The casual games industry has now gone very far from where it used to be 20 years ago. Luckily, it keeps in pace with the fast-growing computer technologies. But now, in the beginning of the 21st century, haven't you ever wanted to just stop and bring back the happy and naive 80s - when people used to enjoy simple games on a huge arcade machines?
So, today we offer you our top five casual games that will make you feel nostalgic for this magical time. Here's a trick about the games presented to you below - though they bear the taste of the crazy disco time, they were developed in the 21st century and most of them were released this year.
1. Arcadia REMIX. This is a terrific game by gameLab. It took the first place in our chart since it makes your childhood dreams come true and offers you to play several arcade machines at the same time. Classical Sea Battle, Alien Shooter and many more popular games of 80s are packed in one. The best part? All of these games are free!
2. Platypus. The all-time classic, in fact it is a modern remake of the shooter originally developed in the 80s. You've got to pilot your vehicle, shoot out the enemy's flying objects, and avoid enemy rockets and canons. The game looks cute as it features retro graphics and music that was refreshed due to the cool modern animation and colorful palette.
3. Bubble Shooter Deluxe 1.6. This is a Bust-a-Move game that drove everybody crazy 25 years ago. But in fact it was developed not earlier than 2000, when game developers from Absolutist took the concept of Bust-a-Move and created an addictive and simple casual game that makes thousands of people kill time with bubble popping. Place three bubbles side-by-side to remove them from the playing field.
Article comments
1 - Daniel Zandelin
Hi,
Thanks for an interesting article. :)
Just wanted to point out that Alice Greenfingers was developed by Arcade Lab, not gameLab.
Cheers,
Daniel
Arcade Lab
2 - Ken Edwards
Hi Daniel, thanks for that, I fixed it.
3 - Mick
Bubble Shooter was just the best! This has brought back many memories, i'd forgotten about it.