Classic Games by Play2Day

Here is yet another Chrome extension that comes with some fun games.

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Who made it?: This extension comes to us from Play2Day.

Presentation: This extension has a variety of games: Some arcade and console recreations, some classic browser games and even a few mobile games. This extension is unique from the previous ones I reviewed in that rather than opening up in a little pop up window, it opens up within your browsers side bar.

The games: All of the games in this collection play and look differently, so they'll all get their individual reviews.

• 2048: Yet again, this game shows up. It's still a fun and challenging game, but I've got nothing new to say about it. If you want my review of this game, click here.
• Pac-Man: Speaking of a game that's surprisingly in every extension I've reviewed thus far, here's Pac-Man. As per tradition, this one's a bit different from the one you've most likely played on an arcade machine. Pac-Man himself moves faster here that in the arcade version and doesn't slow down when eating pellets. He also has an arrow on him at all times that shows which way he's going and which way he'll turn if given a chance. Also, when you eat most of the pellets on the board, the red ghost will get angry and speed up considerably. Not a bad port of Pac-Man, if I do say so myself.
• Tetris: And rounding out the extension staple trio is good ole Tetris. Unlike the other versions I've talked about, this isn't a flash or html5 recreation, but an emulator playing the NES port. This version of Tetris holds up to this day, but the audio is horrible. I don't know if it's just my computer, but the audio for this game is all staticky and crackling.
• Bomberman: This is a html5 recreation of the classic SNES game where you play a robot blowing up other robots with bombs. The graphics look really nice and the music, while repetitive, is really good sounding. Each character has their own control scheme (arrow keys and space for player one, wasd and f for player 2, lkji and h for player three, and 8426 and enter for player four). You can pause with p, restart the game with r or bring up the control panel with c. In this control panel you can change the characters' controls, toggle whether their AI or player controlled and change whether or not they "play safe" (avoid bombs). It's a pretty fun game.
• Flappy Bird: It's the same game I reviewed in my last post. It's still a fun game, but I have nothing new to say about it.
• Drop down: In this game you play a bouncing ball making its way through various fruit-colored platforms while avoiding blue spots. It features a simple 3d art design and a relaxing tune. Using the mouse you move the platforms and try to get the ball through the openings. If you get the ball through multiple openings in a row, it will destroy the next platform it makes contact with. It's an alright game, but nothing too special.
• Mine Sweeper: It's Mine Sweeper, just like what I reviewed in a past post. It's not at all a bad port, I just was never good at Mine Sweeper. One thing I can say about this version is that it looks neat, mimicking the look of the original game that came on early 90s computers.
• Hit It Right: In this game your throwing knifes at a wooden ball that's always turning. It features a simplistic art design and some decent music. All you do here is click to throw knives at the wooden ball and try not to hit any thrown knives or other obstacles. It's arguably the simplest game of the collection, but it can be pretty hard sometimes. Sometimes the ball is moving really fast, and sometimes it slows down and changes direction. Also, it can be a bit difficult getting a clean shot after you've used up most of your knives for that level. It's an alright game especially if you like stabbing digital things.
• Doodle Jump: This is a smartphone game that came out back during the early days of iOS and Android. This game resembles kid's doodles in appearance and has no music. Instead of tilting your device like the base game, you use the arrow keys to move. You can also restart using the spacebar. It's kind of watered down compared to it's portable counterpart, featuring no enemies to shoot or anything really besides multiple types of platforms and springs. That being said, it's not a bad game by any means, just one that's better on an iPhone.
• Cut the Rope: This extension has three versions of this smartphone classic: The original, the time travel edition and the Christmas edition. They have the same cutesy look, similar sounding music and they all play the same. Using the mouse, you cut ropes in order to get a piece of candy into the mouth of a cute little monster named Om Nom. There are also stars for you to collect. It starts out easy, but becomes progressively harder as later levels have you dealing with thieving spiders, candy destroying spikes, teleporters, wind blowers and other obstacles. There pretty good and adorable games and nice relic from the days when mobile app developers actually tried to make games to entertain rather than just to make money.

Final Verdict: The games in this collection won't blow you away like Newgrounds Rumble, Five Minutes or I-Mockery's Select Your Destiny Series, but the extension is pretty good to have around if you get bored.