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Play games made with Game-Maker 3.0 in your browser — the original samples, 90s shareware and new games — with Game-Maker: Sandbox Edition. Pick a game below; it starts here in the page. Back to Game-Maker: Sandbox Edition to make your own.

New games

Made for this project with Game-Maker, released as shareware.

  • Virus Blaster (Claude, 1995) — GLITCH, a virus off a bad BBS download, is eating the family 486. Shrink down, launch the BLASTER nano-fighter and blast your way up the motherboard, through…
  • KEEP IT BRIEF! The Tiny Pockets Library (Claude, 1995) — Behind the little red door of The Dog House is a library much bigger than the box, and last night every word fell out of every book. As Mystery Robot Joe, the…
  • Depth Perception (Claude, 1996) — Count Polygon is stealing the polygons out of the render of the century. Roll Ray, the chrome sphere from every ray-tracing demo, through six ray-traced…
  • Ohm Sweet Ohm (Claude, 1995) — A thunderstorm has scrambled the Bitmores' Smart Home, and Watt, a pocket-sized repair robot, must roll through twenty-three haywire circuit boards to get…
  • Maximus: The Hundred Worlds (Claude, 1995) — Courier Max crosses a galaxy of 88 worlds by pod, on foot, by rover and in a diving bell, hunting the ten star-shards that can relight the dead star at its…
  • Quest for the Round Tuit (Claude, 1996) — King Dillydally IX will save the kingdom as soon as he gets a round tuit, and Lord Deadline has stolen it. A full role-playing adventure across Procrastia:…
  • Sandcastle Knight (Claude, 1995) — Teddy the corgi knight takes back the backyard sandbox after his big sister Gwinn's zoomies flattened every castle. Build towers of sand, toss tennis balls,…
  • Final Curtain (Claude, 1995) — Opening night at the Paragon Theatre, 1936: the star dies on stage in Act III, stabbed with a trick dagger that wasn't. Inspector Ada Penn has until dawn to…
  • Snowbound: The $89 Shovel (Claude, 1993) — Fort Ashby, West Virginia, December 1992. Shovel the whole neighborhood at $1 a scoop, sled down Jamie Street, and get $89 to LaVale Mall before the price of…
  • Teddy's Little Big Adventure (Claude, 1995) — Gwinn ran off with Doc Leo's clown costume, and tonight is the Clown Club's Big Show! Hop, bark, dig, sit, spin and play dead across town as Teddy, a little…
  • Teddy's Little Bigger Adventure (Claude, 1996) — The morning after the Big Show, Gwinn's bed is empty. Sniff out her trail across town, over the river and out to the Tri-County Fair as Teddy the corgi, and…
  • Teddy's Little Biggest Adventure (Claude, 1997) — It's Teddy's birthday, and nobody says so. Run Doc Leo's errands across every place from the first two adventures as Teddy, and MEANWHILE... play as Gwinn and…
  • In The Year 2000! (Claude, 1993) — It's the year 2000! Cars fly, robots mow, dinner comes in a pill, and every phone booth is a 25-cent teleporter. Dex Dynamo's robot dog ate his science…

Bizarre

Songs by The Bard of Bizarre (Lewis Moten as his hobo clown Doc Leo), turned into games.

