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Top 10 Best Android Games

Heeeeello Kupo!1UPers! One more Top 10 article is here this time way more modern than the last one! As the title reads im gonna propose 10 gaming apps for android devices that in my opinion are the best you can find. Also I tried to pick titles from several genres. Most of you will notice, I hope, that with the coming of the touch operated devices the gameplay had to adapt with that new feature. So, on the one hand, the gaming got more simple than it was because many things got automated because of the lack of the physical buttons. For instance instead of platform game we have now runner games where the character runs by default and you just have to touch the screen or slide fingers on it to perform some specific actions. On the other hand adventure or point and click games got a second chance because of the directness of the interaction. But thats enough of the theoritical part. Lets propose some games! (Dont expect to see apps such as angry birds or Candy Crush Saga.. they are way too popular and obvious or apps with incredible hd graphics we got PCs for that kind of things).

10. Greedy Spiders

This is a one of the most challening games I ve ever played on an adroid device. Grab your coffee, get wrapped in your blanket and concetrate all of your skills in this fantastic puzzle 2d game. Greedy Spiders, in each stage, gives you a web that gets more complicated level by level. On that web there are flies and spiders. Your mission in each level is to cut off every possible route that the spiders have to reach the trapped flies. The first levels are quite easy but as you progress deeper it becomes really really REALLy hard to figure out the right way to cut the web strings ... Its one of the simplest games yet one of the hardest and most challenging!

You can dowload it for free here Greedy Spiders

9. Jetpack Joyride

Simple gameplay fast paced action many coins even more crashes. JJ is considered a runner game where you take the role of Sam a guy who wears a jetpack and goes for a joyride. Sidescrolling as it is all you have to do is touch the screen in order to hover above the ground or stop touching it to fall in order to avoid obstacles. Its 1 hit gameover game so do what you can to find protection or upgrade Sam. Quite fun and addictive.

You can download it for free here Jetpack Joyride

8. Epic Skater

Epic Skater belongs in the runner category like Temple Run, Subway Surfers etc. I included this game on the list because for some reason I just hate the Temple Run series and I looooove skateboarding and this particular is the nearest to the actual skating feeling you can find out there. 2D sidescrolling and random generating stage with 3D character. The gameplay is a s simple as it can get you skate through the town and you have to avoid obstacles cliffs and the like by doing flips grabs and grinds and making points! This game is soooo damn addictive that filled my free time in the army so good! I suggest you try it and im sure you will love it.

You can download it for free here Epic Skater

7. Machine Knight

The Google Play store is full of jrpgs that more or less all of them look alike. Yet some of them tend to get a bit more the public's attention than the others. MK caught my eye because it carries on the  2D graphics legacy of masterpieces such as Wild ARMs or Alundra and Zelda with a sci-fi fantasy plot turn based fast paced battles and a remarkable music score. Really i dont think there is much more to ask if you are a fan of then genre.

You can download it for free here Machine Knight

6. TableTop Racing (TTR)

Get ready to have fun with this Micro Machines clone. a classic miniature racing game with nice 3D  graphics well designed stages power-ups, and challenging gameplay. Unlock new cars make you own collection and just slide on spilt milk! If you like racing games but you are sick of games with expensive fancy cars then this is for you enjoy!

You can download it for free here Table Top Racing

5.  Order & Chaos Duels

Like a true geek there was a part of my life where all of my money were invested in Magic the Gathering cards... OC Duels is a clone of that great card game with the only difference that is less money demanding. Build your deck win your battles earn more cards and just make your card collection bigger and bigger. The good thing is that this app is mostly free but sometimes if you want to get reeeeally better you have to pay ("in game purchases" what a trend huh?!)

You can dowload it for free here Order & Chaos Duels

4. Tower Defence

A well known app genre for android systems. The defence games became very familiar to the android users and this genre has quite a lot of titles to give us. Tower Defence is one of the best if you ask me. Futuristic with a lot of tower upgrades, a lot of strategic way of thinking required, alien landscapes as maps, chaotic gunfire and immense hordes of enemies. The music is well composed giving you a battle rythm thats puts you really in the mood and the graphics are what they should be for such a game! The goal is to position your units on the 2D map in such a way that they will prevent they enemy hordes from reaching and destroying your tower! Simple and addictive!

