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[The Suspicious Cop]

For it's time, this was a fine game. The inside of the car looked decent enough, and the premise at least made sense. The cop looked strange though, and some of the options just didn't make sense. In no situation would a cop just shoot a guy in a stopped car, and he seemed a little too easy to outsmart. There was one unanswered question when all was said and done though; was the cat actually okay in the end?

[Hamilton AM Skater]

I like the idea behind it, and there were a few nice parts in the flash. The music was solid, the flips were nice enough, and the background events were rather fun to watch. However, you couldn't move the skateboarder, making a fatal flaw in the game. It was really just a movie with a couple interactive options thrown in, and the ending was just stupid. For 2000 it's quite nice, there's just no replay value after the first time.

[Make A Stick]

That's all? A stick dress up game is a difficult concept to pull off, since there's only so much you can do with the stick itself. It comes down to the available options and how good those are. A guitar, sword, two guns, and a couple hats/sunglasses don't make this all that entertaining. The different stick color bodies was a nice touch, but just having one defeated the purpose. Besides, except for the hats, everything was grey, making it just boring.

[police and thug game]

It was a very simple game, and actually wasn't all that bad. The graphics were okay, and despite the slow red lines being the bullets, it still was challenging enough. The fact that it was only the one level that lasted maybe five seconds hurt the replay value, since the fun was over very quickly. The controls were simple enough though, and it's at least a game someone can pick up and play for a couple minutes.

[Blow Up A Fat Guy]

This was a very simple game, yet it was nonetheless effective. All it was was planting a bomb by the fat guy picture, but there was timing involved, since the bomb did not immediately explode. This made the game a lot more enjoyable, and the animation with the bomb was solid. Not much to it, but there didn't need to be.

[Harri's Revenge]

The first scene wasn't too bad, and it looked like it was going to be okay. Once the people started moving though, the flash sunk fast. The pictures looked really bad after being cut out from their backgrounds, there really was nothing to the shooting, and it wasn't really that fun. Had the two people been animated rather than pictures, this could have made the game feel at least a little bit better.

[The Rock Defeated?]

Not much to say about this one. The gun looked decent enough, but there wasn't much else to it. The shooting was nothing special, just clicking the button twice total and some blood effects added in that were rather unimpressive. We did in fact kill the rock as it says in the description, so at least this flash was honest. Still, there could have been other way to kill him added in.

[Kavo goes to the Factory]

This isn't all that bad especially for when it was made, but a lot more could have been done with it. There were only two options, and moving the crane was a bit of a pain, having to click the buttons over and over. The jar of acid was just meh, but i loved the blender, since the animation there was nice. Still, the lack of sound and minimal graphics greatly hurt what could have been quite good. Also have to give you credit for originality.

[Inverse Shoot'em up]

Decent

There are a lot of things both good and bad about this game. Once I got the hang of it, it was an enjoyable challenge to try and hit the plane as it kept moving around. It wasn't too easy to do since it moved around quite a lot. The sound and graphics were nice as well.

However, it seemed to get old rather fast, and it was more of a "reflex" type game then i would have liked; you basically had to make sure you saw when your tanks popped on screen before they were shot.

[Cripple Cannon]

Great fun

How can shooting old people out of a cannon not be fun? Well, that's not possible. What is possible is to mess up a game like that though. Luckily, you did not do that, as this game is amazing.

The music and cutscenes were very enjoyable and fit the mood perfectly, and the expressions from the people as I shot them out were hilarious. While the different scenes were challenging, there were multiple ways to get them to the ambulance, so there was some replay value.

There were a few spots where the physics were a bit odd. Too many times their arms or legs were getting caught in a wall, and while hilarious, it did take away a bit from what was otherwise the best game I've played in some time.