Friday, August 29, 2008

Contra and Super Contra - The TV Video Games

To be specific there would be no one who does not know what Contra is. Every one of us might have played TV Video Games in our child hood. I want to show you the clips of two versions of Contra. There are two versions of the Contra and Super Contra. Here are the clips,




Thursday, August 28, 2008

Super Mario Bros. Video



The Vidoe is taken with CamStudio and edited in Windows Movie Maker

Moto GP 2 Game Videos



Moto GP 2 Video

The clip above is taken with fraps and edited in Windows Movie Maker. Some screenshots taken with fraps again while the reply are shown below.


Adobe Premier vs Windows Movie Maker for editing Game Videos

Game Videos require very fair quality of the video, since there are many smaller things to be shown in the game. Especially in games like counter Strike, the cross hire shown is of just one pixel wide and it takes very high quality to show it. The quality output in Windows Movie Maker is maximum 2Mbps but thec clarity is not so convincing. Adobe Premier is far better in quality but it takes too much time for compilation of the video.

Windows Movie Maker
  • Quality output max is 2Mbps.
  • Processing Time for the video is normal.
  • Video editing is very easy.
  • Video transitions are good.
  • Good for non-technicals and non-professional video editors.
Adobe Premier
  • The Quality of the output appears to be better than that of Windows Movie Maker
  • Processing time for the Video Output is very high. Almost a second per frame (Adobe Premier 6.0).
  • Video editing is easy.
  • Video transitions are good.
  • Good for technical and professional editors.
On complete sense, Adobe premier is giving a better output. But the processing time for giving the video output is too much. Since the output to the web goes much worse, we can conclude that Widows movie maker is the best solution for video editing.

Jet Boat Superchamps 2 Video

The following video is a small clip of he game Jet Boat Superchamps 2. This is the second version of the game. One of the best simulation games I have seen. This just includes the character Takeshi on a normal Boat given in the beginning. Each character has strength, agility and speed for comparison. You play it once and you will never leave it unfinished.



Jet Boat Superchamps 2 is the game provided by Small Rockets. Thats a great simulation game. It has so cool appearance and music that it attacts almost every gamer. Its options include selection of different tracks and also each track has three different difficulty levels. This is a great game to play.

The game play consists of some gates to be passed through to finish a normal racing game. The background commentry includes indications that tells us the gates we missed and how many of them.

I hope I will post some complete videos of the races of the game.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Fraps vs WeGame - Recording Games as Videos

Both of these applications are used to record games. Fraps can be considered to be a standard application which is versatile. WeGame is recently started website and the application still needs to provide lot of options for the recording.

Fraps:
  1. Fraps takes 1GB for an AVI video of 3 min length.
  2. Lag created by fraps recording is not too high.
WeGame:
  1. WeGame needs login to start.
  2. WeGame still needs to standardize.
Fraps current version is 2.9.4 and you can download it at www.fraps.com/download.php
WeGame current version is www.wegame.com/download/

Monday, August 18, 2008

Counter Strike and Condition Zero - Strategies Tips and Settings

Let us assume that a player is new to Counter Strike. Just after he and starts play for a day or two, he thinks he needs to change the sensitivity of the mouse. He thinks that this makes him faster as the mouse moves faster. But you know, he wont be able to make it better. This is because he cannot be accurate. He can aim at his enemies well but just after the enemy moves a short distance the crosshire starts to go somewhere as it is very difficult to move snall distance with high sensitivity. If you want to move crosshire an inch, it works with high sensitivity. But if you want to move the cross hire an mm, it doesnot work with high sensitivity. This is the case where you need to go for lower sensitivity.

Advantages of lower mouse sensitivity in Counter Strike:
  • As you try to aim faster, you try to move along as the cross hire does not move faster with mouse alone.
  • As you move to adjust the cross hire to aim, you will distract your enemy.
  • As your enemy gets distracted, he takes time to aim you, and you'll make it faster as you aim by moving and mouse both at a time.
This is like a bonus. If you move, you can aim faster and the enemy takes time to aim you.