You can download it for free here Tower Defence

3. Mountains of Madness

We all are familiar with the new handy fever that BigFish started a few years back with the HOG (Hidden Object Games). They got really progressed over the years and adopted elements found on point and click games such as multiple choice dialogues riddles inventories etc. Personally i have played tons of games like those to my PC and i can say they are quite amusing. A real gem for android devices is the one that hears to the title of Mountains of Madness. A really lovecraftian horror mystery story with the classic BigFish touch that all the fans of the legendary author must taste .

You can download it for free from here Mountains of Madness

2. Terra Monsters 

Not much to say for TM. A classic clone of the legendary pokemon series. An rpg with world map battles and monsters to capture and fight with. HD 2D pokemon graphics and angle are all that a pokemon fan and android user needs. Give it a try and im sure you will be totally obsessed with it. Besides... we gotta catch 'em all, don't we?!

You can download it for free from here Terra Monsters

1. Zenonia 4

When an ancient evil threatens to erupt onto the world, heroes of the ages must assemble once again to change the course of destiny. The definition of the action jrpg on HD that will really blow your mind. This game has it all old school classic graphics, real time battles, level ups, a vast world to travel through, japanese authentic battle cries and all that you seek in a game like that. Im not saying anything else! Just mafacka play it!!!

You can download it for free from here Zenonia 4

Ps4 more friendly ... NOT!

 

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Two Worlds Has Stopped Working - (PC - Fixed)

Yet another game in my collection is giving me headaches but this time I ve got EXP on the subject mafacka!

Half an hour ago i installed Two Worlds on PC (win7 32bit) and almost everything went smoothly. Except for when the game after the installation process needed to install its Ageia PhysX drivers. But because I had already installed more recent drivers it needed to unistall them and install the ones that TW needed. So i decided to leave as it is thinking that maybe there wouldnt be any problem with the newest version of drivers. Well i was so damn wrong! 

Apparently the newer drivers is more advanced than what TW can handle so it crashes. So with a bit of a google search i found the solution. Just click that link here and download the PhysX Legacy drivers. 

Those drivers fix all problems related to older games requiring older versions of PhysX drivers. Also they will not affect the newer PhysX drivers.

So, download install and get in action! 

Bayonetta 2 Demo Is Out Now!

Bayonetta 2's demo is out now on the Wii U eShop in both Europe and North America.

The demo contains a couple of stages in Platinum Games' highly anticipated sequel.

Bayonetta 2 is due on 24th October in Europe and North America. Its retail release comes in various editions that include what Digital Foundry called the "definitive version" of the first Bayonetta. Those who buy Bayonetta 2 digitally a la carte will receive a discount on the Wii U port of Bayonetta the first.

In honour of its demo, Platinum released the following new Bayonetta 2 trailer.

Source: www.eurogamer.net

Myst: TV Series And Game Tie-In

Classic point-and-click adventure Myst is set to return as a TV series and an accompanying tie-in game.

Myst creators Rand and Robyn Miller have signed a deal with Legendary Entertainment, the production company behind Inception and Godzilla, to develop the show.

It's unknown whether the series will launch on traditional TV or via a digital plaftorm, Variety reported, such as via Netflix or Amazon Prime.

What is known is that the show will be accompanied by various "transmedia" efforts to extend the brand - such as a new game and a separate tablet offering, all of which will tie into the ongoing series' plot.

Myst was originally released back in 1993 and told the tale of a mysterious island full of puzzles. You played as a character known as The Stranger as he tried to unravel why he had been whisked to the island and who to trust.

The game's success - more than six million copies were sold - lead to the launch of four direct sequels, along with various spin-off games, novels and even a parody game - Pyst.

