GameTap Thursday: Touching the line of copyright infringement

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 27th 2007 at 10:56AM }

No, that's not Indiana Jones. Sure, it looks like him and the plot of Cameron Files: Pharaoh's Curse sounds like it was taken from two parts Dr. Jones and one part The Mummy, but it's clearly not copyright infringement. See, Cameron might dress like Indiana Jones, but he's a private investigator, not an archaeologist -- but his friend Moira (pictured) is an archaeologist. Anyway, Cameron Files is still a good modern old-school adventure game. The rest of the GameTap offerings this week are an FPS and two WWII games. Once again, we're more excited about one of the free games going into rotation: Bubble Bobble. The new subscriber games this week are:

IGI 2: Covert Strike (PC) - One man versus many Chinese terrorists. A stealth FPS that requires you to keep only the items you need to survive. It's like Splinter Cell, but first-person and no Micheal Ironside.
The Cameron Files: Pharaoh's Curse (PC) - A modern adventure game set in Egypt during the WWII. Solve puzzles while pointing and clicking your way to adventure. Just don't call him Indiana.
Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg (PC) - A WWII strategy game that's kind of like Advanced Wars, but oh so much more complicated.
Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin (PC) - Another turn-based WWII game. The sequel to last week's edition Beyond Overlord.

After the break we have GameTap's updated list of free games, now at 41 titles. Bubble Bobble is still our stand-out on that list. But you can always try Tomb Raider III. The last game before Lara became a total mess and needed the Legend makeover.

1. Scrapland
2. Tomb Raider 3
3. Disciples II: Dark Prophecy
4. Metal Slug
5. Space Interceptor: Project Freedom
6. Buku Sudoku
7. Super Baseball 2020
8. King of Fighters 99
9. Restaurant Empire
10. Liquid Kids
11. Bubble Bobble
12. realMYST 3D
13. The King of Dragons
14. Super Sidekicks
15. Ghouls n Ghosts
16. Mega Twins
17. Puzzled / Joy Joy Kid
18. Super Qix
19. 1942
20. Rampage
21. Bust a Move
22. Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
23. King of the Monsters
24. Samurai Shodown
25. Mega Man: The Power Battle
26. Fast Lanes Bowling
27. Sengoku 3
28. 19XX
29. Breakers
30. Alpha Mission
31. Last Resort
32. Space Invaders
33. Joust
34. Football Frenzy
35. Root Beer Tapper
36. Riding Hero
37. Myst Online: Uru Live
38. Nemesis of the Roman Empire
39. Street Slam
40. Mercs
41. Vulgus

Tags: gametap, gametapthursday

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Darius @ Sep 27th 2007 11:14AM

Sengoku 3 is an amazing Neo Geo title. It's blisteringly difficult like a lot of Neo Geo games, but the gameplay is great, especially for its time.

Cheers,
Jarrod

Jonah Falcon @ Sep 27th 2007 11:28AM

Um, Indiana Jones is a ripoff of Alan Quartermain. Lucas even admitted that.

Christopher7xii @ Sep 27th 2007 11:37AM

Lucas would never rip off of anything... *cough*

He likes to call it "putting a personal spin on a story that's fun to hear".

Sean @ Sep 27th 2007 12:05PM

Bubble Bobble is excellent.

Chilly Willy @ Sep 27th 2007 12:14PM

Hear, hear! I second that one emphatically.

t_m @ Sep 28th 2007 6:28AM

but its been on gametap free (on and off) sice it launched.

Even when it isn't available, one of the sequels or spin-offs is.

PS/ Gametap: Put HITMAN back on free so i can finish it!! I feel like i watched that annoying "i love bowling" clip enough times that i deserve it!!!