Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large
bundle of games is coming for prime members:
"During Prime Day, Prime members will be able to claim over 30 free
games including Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Grid Legends, Need for
Speed Heat and Star Wars Jedi Academy"
as well as a bunch more in June & July. 50 games total!
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/amazon-prime-is-giving-away-30-games-on-prime-day-including-mass-effect-legendary-edition/
Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large
bundle of games is coming for prime members:
Ah well, free is free
Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large >>bundle of games is coming for prime members:
The first batch of these are showing up in the client now, so fire it up
to claim them!
Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large
bundle of games is coming for prime members:
 The first batch of these are showing up in the client now, so fire it
up to claim them!
On 21/06/2022 20:42, rms wrote:
Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large
bundle of games is coming for prime members:
The first batch of these are showing up in the client now, so fire it
up to claim them!
Well I've nabbed both the Darkside Detective games but so far the rest I >probably won't. It's not that they are necessarily bad games but instead
not the sort of games that interest me.
On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:31:25 +0100, JAB <no...@nochance.com> wrote:
On 21/06/2022 20:42, rms wrote:
Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large
bundle of games is coming for prime members:
The first batch of these are showing up in the client now, so fire it
up to claim them!
Well I've nabbed both the Darkside Detective games but so far the rest I >probably won't. It's not that they are necessarily bad games but instead >not the sort of games that interest me.I... hmmm... I'm not sure what you mean. You didn't get the games just because they weren't interesting? But... they're free! No, that just
doesn't seem to make sense. Next you'll be telling me 1+2 = 5. I can't
wrap my mind around the concept. The numbers must go up; the library
must grow. Why do you hate your game library? ;-)
More seriously, the ones I liked were:
The SNK games (Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, Metal Slug, King of
Fighters) are always fun, if not something I can engage with for long periods. The NeoGeo was such an impressive gaming machine and the fact
that its games still are so playable decades later is amazing. Its
hard not to fire up a Metal Slug game and be shocked that all those
sprites were - originally - being rendered on a processor little
better than a 386.
"Rain World" looks interesting too; a nice, moody retro-platformer
with an unusual character; vaguely "Limbo"-like, but without all the child-murder. "Crows Eye" seems intriguing as well; a 1st person puzzle-platformer that feels like a cross between "Portal" and "Silent
Hill", which is a weird enough mix to attract me on its own.
The rest aren't as exciting to me, but none of them were out-and-out
awful. The majority tend to be niche Indie games (e.g., the
aforementioned "Dark Detective" games, for retro-adventure
enthusiasts, or "Manuel Samuel", for people who enjoy
physics-gone-wacky gameplay). My biggest complaint is that I already
owned all these games so - with one or two exceptions - these were all duplicates I'd already seen.
Still, I'm not complaining. Its an interesting mix of genres and while
there may be games that aren't to everyone's taste, you'll probably
find at least one or two that are. And they're sorta-free to boot. Not
the strongest start to Amazon's bonanza, but I'll take 'em. It just
wouldn't seem logical to do otherwise ;-)
On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:31:25 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 21/06/2022 20:42, rms wrote:
Not free at all really, but in June 21st through August 12-13 a large
bundle of games is coming for prime members:
 The first batch of these are showing up in the client now, so fire it >>> up to claim them!
Well I've nabbed both the Darkside Detective games but so far the rest I
probably won't. It's not that they are necessarily bad games but instead
not the sort of games that interest me.
I... hmmm... I'm not sure what you mean. You didn't get the games just because they weren't interesting? But... they're free! No, that just
doesn't seem to make sense. Next you'll be telling me 1+2 = 5. I can't
wrap my mind around the concept. The numbers must go up; the library
must grow. Why do you hate your game library? ;-)
More seriously, the ones I liked were:
The SNK games (Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, Metal Slug, King of
Fighters) are always fun, if not something I can engage with for long periods. The NeoGeo was such an impressive gaming machine and the fact
that its games still are so playable decades later is amazing. Its
hard not to fire up a Metal Slug game and be shocked that all those
sprites were - originally - being rendered on a processor little
better than a 386.
"Rain World" looks interesting too; a nice, moody retro-platformer
with an unusual character; vaguely "Limbo"-like, but without all the child-murder. "Crows Eye" seems intriguing as well; a 1st person puzzle-platformer that feels like a cross between "Portal" and "Silent
Hill", which is a weird enough mix to attract me on its own.
The rest aren't as exciting to me, but none of them were out-and-out
awful. The majority tend to be niche Indie games (e.g., the
aforementioned "Dark Detective" games, for retro-adventure
enthusiasts, or "Manuel Samuel", for people who enjoy
physics-gone-wacky gameplay). My biggest complaint is that I already
owned all these games so - with one or two exceptions - these were all duplicates I'd already seen.
Still, I'm not complaining. Its an interesting mix of genres and while
there may be games that aren't to everyone's taste, you'll probably
find at least one or two that are. And they're sorta-free to boot. Not
the strongest start to Amazon's bonanza, but I'll take 'em. It just
wouldn't seem logical to do otherwise ;-)
It looks like a lot of the games are on "Legacy Games" which requiresYes while I am adventure games fan, I skipped those games, one is just
yet another client. I'm working on claiming them, but not sure I'll
get over the hurdle of actually installing the client.
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