The Elephant Collection remasters ten of jmtb02’s classic blue elephant games into one mammoth-sized package! From puzzle platformers to rapid-fire arcade games, this collection of ten Armor Games classics is tied together by a new overarching metanarrative.
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jmtb02 has been one of my favorite Flash game developers ever since I played Achievement Unlocked back in elementary school so I'm glad that I can finally support him and have all of these games in one little bundle of nostalgia.
A fun trip down memory lane from the flash games of my youth, admittedly I really just gravitated towards Achievement Unlocked & This Is The Only Level and spammed through those (especially AU, probably one of the early progenitors of the Cookie Clicker craze) but I did try things like the RPG for the first time. Although all these games feel very trapped by their Flash medium & the times they were made in, this is a good way to splash around in the nostalgia pool from time to time as well as add more modern incentive with achievements to keep you going.
I LOVE FLASH GAMES
Finally a flash collection for me. I grew up on these games (except the later ones) so I had a blast with most of this collection, and a lot of them hold up pretty well. I guess the only thing that matters about this collection is whether or not you like the original games, because they don't add much to any of them except a cute little addition to elephant rave. Run Elephant Run is notably buggy and isn't that good to begin with so I'll knock a point for that but I'd rather it be here than not.
Every now and again I get the urge to play one of these funky elephant games, and I've got to fight tooth and nail to play their old versions on Newgrounds or AG, or Kongregate. And it's nice, but it's got hoops. I have no idea if anyone else does this as much as I've done since I was a kid.
Having all of these games easily accessible on Steam, for $15 which seems like absolutely pennies to have a decent slice of my childhood playable on a whim, especially with Elephant Quest being sometimes unplayable with the AG connection being mucky nowadays, I'd pay more than that just to get to play these games once let alone for years on.
I'm not sure where I'm going, I might make games, I might just sit at home and encourage other people to do what they want by throwing money at them. But this gives me hope that no matter what happens, if I do it or others, we're gonna get some special stuff. Even if all that stuff isn't directly a game starring a blue elephant.
Although if we got another Elephant game, I don't think I'd complain.
Having all of these games easily accessible on Steam, for $15 which seems like absolutely pennies to have a decent slice of my childhood playable on a whim, especially with Elephant Quest being sometimes unplayable with the AG connection being mucky nowadays, I'd pay more than that just to get to play these games once let alone for years on.
I'm not sure where I'm going, I might make games, I might just sit at home and encourage other people to do what they want by throwing money at them. But this gives me hope that no matter what happens, if I do it or others, we're gonna get some special stuff. Even if all that stuff isn't directly a game starring a blue elephant.
Although if we got another Elephant game, I don't think I'd complain.
The main menu theme song being peak nostalgia even though I've never heard it before, and the fact that many of the games were slightly touched for its outlier Flash features to be reimagined or simply accessible on this compilation, and finally being able to support jmtb as a grown ass adult are some of the things I appreciate of this existing.