Thursday, December 22, 2011

Samurai Jack - Rave Slaves

(a.k.a. The Game I Forgot About)

Jack trades in his normal outfit for a raver outfit. He trades in his sword for punches and kicks in the style of Brazilian dance-fighting. It goes without saying, he's also traded away his dignity.

Play Samurai Jack: Rave Slaves @ Toonami: Lost Data

(The one game in which Jack isn't permitted to fight back.)

Why was "Jack and the Rave" made into a game when there were better episodes such as "Jack and the Ultra-robots" that could make better/more popular games? I don't think anyone will ever know now...

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Samurai Jack - Way of the Warrior

Another game that corresponds to the pilot episode/series of Samurai Jack. The training montage from the pilot is turned into a set of five mini-games. All are good, but are of varying difficulty.

Play Samurai Jack: Way of the Warrior @ Toonami: Lost Data

(Samurai Jack trains to rescue Princess Zelda.)

Samurai Jack's artwork seemed to translate a lot smoother into web games than other Toonami shows. It's either due to the simplicity of vector graphics or that Cartoon Network's own studio did the work and the web side had better support/access to animation frames and artwork.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Samurai Jack - Path of Destiny

This game corresponds to the massive cyborg battle at the end of the pilot movie/episodes of Samurai Jack. It's pretty simple compared to the other Samurai Jack web games. Run around and save people while slashing robots.

Play Samurai Jack: Path of Destiny @ Toonami: Lost Data

(At least the Shift key isn't used to attack in this one.)

Enemies increase in numbers and abilities each level.
Collect bowls of rice to regain health.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Samurai Jack - Desert Quest

Desert Quest is apparently based on the same engine the Justice League game Curse of the Underworld. The graphics and controls are exactly the same.


Play Samurai Jack: Desert Quest @ Toonami: Lost Data

(...could have sworn Wonder Woman was in this game...)

Pressing the Shift key five times when attacking will bring up an assistant dialog (in Windows, at least). Game makers should really consider that when setting controls.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Samurai Jack - Code of the Samurai

Code of the Samurai is probably the best Samurai Jack web game. This was part of Cartoon Network's integrate-web-games-with-television-by-handing-out-codes-during-the-show phase. The Total Immersion Events were just large-scale versions of this.


Play Samurai Jack: Code of the Samurai @ Toonami: Lost Data

(The enemies won't stop attacking. Once Jack drops his defense he'll definitely take a hit. Not the best use of the power...)

Code of the Samurai weapon codes:

1. Justice
2. Purity
3. Compassion
4. Courage
5. Valor
6. Honor

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Samurai Jack - Cavern Raid

There haven't been many updates, then again, there isn't much to update about a cancelled television block.

I wasn't originally going to collect most of the more common series games. Then I changed my mind mostly because the advertised-laden game sites are terrible

Play Samurai Jack: Cavern Raid @ Toonami: Lost Data

(Even Jack hasn't played this one.)

Ol' Jack finds himself in a cavern. It's just him and his sword versus a bunch of enemies.

Level codes:
Level 2 - UNDERGROUND
Level 3 - SPELUNKER
Level 4 - STALAGMITE
Level 5 - BEDROCK
Level 6 - GROTTO
Last Level - DARKNESS