Source: Eurogamer.net

Resident Evil 4 - Defeat Salazar

I know that bosses can be a pain in the ass especially if you fight them like a barbarian (e.g. all out attacks etc.). But the truth is that every boss in every game has its weak point and a certain to kill it making it almost childish or like every other enemy except bigger.

Salazar boss in RE 4 is no exception. A classic RE boss with long tentacles huge eyes disfigured bodies and all that with accompanies with sounds like a stomach that has intolerance in some food. Well the truth is that if you go from the front and start shooting you will end up dead quite easily. So here is the steps to kill it really really REALLY easily!!!!

1. Buy a Rocket Launcher from the merchant outside the boss' chamber.

2. Once the cutscene ends head to the right side of the balcony. From here you can avoid every attack it has to unleash. The only thing you have to worry about is the right tentacle attack but with hitting the prompts buttons or shooting twice with the shotgun it leaves you alone for a while.

3. From the right side aim and shoot the strange yellow-green eye that waves in the middle of the chamber. (if you do that from the front a huge mouth will open devour you and kill you instantly but if you do it from the right it will not bother you). After a couple of shots at the eye a huge cocoon will open revealing the remnants of the real Salazar.

4. Now if you bought the Rocket Launcher earlier a single shot is enough to just kill it already!!! But if by any chance you missed it attack it heart or brain with what ever weapon you handle the best. (I ve noticed that the cocoon shuts quicker when you shoot it with bigger weapons like the magnum or the sniper riffle, but maybe it has to come to a certain damage amount to close and with bigger weapons u need fewer shots for that. Specifically it takes 3 shots with the magnum to close again).

5. When it closes you just repeat the same process until it dies. Pretty simple huh?!

Tips: If by any chance you run out of ammo or recovery items, you just drop down from the ledge, kill with a single shotgun shot a few spiders, collect some ammo and then back up again.

Adventure Games Strategies

Many are the times that playing an adventure game you find yourself fully loaded with a bunch of phenomenically useless stuff and locked doors or chests with peculiar locks and you literally feel helpless and you don't know what to do. I ve seen it happen a lot of times, so i guess this things just happens no matter what gamer are you good or bad thorough or hollow.

So with adventure and point n' click games being one of my must genres over the years I have concluded in some ways of playing that quite possibly get you unstuck in times of need (don't resort to walkthroughs with the first hassle, try the following and I m sure that the feeling you get is much better than the one the given answer provides). The things im going to propose and suggest are generic rules and don't apply in all of the games or situations but it's sure that will help.

ADVICE:

1. Talk to everyone about anything (if that means about dialogue options or the items that you have in the inventory, it may be boring but worths a shot)

2. Combine every item in the inventory (in the most games of the genre you can combine items that you have collected so try every combination possible)

3. Examine every item that you have collected (a closer look on the accumulated items might give you details, hidden messages or even open/unravel/unpack items to find other items inside)

4. Try every possible (talk/pick up/combine etc) action on every NPC or interactible item on the environment.

5. If the game supports the hotspot finder then use it. You might always miss an important spot.

6. Combine every item of your inventory with every environmental item or NPC.

7. After making some progress even the slightest one, try talking again to every NPC. The progress might have unlocked a new possible dialogue topic.

8. Try everything even if it doens't make sense. Many games don't depend necessarily on logic (see Escape from Monky Island 4 - Flea puzzle) 

9. Every puzzle has its solution. So before fuming try reading every relating file about the puzzle or making every possible combination. I know sometimes it gets so hard that you feel like quiting but thats not the point!

10. Last but not least: SAVE OFTEN & IN DIFFERENT SAVE SLOTS! Some adventure games due to bad development you get stuck if you dont do some things in the a specific order (like Sherlock Holmes - The Awakened). And when i say stuck i mean that the current save game is totally worthless. So it's good to keep several save games as a back up in such a case.

