Games they liked to play at NIMC aka AIMK
June 7th, 2008 | by Narendra |Like every other campus, people at NIMC aka AIMK are no different when it comes to cyber combat. I have been knowing finest snipers, few of the toughest assault team (Hellboy, DT, Rage to name a few)
Counter Strike
Counter Strike, the power puff game which rocks whole night all across the campus through the LAN. The latest version of this game is Counter-Strike: Source – It blends Counter-Strike’s award-winning team play action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology. Featuring state of the art graphics, all new sounds, and introducing physics, Counter-Strike: Source is a must-have for every action gamer. The popularity is still rising and even students have started arranging tournament in college fests with AIMK always as winners, after all practice pays.
Counter-Strike was developed first as a Half-Life modification. Therefore named “Half-Life: Counter-Strike.” The original version was a 3rd-party Half-Life modification, but since then it has grown into a commercial mod and later advertised as separate game in itself. It still uses and runs on the Half-Life game engine and is based on its unchanged structure. The game provide ultimate dynamically streamlined multi-player experience activated via Steam, and is currently the most played PC shooter in terms of players.
Pocket Tanks
When I joined campus it was pocket tank which was attraction of everybody during interaction period. During that times it was my room-mate Sandeep who had a computer (single in our block of residence) who installed and almost everybody tried his luck in battle field.
Pocket Tanksis a 1-2 player computer game for Windows and Mac OS X, created by Blitwise Productions, developer of Super DX-Ball and Neon Wars. Adapted from Michael Welch’s earlier Amiga game Scorched Tanks, dozens of weapons ranging from simple explosive shells to homing missiles, and the ability to move the tank.At the moment, players can have up to 210 different weapons total. Pocket Tanks is often abbreviated as PTanks.
Before I got introduced to Counter Strike (though I played very less – and was first one to create a community on CS in AIMK) it was the Need for speed which was being played by most of our MCA 5 super seniors, they were excellent players, some were using their dorm computers while many were using the Net Labs, it was all fun with this Network Car racing game, another hit in the campuses and any other place. Here one name who championed this game must be referred – Ashok Karki from batch MBA 7 (unbeatable in his era).
NFS – Need For Speed
The Need for Speed series was originally developed by Distinctive Software, a game studio based in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to Electronic Arts’ purchase of the company in 1991, it had already created popular racing games such as Stunts and Test Drive II: The Duel. After the purchase was made, the company was renamed Electronic Arts Canada. The company capitalized on its experience in the domain when it began developing the Need For Speed series in late 1992.
Need for Speed: ProStreet is the latest title in the Need for Speed series. Key features of the game include realistic damage, a return to realistic racing (instead of the arcade-like racing of previous titles), modelling, burnouts and more.
Pac Man
Apart from above three games which were ubiquitous during my two years stay at AIMK, I personally liked to play Pac Man and Mine sweeper both were great time pass.
Pac Man: This game was quite popular among few of my MCA 5 super seniors also.
When Pac-Man was released on May 22 1980, most arcade video games in North America were primarily space shooters such as Space Invaders, Defender, or Asteroids. Pac-Man succeeded by creating a new genre and appealing to both males and females. Pac-Man is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time. Upon its release, the game became a social phenomenon that sold a bevy of merchandise and also inspired, among other things, an animated television series.
Initially, Pac-Man’s enemies were referred to as monsters on the arcade cabinet, but soon became colloquially known as ghosts.
The ghosts are bound by the maze in the same way as Pac-Man, but generally move slightly faster than the player, although they slow down when turning corners and slow down significantly while passing through the tunnels on the sides of the maze (Pac-Man passes through these tunnels unhindered). Pac-Man slows down slightly while eating dots, potentially allowing a chasing ghost to catch him.
Blinky, the red ghost, speeds up after a certain number of dots are eaten (this number gets lower in higher levels). The accelerated Blinky is unofficially called Cruise Elroy, although opinions differ on the origins of this term.
Minesweeper
The game comes with Microsoft Windows for free and is a great time pass. It is a single-player computer game. The object of the game is to clear an abstract minefield without detonating a mine. The game has been rewritten for 
nearly every system platform in use today. The most well-known version is Minesweeper for the Windows platform, which comes bundled with versions of the operating system from 3.1 and on. And why only Minesweeper, how one can forget our games given by Microsoft for free?
Project IGI (I’m Going In)
Project I.G.I.: I’m Going In is a tactical first-person shooter developed by Innerloop Studios and released on December 15, 2000 by Eidos Interactive. It is one of the first computer games to feature realistic weaponry and tactical combat situations.
Equipment. In Project I.G.I. the player is required to assess the situation and use the weapon best suited under the circumstances. At his disposal are a multitude of weapons which may include land mines and sniper rifles to captured enemy weapons.