  • A Fly Named Carl (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — You are Carl, the fly in the room, and you're winning. Eat his TV snacks, flash a smile from every wall, buzz his ear at 3:47 AM, barrel-roll past the dish…
  • Third Goat from the Left (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — Bethlehem, the holy night. You are the goat nobody painted: eat your way out of the shepherds' fold, scream your fainting cousins stiff, get lost in the…
  • Loaf #13 (Left in the Basket) (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — You are Loaf #13, the one nobody picked when the five thousand were fed. Roll out of your basket and across the hillside past hungry hands, big feet and…
  • Cleanse Me, O Loofah, But Leave My Soul (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — She said, "Don't touch the pink one. It's mine!" You scrubbed with it anyway: the loofah of Lucifer, peach or coral, some evil hue, smelling of grapefruit and…
  • Mustard Seed Hustle (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — You are a mustard seed, the smallest thing in all the land, with the greatest feet. Hop out of your mound, lace up and hustle across the garden, push roots…
  • Thread the Needle, Brother Camel (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — The rich man walked away from Jesus with his coins and his frown, and left his camel behind with saddlebags full of gold. Was He talkin' 'bout you? Give the…
  • The Great Dairy Reckoning of 3:17 A.M. (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — It's 3:17 a.m., you're lactose intolerant, and there's a slice of New York cheesecake in the fridge. Tiptoe past your sleeping wife, the creaky board, the…
  • Where's the Remote?! (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — Friday night, snacks, the tape in the VCR, and the remote is GONE. Lift the couch cushions, lift the dog, look under the cat, ask the Voice-O-Matic 2000 (it…
  • Veni, Vidi, Risi! (Veni, Vidi, Risi!, 1995) — I came, I saw, I laughed. In Rome nobody laughs at Marcus Iocundus's comic songs in Latin, and then, at his banquet for the senators, his dog Rufus breaks…
  • I Screamed, She Smirked (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — You take your girlfriend's kid, Lily (eight, a unicorn hoodie, a caramel apple as big as her head), to a haunted house. The sign says MILD SCARES FOR ALL…
  • Shakespeare in Sweatpants (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — Open-mic night at The Hive, the coffee house with a castle for a front in Oakland. Will, the regular in the starched ruff, the velvet doublet and the gray…
  • Certified Rat Tickler (The Bard of Bizarre, 1995) — Doc Leo, PhD (Comedic Science), has a brand new certificate in rat tickling and no rats yet. Pin first, then tickle, or a rat will never read it as a laugh:…

Sample games

The free games that came with Game-Maker 3.0 — open them in the editor to see how they work.

  • Barracuda: Secret Mission 1 (GameLynk, 1992) — "SECRET MISSION #1" Version 1.3 CLASSIFIED.... The United States sent an F117A to intercept a fleet fleet of Iraq ships. They were beleived to be transporting…
  • Crullo: Adventures of a Donut (A-J Games) — Crullo and Crulla were living happily in a comfy little midtown bakery, when an evil witch came in and bought Crulla for a magic spell. Dismayed, Crullo went…
  • Glubada Pond (A-J Games) — You are a happy fish, living in Glubada Pond. Still, you wish you could have more room to play around in -- the pond just isn't big enough. You decide to…
  • The Patchwork Heart (A-J Games) — The labs at Earth's station on the recently-terraformed Venus have sent down a self-propelled ball of uranium, dubbed "Patchwork Heart", deep into the crust…
  • Houses (Recreational Software Designs, 1991) — HOUSES Houses illustrates how to make buildings out of the blocks in the HOUSES block set. It also illustrates how you can have the character change to…
  • Nebula (Andy Stone, 1991) — PLANETARY COALITION For many years your solar system has lived in harmony, with each planet minding its own orbit, and not disturbing the others. You thought…
  • Woman Warrior and the Outer Limits (Sheldon Chase) — THE OUTER LIMITS The Outer Limits is a game based on the B&W T.V. series from the early 60's. This game uses parts from two episodes: "The Cry of Silence" and…
  • Peach the Lobster (A-J Games, 1994) — Get items by shooting a monitor with your claw gun. The item will be released and fly to you. Movement techniques To slide, run and duck. You can scoot under…
  • Penguin Pete (Joan Stone, 1991) — A nuclear weapons submarine has been ripped apart after being trapped in artic ice flows. Sections of the submarine are strewn on the artic ocean floor and…
  • Pipemare (G. Oliver Stone, 1991) — The Bureau of World Water Works supplys the world with sparkling clear water. At least, it used to. Underground where the water is 'worked', a lot of mopping…
  • Cireneg's Rings (Eric-Jon Waugh) — Aderack Enoob is what you are called, and your homeland is - was called Roant, until the Evelsherk Zachan arrived. He conjured up monsters too fearsome to…
  • Sample (Joan Stone, 1991) — There is no need to study or sweat through school if you can only pick up the book of knowledge. But finding it is a bit of a problem. There is only one way…
  • Terrain (Recreational Software Designs, 1991) — Recreational Software Designs Box 1163, Amherst, NH, 03031 This game was made with GAMEMAKER, a game development environment that requires no programming!…
  • Tutor (Recreational Software Designs) — Recreational Software Designs Box 1163, Amherst, NH, 03031 This game was made with GAMEMAKER, a game development environment that requires no programming!…
  • Linear Volume (Eric-Jon Waugh, 1993) — CHAPTER I After getting through the daily hell called high school, Marty headed home. After stepping into the nearest bus, he sat down in the prized position…
  • Woman Warrior and the Attack from Below (Sheldon Chase) — You where having a peaceful lunch one afternoon when all of a sudden you hear screams! You look up and robots are chasing your friends. You are able to escape…
  • Zark (Eric-Jon Waugh) — NUMERICAL KEYPAD Up | |~~~|~~~|~~~| Up-left-| 7 | 8 | 9 |-Up-right |___|___|___| |~~~| |~~~| Left-| 4 | | 6 |-Right |___| |___| |~~~|~~~|~~~| Dwn-lft-| 1 | 2…