Murder In The Abbey - WerFault.exe Error Fixed

Another game another obstacle! Another pc game of course! :P With this fantastic point n click adventure, I encountered one more compatibility issue. I started installing the game ( the game comes in 3 CDs, at least the one i purchased) and in the end of the installation when it required the 3rd of the disks suddenly this message popped up:

WerFault.exe - Wrong Volume

The wrong volume disc is in the drive. Please insert volume The Abbey into drive E:

If u click try again nothing happens but the message pops up right away afterwards. And if you click continue the whole installation proccess cancels and and then i get an error message from windows saying that setup.exe has stopped working etc etc...

The solution is simple (fortunately).

1. Open "My computer" and right click on the disc icon and click "Open"

2. Find the Setup.exe and righ click and then Properties

3. Select the Compatibility tab and then check the box : Run this program in compatibility mode for:

4. From the drop down menu that gets highlighted select Windows XP (Service Pack 3)

5. Click Ok.

Thats it. That worked for me and I was quite relieved I have to say! 

Another way (havent tried it yet though) is to copy all the components of the 3 discs in files on your computer and select its volume from there when prompted. 

I hope this was a bit helpful so you can enjoy this underrated masterpiece. Enjoy!

Sacred 2 (PC) - "An Exception Has Occured" Error Fixed

Aaaaaaahhhhh *sighs* ... Every goddamn pc game seems to have an error, bug, glitch, or whatever that wants to get on your nerves before you manage and play it. It has been some kind of a ritual. When I install a PC game I MUST encounter an abnormality otherwise .. what the point! If i get my hands on a game that runs perfectly and smoothly then WOW!! Thats the abnormality reincarnated! As you understand having installed Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel on my desktopt I encountered this specific error (the game started a black screen with the game logo and some green letters appeared, but then it was kicking me out to the windows):

An exception has been thrown!

Error#:9

Function: WinMain

Description: App::Setup() failed!.

File: d:/projects/sacred2/source/game/sacred2.cpp

Line:740

Stack unwinding:

-<<callstack>>

As you easily can guess i started browsing the net, being really frustrated, for a solution, a fix. I found out that my error was just the ninth so there more as well but here is what i did and finally, Sacred 2, run smoothly for the 1st time. I can guarantee anything to anyone but at least you can try! 

1. Download OpenAL-Drivers

2. Update your PhysX Software

On the net I found more suggestions as to install the last official patch of the game or to add an exception to the antivirus program for the game! You can try these 2 also if the above don't help!

Even if you overcome that problem it is very likely to encounter several others such as problems with the sound (monophonic instead of stereophonic), the "invisible map", the slight stuttering issue, the usual crashes to desktop and so on! But its almost inhuman to be able to over pass aaaall of these if you encounter them all together. In that case i suggest to play the PS3 version. Totally bug free! Good luck with that! 

1st Kupo!1UP Contest!

Hey guys and gals! 

As I am feeling generous for the 30.000 views id like to thank you by challening you in a really quick and simple contest! So here's the deal:

RULES:

1. I m gonna give you 3 pics of 3 different games and 3 questions concerning each game.

2. You have to answer to the questions and the 2 first winners will win an original retro classic game.

3. Im shipping the games totally for FREE to anywhere so you are not gonna be charged at all. All you have to do is be quick or be d... sorry!

4. You can send your answers here: kupo1up@gmail.com.
5. You can participate in the contest for a month. After one month has passed the 2 winners will be picked up according to your answers and their time and date

CONDITION: The winners, once they receive their price, they are asked to take a photo with it in hand and send it to me!

Let The Kontest Begin

a) Name the game

b) What is the nickname of the fire-tailed
character?

c) What is the nationality of this character?

Top 10 Playstation J-RPGs

Being a big fan of the RPG genre especially of the Japanese ones and of the golden era of the late 90's i decided to make a Top 10 post of the greater JRPGs that were realesed on Sony's Playstation. This Top 10 list of course is according to my judgement and doesnt mean that it is catholic.

