I created a reverse Space Invaders a few months ago, but I struggled to get it to be a fun game as you just move left and right avoiding the players bullets. (I'd post a gif, but it looks exactly like Space Invaders to watch).
Sim City was already a "you are the bad guys" game!
The creator of Sim City was working on a game called Raid on Bungeling Bay" [1] where your job was to bomb a fully functional civilization into the stone age. He had so much fun developing the civilization that he decided to make a game of it.
So maybe we just need a "Raid on Bungling Bay Redux: Massacre of The Sims".
> Creative Computing in 1984 said that the game "push[es] the animation capabilities of the Commodore 64 to their very limits". The magazine concluded that it would become "one of the all-time great computer games".
Gaming journalism didn't only recently become ridiculous, it turns out.
I second (from another comment) the suggestion for CARRION. Think of it like those 80’s movies where an amorphous creature is captured/created and stuck in a lab. You play as the creature, trying to get out.
Also, not exactly playing as the bad guy but Enemy Mind is a fun tangential concept where instead of having your own ammo and life, you’re constantly possessing enemy ships and using their resources, before discarding them for the next one.
Coincidentally it’s now with 60% discount and it’s worth it at that price. If I recall (it’s been many years since I played it) the game was short and didn’t have a lot going for it outside the gimmick.
Nintendo and Namco made a multiplayer Pac-Man for GameCube where three players play as ghosts on Game Boy Advances and can see the whole map, while one player plays as Pac-Man with a limited view.
Space invaders but you’re the invaders would be fun. And I have to assume it’s already been done.
On a different note, Rampage was a great game where you’re the bad guy. I had a blast playing this as a kid.
I created a reverse Space Invaders a few months ago, but I struggled to get it to be a fun game as you just move left and right avoiding the players bullets. (I'd post a gif, but it looks exactly like Space Invaders to watch).
Yes, like Destroy All Humans, Alien Hominid... Not arcades, though.
You likely know this but in case not: Dungeon Keeper series.
CARRION - a reverse horror game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/953490/CARRION/
DRM free (and cheaper) on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/carrion
Sim City: you're the disasters.
Sim City was already a "you are the bad guys" game!
The creator of Sim City was working on a game called Raid on Bungeling Bay" [1] where your job was to bomb a fully functional civilization into the stone age. He had so much fun developing the civilization that he decided to make a game of it.
So maybe we just need a "Raid on Bungling Bay Redux: Massacre of The Sims".
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Bungeling_Bay
> Creative Computing in 1984 said that the game "push[es] the animation capabilities of the Commodore 64 to their very limits". The magazine concluded that it would become "one of the all-time great computer games".
Gaming journalism didn't only recently become ridiculous, it turns out.
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In board games there's "kill doctor lucky" which is reverse cluedo/clue.
Crawl is a great one. Rouguelike where when you die you inhabit the dungeon.
I second (from another comment) the suggestion for CARRION. Think of it like those 80’s movies where an amorphous creature is captured/created and stuck in a lab. You play as the creature, trying to get out.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/953490/CARRION/
Also, not exactly playing as the bad guy but Enemy Mind is a fun tangential concept where instead of having your own ammo and life, you’re constantly possessing enemy ships and using their resources, before discarding them for the next one.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/285840/Enemy_Mind/
Coincidentally it’s now with 60% discount and it’s worth it at that price. If I recall (it’s been many years since I played it) the game was short and didn’t have a lot going for it outside the gimmick.
agree there are probably a bunch that would be fun. packman, play as a ghost and need to multi task to get all the ghosts in a spot to trap pacman
donkey kong, play as donkey and try to time barrel throws to hit mario
galaga, play as the fleet, control left right of the whole fleet and have the 3-4 different "attacks" you could send out.
Nintendo and Namco made a multiplayer Pac-Man for GameCube where three players play as ghosts on Game Boy Advances and can see the whole map, while one player plays as Pac-Man with a limited view.
The Wizard of Yendor.
Rogue Like Celebration is _now_. Great video coverage on YouTube
Mr. Don’t? “Centimpede”