Aiming vs Movement in Counter Strike:

In the game Counter Strike or Condition Zero or Half-Life for that matter, what really matters is movement more than aiming. Aiming goes up to 40% and remaining 60% is for movement. Its like the game is staying alive, not just killing. If you stay for longer time, you can get many enemies to you. And you could stay longer if you move faster.

The most important point to be remembered is that you can aim while you are moving.,but you cannot move while you are aiming. That is, if you move, cross hire moves, but if cross hire is moved you won't move.

While you are moving with SMGs, you can have a plane of bullets sprayed. This won't let the enemy to escape. If you stay static while you shoot, you enemy can easily escape.


Spraying with M4a1 and Ak47 in Counter Strike:

Spraying with M4a1 and Ak47 is all right. If the target is too close to you, just spray off. If he is at a medium distance, you can spray but only in the case of M4a1. Don't spray the mediu targets with Ak47. You may not spray for farer targets.

Spraying leaves a area of bullets. This randomness is more for Ak47 and less for M4a1.

Ideal Click Rate for balancing Recoil and accuracy:

If recoil is more, accuracy is lost. So don't just go on spraying all the time. Click for shots at ideal intervals. Like with the Maverick(M4a1), you can give 3 bullets continuously and then 2 bullets slowly per secong. Ideal click rate for M4a1 would be 4-5 Clicks per second. And in the case of Ak47 it will be 2-3 bullets per second. Increase in speed more than this would result in too much of recoil. Of course, If you are aiming on his legs than you can even go for spraying to have a head shot.

Playing with the Pistol:

Playing with pistols is always good. But make sure that you go for the shots at the neck, where you have a good chance of getting head shots without losing aim.


Pocket Tanks and Sand Slinger Game Strategies

About the Games Poket Tanks and Sand Slinger

Sand Slinger is a game in which two human players can play against each other. There will be a slinger with each of the player and each player tries to injure the other player. Each player gets his turn alternatively. Each time a player attacks the other player the sand where sling is thrown will be destroyed. This is a nice game to play, but there are not many options in the game.

Pocket Tanks is a nicely designed game with good concept of two tanks with weapon selection along with angle and power options. This is very similar to the sand slinger game. Pocket Tanks consists of two tanks with different weapon euipment. Each weapon is unique and it has its own advantages. The weapons should be selected along with angle and power to aim the eney. Once the a weapon is fired the selected weapon will travel like a projectile and hits the target if aimed correctly. Based on the damage done and accuracy the points will be awarded to you. A point range about 40-60 is really good score. The player who ever gets the highest points wins.

Angle and Power for both Sand Slinger and Pocket Tanks

In both of these games the angle is very important. These are exactly two different and unique angles present which can accurately reach the range of the enemy with some power. One of the angle will be greater than 45 degrees and other will be less than 45 degrees. A maximum distance can be covered by adjusting the angel to 45 degrees and power to 100. As the angel is changed the power also need to be changed to hit the target accurately.



Who can Play Pocket Tanks and Sand Slinger Well

This is a good game to play overall. You will know how the projectiles goes. People who are good at kinematics in +2 Levels can play this for a good experience. As you know, experience beats up raw knowledge, so any one can play really great. It helped me to understand kinematics for IIT-JEE and AIEEE entrance exams.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Counter Strike 1.6 Video, Temp



There are some headshots, Guns used are M4a1 and USP, Map is fy_snow. I a trying to get the videos in best quality but it is resulting in such quality. Some suggestions for better quality of the video are in need. I use movie maker to edit these Counter Strike Videos. The Player is Temp.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Acclaim Revolt Video


Acclaim Revolt Video

Counter Strike 1.6 Video fy_snow - No Expert - No Noob


Counter Strike 1.6 fy_snow Video

Few head shots and few kills with a Maverick, not a newbie and not an expert. Just a Video of 6 MB size and 1 min in length.

Friday, August 15, 2008

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