10. The Adventures Of Alundra

Alundra is an action role playing game develpoed by Matrix Software, and features the adventures of an Elf of the clan of Elna, The Dreamwalkers. Led by his dreams that they call him the "Releaser", Alundra is caught up in a storm and his ship is washed ashore the beach a a village. The townsfolk blame Aludnra for the monsters that threaten the village and like this Alundra's adventures begin. Despite its many similarities with the classic 2D Zelda series (one lonely wanderer that his ship is wrecked and the townsfolk save him, pointy ears - elf origin,  a whole arsenal likes sword, bombs etc. reminds me soooo much of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening) Alundra has managed to win a place in the Top 10 because of its beautiful graphics, its classic gameplay and its intriguing music. In my opinion the "Nintendo" and "Zelda" fans underestimated it big time back in the days.

9. Star Ocean: The Second Story

Star Ocean is a fantasy RPG that it gives me the impression that its intentions were to look like Final Fantasy VII. Its direction (the photography of the its pre-rendered graphics) follows the same path that FF VII did, and its a very nice mixture of "old" and new weaponry (sword and guns, this is something that japanese developers love it, from anime and games till movies). Its gameplay is treading  on the steps of the most of the turn-based rpg out there. Towns, dungeons, battles and level ups are what you should expect to find in this JRPG. The gods have hurled a deadly meteorite into an unsuspecting planet unleasing such chaos that was never seen before! Now its only up to 2 people from different worlds to take a turn to the most perillous journey that they might never make it back from.

8. Xenogears


Dude i loooove jrpgs and in the PSX era they were just keep coming and coming with no end! Awesomeness! If u want something done right just have a japanese do it for u!!! Now, in Xenogears. A mysterious organization is turning the tides of a century-long war with ancient technology giant combat robots known as Gears. A failed attempt to steal one of these powerful weapons places it in the unwilling hands of young Fei and his dubious allies. Now he is pursued by military governments, royal pirates, spies, the emperor, and his own forgotten past. This is in general terms the plot of Xenogears. With its gameplay following the classic jrpg road Xenogears manages to win a place in this Top 10 and its definitely a game that every jrpg fan that has some respect for himself should play even once in his life.

7. Legend of Legaia

This jrpg developed by Contrail and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, follows the classic path that every psx jrpg of its time that respects its own self does! :Legend of Legaia takes place, where else? in a world called Legaia. Legaia is inhabited by humans and objects called Seru, that once joined with humans, they grant them fantastic powers. Once, Seru and humans co-existed in harmony but about ten years before the game begins, a mist appeared that turned the Seru into monsters and nearly annihilated the human race. Now humans join forces in different regions to hide from the mist! Legend of Legaia is one more jrpg with turn based battle system with a captivative story that really no fan of the genre should miss. Even now that the graphics are quite outdated it worth playing!

6. Breath Of Fire IV

BOF IV is a traditional role playing game with an isometric viewpoint with full rendered 3D environment and 2 dimensional characters. BOF IV like every other game of the series follows the story of a young man named Ryu (armed with the power to transform into dragons) and his teammates that all together try to stop the awakening of an evil emperor that with a dragon form wants to destroy mankind. The thing that makes the 4th installment of the series stick out from its brothers and actually to stray from the path is the fact that it is chinese like designed. The names are chinese like (e.g. Fu-Lu) and the music has a really adventurous chinese feeling unlike all the other BOFs that were set in eastern medieval like worlds with western like epic tunes! If i were you id purchase it right away because very few games are so well designed and with a unique scenario and atmosphere. Its really on of the kind.

5. Parasite Eve

Whoever owned a PS in those days and were a fan of the genre he couldnt have missed (but if he did I pity him) Parasite Eve. Parasite Eve is what I would call a weird combination of Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VIII. Its set in the real world (the world map is that of Manhattan). The characters are fully 3D drawn in a 2D pre-rendered environment and the battles are turn based. A police officer and a possessed woman by an ancient evil that threatening the earth are bond together until something dies. The game beging following the steps of a rookie police officer, Aya Brea, attending an opera concert  that very soon turn out to be a demonic holocaust. A magnificent sci-fi rpg from the creators of the legendary Final Fantasy VII that promises compelling plot and a gameplay that will mark ur gaming existence.

