We have posted about Jeff Minter’s Polybius (named after an urban myth) before; but now a custom build of the game is featured in the video to the new Nine Inch Nails song “LESS THAN”.
Enjoy your sensual overload!
Tag Archives: psychedelic video games
Thumper (VR Rhythm Game)
7 MayThumper is a dark and twisted rhythm game for VR (but also playable on a plain old screen). In the video you can see some gameplay from the very first level. It only gets trippier further on in the game…
“Joust” – Atari Video Game Commcercial
23 Janhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSEFuZKzQEs
1982 Commercial for the video game “Joust” for Atari 2600 & 5200
I don’t even know whats happening in this commercial but i love it regardless. Commercials back then were so much better i find, as most of them were just pure nonsense. Now a days commercials are so simplistic and/or generic it kills me; metaphorically.
Trippy Pokemon Clips from Short Film “Pikachu’s Vacation”
27 NovWith Pokemon Sun and Moon releasing worldwide last week it is time to dig out all those trippy scenes from the Pokemon short “Pikachu’s Vacation”.
You can watch the whole movie here on the official Pokemon channel. Enjoy!
Pokken Tournament Synergy Burst Animation
20 MarJapanese manga, anime and video game cultures often use extensive and very psychedelic animations when they depict transformations (remember Sailor Moon?) and the summoning of supernatural forces. The recently released Pokemon fighting game Pokkon Tournament is no exeption.
“Space is Everything” — TxK by Jeff Minter (llamesoft)
21 DecJeff Minter has been designing video games since the early days of the medium. And since the very beginning an air of anarchy and trippyness has been a constant in his creations. Since Tempest 2000 he has been refining what I’d like to call the psychedelic “space” shooter (look here for Space Giraffe).
But he has released a game/ “light synthesizer” that is actually called Psychedelia as early as 1984.
Check out the man’s work! You won’t be disappointed.
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