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Sunday as you well know, is the day of rest. It’s the one day of the week most of us have to ourselves, where we can do whatever you want with your time. So your dad is out in the tool shed trying to fix the lawnmower, your mum is baking in the kitchen and your Grandma is asleep in the armchair in front of the television.
You have the whole day to fill, and don’t know what to do. Since we live in England there is a 50:50 chance it will be raining, there is every chance that there’s a rail strike and you cant get into town and your friends are doing coursework, so what do you do? Well, here is a compilation of the best “Sunday Afternoon Games” to fill in those 6 little hours between getting up and having your Sunday dinner.
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Super Mario 64.
An oldie but a classic. Play as a fat moustached plumber in dungarees and rescue Princess Peach from the wrath of Bowser, a cartoony hybrid between a tortoise and a dragon. The violence is minimalistic and the ‘boings’ and ‘bleeps’ are 1 a minute, making this possibly the ultimate Sunday afternoon game. You will lose track of the mundane afternoon playing this timeless Nintendo classic.
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Banjo Kazooie.
Play as Banjo, the camp and friendly bear-in-a-backpack, with his ever-trusty bird sidekick, Kazooie. Run around colourful levels, fight evil forest creatures and a witch with a really big chin whilst you collect loads of jigsaw pieces to make your life as a bear worthwhile. Well, its better than eating honey and not wearing any pants, Winnie the Pooh, I’m looking in your direction. Banjo Kazooie has a happy humming soundtrack and loads of giddy action making this another perfect Sunday afternoon game.
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Smash Bro’s Melee
Beat the heck out of all your favourite Nintendo characters including Pikachu, Mario, Link and Yoshi. With fantastic playability and beautiful backdrops, this game was created to be played on a Sunday afternoon! With eye melting graphics and cutesy sound effects it is a brilliant title, also it is excellent to play with friends. The pick-ups like the novelty hammer amongst others give the dosage of violence most gamers thrive upon, but does it in a mild and funny way. Watch out Vice City!
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Sonic the Hedgehog
The grandfather of platformers, and a supreme Sunday afternoon title. Control the furry blue hedgehog in his quest to defeat Dr Robotnic who is turning your forest dwelling buddies into his robot slaves. Jump on your enemy’s heads and collect golden rings, it couldn’t be any simpler! The colours are pushed to the extreme, and the chances of your retinas been burnt is at a maximum. A classic title that is worthy of filling anyone Sunday afternoon.
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Tetris
Ok, not exactly pushing the limits of any console graphics wise, but its gameplay and addictiveness is hard to beat. You all will have played it at some time or other, why not a Sunday afternoon? Get all the little blocks to fit together or face the malevolent “Game Over” screen. You know you love it.
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Starfox Adventures
Talking dinosaurs? My oh my this is a Sunday afternoon game isn’t it. This game is one that offers colourful graphics, friendly character interaction and oodles and oodles of cheesy voice-overs. So you are a fox that can fly a spacecraft and perform magic in a quest to save a planet and rescue royalty. This game will take more than a Sunday afternoon to finish but is a good waste of time!
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Worms
Everyone at some time or other has played worms. Arguably the best multiplayer game to ever exist. You pit a team of pink wriggly creatures against another team and unload your arsenal of weapons on them. You can use the semi-serious weapons like the pistol and the napalm strike or the more humorous weaponry like the concrete donkey or the exploding grandma. This game was MADE for Sunday afternoons and give a break from all the games that ‘try to be too real’.
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Well, I’ve given the suggestions, now its up to you to make the most of your Sunday afternoon. Whatever you do or wherever you go, make the most of it, after all, you only get 52 of them a year!
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-kyz²²-
You have the whole day to fill, and don’t know what to do. Since we live in England there is a 50:50 chance it will be raining, there is every chance that there’s a rail strike and you cant get into town and your friends are doing coursework, so what do you do? Well, here is a compilation of the best “Sunday Afternoon Games” to fill in those 6 little hours between getting up and having your Sunday dinner.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Super Mario 64.
An oldie but a classic. Play as a fat moustached plumber in dungarees and rescue Princess Peach from the wrath of Bowser, a cartoony hybrid between a tortoise and a dragon. The violence is minimalistic and the ‘boings’ and ‘bleeps’ are 1 a minute, making this possibly the ultimate Sunday afternoon game. You will lose track of the mundane afternoon playing this timeless Nintendo classic.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Banjo Kazooie.
