Game: NaaC

Here’s a great way to kill ten minutes on your Sunday morning: NaaC. This simple, two-dimensional, one-room shooter reminds me of asteroids. Move around the room with your cursor keys, and hold down the left mouse button to fire. If you pick up a weapon, click the right mouse button to switch to it. The pace of the game cosntantly increases as new enemies are released into the room. When everything gets quiet, that means you’re about to meet one of the bosses.

For strategy:

• Turn inertia off from the main menu (otherwise, it’s hard to pick weapons up)
• Use your pistol (the default weapon) as much as possible. Switch weapons when you start to get in trouble.
• Don’t move around the room too much; you’re better off staying in one corner for most of the game.
• Pick up weapons and goodies whenever possible, but don’t dive into a group of enemies to pick something up. If a weapon is surrounded, just let it disappear.

I suggest just downloading the .ZIP version of the game, unzipping it, and then running the executable file without installing it. It’s a fun game, but it’s not like you’re going to be playing it years from now.

My high score is 1,355,081–post your score in the comments. This is another game from Jay is Games.