Whilst looking for inspiration for my magnum opus (which will be a PICO-8 game, eventually), I had a look through the games on the Lexaloffle BBS. You know, there are some incredible games and demos on there.
One which stuck out, even though it’s totally different to the style of game rattling around in my head like the tin held by an unsuccessful chugger, is this: The Lair.
You might think that it’s “just” a Golden Axe style fighting game, but it’s not so much the game itself which impresses (slick as it is). No, just look at the effects. The moon reflection, the fancy way the menu slides up into view, the music, the smoke effect on the “you died because you’re crap” screen. Most impressive of all though, is how the author somehow managed to implement several layers of parallax scrolling.
It’s a technical marvel.
The best place to play it is over here on the Lexaloffle BBS itself. The controls are given in the post there too.