4. Wild ARMs

Well what can i say for that epic title?! I really dont know from where i should complimenting. Though its viewpoint is quite zelda like and even back in the psx era could be regarded outdated WA captivates you right from the moment that the intro starts. Basically thats what made me play it in the first place. Set up in a sci-fi western environment that combines perfectly guns swords and magic Wild ARMs takes place in a wolrd called Filgaia (Fargaia in the original Japanese release). A thousand years before the events of WA a war between humans and the Metal Demons was raging and humans prevailed destroying the enemy's "Mother" but not killing her. They managed though to trap her extracting her heart breaking it into pieces and traping them into 3 statues scattered across the land. The gameplay throughout the world is set in a 2D aspect and the battles are set into a full 3D rendered environment. Definitely a masterpiece and the first jrpg to be released in the PSX and totally worth your time. Over 50 hours of gameplay will make you forget games that till now you were considering a must.

3. Final Fantasy IX

If I could I would put FF VII as well in this Top 10 list but there were other that deserve a place here so FF IX is enough for now. FF 9 takes place in the four continents of a world called Gaia. The most of the population inhabits the Mist continents. The other ones are still uncharted (e.g the Outer Continent). The town are inabited by human and non human anthropomorphic races. The games and we see Zidane Tribal and the Tantalus Theater Troupe planning and kidnapping Princess Garnet while on her sixteenth birthday. Queen Brahne pursuits them while they escape on their airship. Going on, we learn that princess Garnet wanted to meet with regent Cid who is the person that Tantalus team were going to take her anyway. An epic adventure begins where we see a mystic figure called Kuja being the actual master of puppets behind Queen Brahne's erratic and weird, aggressive behavior and the efforts of Zidane and his team to stop Queen Brahne's wars against the rest of the Mist's Continents kingdoms. The game has a full 3D world map and 2D pre-rendered graphics in the towns and dungeons where the players tends to spend the most of the gameplay. The battles are turn based and when the encounters occur at random we are transferred to the Battle screen. I won't praise FF IX at all I ll just say that it was one of the few games that really scarred my gaming childhood in the most fairytale-ish way.

2. The Legend of Dragoon

TLOD takes place in a fictional continent called Endiness. It is a geographically diverse land, with each climate zone being home to a different nation. The main protagonist is Dart that he returns home after his long 5 year pursue of the killer of his parents, the Black Monster. When he returns home he finds out that his village was scorched down by the army of Sandora and his childhood friend was captured. He sets out to find her and along the way he meets with several characters. Main role in the game play the Dragoons. Dragoons are spirits that allow humans to take a more powerful form during battle. Like the previous on the list. the characters are 3D while the environments are 2d pre-rendered. The world map is just an map that you just choose ur destination. There are also towns and dungeons and the encounters are random as well and when they happen we get transferred to the battle screen. Very characteristic is the constant flavor of sadness that leaves embroided to your soul something that very few games can transmit!

1. Final Fantasy VII

Though much can be said for that legendary piece of art I ll try to keep it short. We all are familiar with that rpg title that marked more than one generations. It features all the characteristics of the last two games regarding its gameplay (turn based battle system, 3d characters etc.) and the music is unique. It draws you in and captures you. You take control of Cloud Strife. an EX-Soldier that worked for the Shinra company. Now just an outlaw he joins forces with Avalance a terrorist organization that opposes Shinra for being responsible for the dying condition of the planet,Gaia. Avalance targets and bombs the nuclear reactors fuel that are constantly drain the life of the planet, the lifestream. After making shinra almost incapable of pursuing them they start searching for Sephiroth, Cloud's past mentor but now his sworn enemy. Sephiroth wants to use the planet as his mother's vessel and ship to become the medium that will aid her in conquering the universe. A sci-fi jrpg with a so much authentic plot that like this has never been written. After all it was first on Top 10s throughout all these years for a reason wasn't it?