Knives: Combat Knife
Sidearms: Glock 17, Colt Anaconda, Desert Eagle
Submachine Guns: MP5SD3, Uzi (also in pair)
Assault Rifles: M16A2/M203, AK47
Shotguns: SPAS12, Mk3A1 Jackhammer
Sniper Rifles: SVD Dragunov
Heavy Weapons: M249 SAW, LAW80, M2HB
Explosives: HE Grenade, Flashbang, Proximity Mine
Special: Binoculars, Map computer (gives realtime satellite image of the terrain), Medipack
Plot – David Jones is sent off to find Josef Priboi, a Russian arms dealer who is believed to have information on a stolen nuclear warhead. As he helps Captain Harrison, an ex-Green Beret, apprehend Josef, he discovers that the brains of the operation is Josef’s uncle Jach, whom Jones then attempts to apprehend instead. He discovers his location by planting a virus in Jach’s communications center.
While Jach Priboi is taken away in helicopter by Jones, he is shot down by Ekk. Jones then has to clear the border and find his equipment. He then hijacks the train carrying Priboi and takes him in for interrogation. Learning about the involvement of Ekk, he sets off to catch her and find the nuclear weapon.
Road Rash
But how one can complete this discussion of most favorite games of AIMK without mentioning Road Rash?
This is one of the most violent illegal bike race on the streets. The game’s title is based on the slang term for the severe friction burns that can occur in a motorcycling fall where skin comes into contact with the ground at high speed. Presented in a third-person view similar to Hang-On, the player competes in road races, and must finish in the top 3 places in every race in order to proceed to the next level.
As levels progress, the opponents ride faster, fight harder and the tracks are longer and more dangerous. Placing in each race gives a certain amount of money which increases considerably as levels progressed. This money allows the player to buy faster bikes which are needed to stay competitive. The game is over if the player can’t pay for the repairs when their motorcycle is wrecked, or can’t pay the fine for being arrested.
Gold Miner
During my last semester I learn a few new games and found people like Sapta, Charu, Abhishek Malik and few more have started playing online games. These games were very light weight and simply good time pass. Interestingly these were not big issues playing in net lab as these doesn’t required strong hardware requirement or anything like that and all. One of such interesting game I found worth playing was Gold Miner.
There were plenty of games available and if you got bored of one you could start another and try something completely now. The most of the games were so simple – Based on Flash – you don’t require to press your mind and the website which offered these games was called Heavy Games 
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Gold Miner (three versions – Gold miner, GM Vegas, and GM SE) takes our bearded friend to the modern-day mother lode! Can you get all the way to golden Las Vegas? With new levels, challenges and gadgets the action is bigger, brighter and more enjoyable than ever before. Gold Miner Vegas is family-friendly and fun for all ages. Mine this entertaining game today! 
When your mining claw is aimed in the right direction click the mouse to launch it. Click on the track to move your cart left or right.
Use your mouse or keyboard to move the Gold Miner, drop your mining claw to pull treasures from the ground!
1. It’s a race against the clock to reach your goal before time runs out.
2. Elude the rocks, bones and living creatures that get in your way.
3. Throw dynamite sticks to blast through large obstacles.
4. The bigger the gold nugget, the more it’s worth! Diamonds are worth even more!
5. Mystery Grab Bags contain money or extremely useful power-ups like the Super Claw!
6. In between levels spend your money wisely with the shopkeeper.
7. Your niece, Jewel Miner, may show up to help.
8. Be on the lookout for Hansel and other meanies!
Delta Force
Talk of Combat games and there are numerous which are liked by many, but in this long list I can add one more (striking out few more) games called Delta force.
The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D) — commonly known as Delta in the U.S. Army, Delta Force by civilians, and Combat Applications Group by the Department of Defense — is a Special Operations Force (SOF) and an integral element of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
Delta Force’s primary tasks are counter-terrorism and national intervention operations, although it is an extremely versatile group capable of assuming many missions, including, but not limited to, rescuing hostages, raids, and eliminating covert enemy forces. Delta Force conducts missions similar to those attributed to the British Special Air Service (SAS), on which it was originally modeled and by which its founding was assisted.
Delta’s unconventional nature also allows its members to carry highly-customized weapons. Like any other military unit, Delta has dedicated mission taskings including snipers and squad machine gunners. The flexibility of Delta means that weaponry is quite varied and often depends on the mission at hand or personal preference of the individual operators. Below is a list of common or highlighted weapons; the list should not in any way be considered complete, and it should also be noted that Delta Force operators often have access to the entire armory of the United States Army.
Pool
I would be injustice if I wouldn’t mention Pool here. After all I have found Arjun Lal and Abhishek Choudhary palying this game more often.
Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of billiards table, having 6 receptacles called pockets (or “holes”) along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Cue sports that are played on pocketless tables are generally referred to as carom billiards.
Pocket billiards uses different equipment from carom billiards. Other than the table having pockets, the balls for pocket billiards are generally smaller and range from 2.25 inches in diameter to 2.375 inches in diameter.
Many mores which can’t be named in here…
[Courtesy Wikipedia ]
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