarter (#255), though this time you’re fighting dragons and the difficulty seems somewhat lower.
311. ROPE GAMES
No ropes here; it’s unaltered Circus Charlie.
312. AIRIAL HERO
And a third version of Close Quarter! (Yet another different sprite set. We’re not getting pure repeats of Nice Code games, but we’re getting some of the hacks they published as different games.)
313. AQUARIUM
Speaking of Nice Code, this is another of theirs. You’re the fish; you need to eat the fish food while avoiding the bombs. (The cheese and bananas and such seem to do nothing.) Why is the bear throwing bombs and miscellaneous trash to his fish along with fish food? Who knows!
314. ARENA
You’re the knight on the bottom. The HP meter decreases as the attacking knights get past you; you need to touch them to kill them. But the fireballs will kill you instantly. This is Nice Code, and apparently the hacks of this are The Farmer and Fisher, both of which sound like amusing things to be variants of this.
315. AWFUL RUSHING
A fairly simple top-down racing game that doesn’t seem to have a real goal. Touching anything makes you explode, but you seem to have unlimited respawns. Apparently Nice Code released this something like 20 times as assorted variants, including Pobble, Corridor, Devil Rider, Fish Journey, Fly on Cloud, Hot Speed, Lunation, Moto Rushing, Motoboat, Road Block, Speed Man, Swift Rider and Turbulence.
I feel like it would be easy to go all “angry gamer” at Nice Code, but the thing is, many of their games are not terrible. They’re perfectly fine casual games that I’d be upset if I paid $20 for on a cart, but as one game in a big multicart list are fun for 5-10 minutes. There have only been a few of them I’d actively characterize as “bad”. They’re good for what they are.