Shareware

Games people made with Game-Maker in the 90s, played with their authors’ notices.

  • Return of A-J (demo) (Eric-Jon Waugh, 1994) — When the evil Prince Ostro tried to invade the town of Bearton with giant pretzels A-J Bear and his hedgehog, Hedge stopped him. Ostro has escaped and…
  • A-J's Quest (Eric-Jon Waugh, 1992) — (USE THE NUMERICAL KEYPAD WITH NUM LOCK OFF) 7: JUMP LEFT 8: JUMP UP 9: JUMP RIGHT 4: WALK LEFT 6: WALK RIGHT <SPACE>: ATTACK P: PICK UP D: DROP You…
  • Bounerim (A-J Games) — You were an ordinary guy, well, at least pretty ordinary. While walking down the street one day, you saw a little green crystal on the sidewalk. You picked it…
  • Progress or Congress? (Mark Hadley, 1994) — To play PROGRESS OR CONGRESS? you need to use the following keys: To move your character, use the arrow keys on your keypad. Press the center button ("5") to…
  • Fluffy Ralph (A-J Games) — Welcome to the world of Noniyan, where a being's life force is held inside a green crystal and anything can happen. Enter Fluffy Ralph, Otherwise known of as…
  • Gridline (Eric-Jon Waugh, 1993) — You appear in a strange world made entirely of grids and filled with weird creatures which turn flesh to stone at a touch. You must escape. You have nothing…
  • Nejilian Flux (A-J Games) — We should never have gone... We were so naive as to the dangers space held. From the Earth, one can see little of the rest of the galaxy, much less the…
  • Octolris (A-J Games, 1994) — Octolris is a kind of gelatanous octopus -- the only one of his species. While he was florping around -- and, believe me, this action is well named -- he got…
  • ORB - The Derelict Planet (Josh Turcotte) — Some day in the future The silence was broken vividly by loud static, and then a low voice. "Chara 4........" Someone sat erect and began to listen. "Chara…
  • PAC (A-J Games) — The arrow keys move PAC in those directions. If you tap the space bar, PAC will spit out a power orb (if he's swallowed one). Good luck with the Andims, PAC!!…
  • Paper Airplane (Matt Bell, 1993) — After several unsuccessful inventions, you finally discover something useful, a miniaturized radio control and remote TV camera system. You had just completed…
  • Parsec Man 3D (Mark Hadley, 1994) — PARSEC MAN 3D Somewhere in the system of XON (pronounced "zon"), there is a power crystal which gives the bearer ultimate power. Not many have ever dared to…
  • Sign of the Hedgehog (Eric-Jon Waugh) — Hedrick H. Hogg has been invited to the most important tea of his life: Tea with the Queen! Unfortunately, the royal house is out of crumpets. Hedrick has…
  • Zoom the Super Bear (A-J Games) — "Hi. I'm A-J Bear. This is the story of how my cousin became super. It was all an accident, really. Grandpa Merlin was busy conjuring a spell in his den.…

Made with Game-Maker: Sandbox Edition · source code · A modified fork of RSD Game-Maker 3.0 — not an original RSD release.