Play as Banjo, the camp and friendly bear-in-a-backpack, with his ever-trusty bird sidekick, Kazooie. Run around colourful levels, fight evil forest creatures and a witch with a really big chin whilst you collect loads of jigsaw pieces to make your life as a bear worthwhile. Well, its better than eating honey and not wearing any pants, Winnie the Pooh, I’m looking in your direction. Banjo Kazooie has a happy humming soundtrack and loads of giddy action making this another perfect Sunday afternoon game.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Smash Bro’s Melee
Beat the heck out of all your favourite Nintendo characters including Pikachu, Mario, Link and Yoshi. With fantastic playability and beautiful backdrops, this game was created to be played on a Sunday afternoon! With eye melting graphics and cutesy sound effects it is a brilliant title, also it is excellent to play with friends. The pick-ups like the novelty hammer amongst others give the dosage of violence most gamers thrive upon, but does it in a mild and funny way. Watch out Vice City!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sonic the Hedgehog
The grandfather of platformers, and a supreme Sunday afternoon title. Control the furry blue hedgehog in his quest to defeat Dr Robotnic who is turning your forest dwelling buddies into his robot slaves. Jump on your enemy’s heads and collect golden rings, it couldn’t be any simpler! The colours are pushed to the extreme, and the chances of your retinas been burnt is at a maximum. A classic title that is worthy of filling anyone Sunday afternoon.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tetris
Ok, not exactly pushing the limits of any console graphics wise, but its gameplay and addictiveness is hard to beat. You all will have played it at some time or other, why not a Sunday afternoon? Get all the little blocks to fit together or face the malevolent “Game Over” screen. You know you love it.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Starfox Adventures
Talking dinosaurs? My oh my this is a Sunday afternoon game isn’t it. This game is one that offers colourful graphics, friendly character interaction and oodles and oodles of cheesy voice-overs. So you are a fox that can fly a spacecraft and perform magic in a quest to save a planet and rescue royalty. This game will take more than a Sunday afternoon to finish but is a good waste of time!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Worms
Everyone at some time or other has played worms. Arguably the best multiplayer game to ever exist. You pit a team of pink wriggly creatures against another team and unload your arsenal of weapons on them. You can use the semi-serious weapons like the pistol and the napalm strike or the more humorous weaponry like the concrete donkey or the exploding grandma. This game was MADE for Sunday afternoons and give a break from all the games that ‘try to be too real’.
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Well, I’ve given the suggestions, now its up to you to make the most of your Sunday afternoon. Whatever you do or wherever you go, make the most of it, after all, you only get 52 of them a year!
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-kyz²²-
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THPS4 is violent.
People trip you up.
Trust me, if you lie on your side so your arm gets pins and needles and you can't really see the screen, use one hand on the controller, and a knife in the game, it avoids that rule we all know.
People trip you up.
Trust me, if you lie on your side so your arm gets pins and needles and you can't really see the screen, use one hand on the controller, and a knife in the game, it avoids that rule we all know.
THPS 4, yes, Vice City - no!
I've tested it, and if you lie on your side and hold the controller with one hand, and only use a knife, it still feels OK.
Nah Sunday afternoon games have to keep violence to a minimum, its an unwritten rule!
Yeah, I'd shove THPS4 in there, as well as VC for some mindless violence and Tekken 4.
And you can always restart a FF, just for the hell of it.
And you can always restart a FF, just for the hell of it.
Good post, Kyz.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is a brilliant game to play on a Sunday afternoon. The tasks are so damn hard later on and are so addictive that the time absolutely flies by.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is a brilliant game to play on a Sunday afternoon. The tasks are so damn hard later on and are so addictive that the time absolutely flies by.
I dont have a GBA though, sadly :-(
havent you? its for the GBA by Nintendo, i thought that it would probably be an average game as it's not the usual kind of game that Nintendo make and i did'nt know if i'd enjoy it cos i had'nt really played many strategy games up untill then but it is a thouroughly enjoyable game and if your looking for something a bit different you can't go far wrong by picking a copy up for a reasonable price but it's getting gradually harder to find as it seems to be dissapearing from shops everywhere quite rapidly, if you wan't a copy though have a look on ebay.
slik ~_~
slik ~_~
I havent heard of advance wars, what console for?
ye good post, another good game to play (if you can get it) is Advance Wars, great strategy game from the Big N and one that'll last you a while as some of the battles can take around an hour or more which is perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
slik ~_~
slik ~_~
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