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Hocus Pocus
(Apogee, 1994)
 Most of
the games in Techtite.com's list of
Top 50 Multimedia Classics
are there because they were the first in a genre; years ahead
of their time. This game made the list, by contrast, because
it was arguably the last of the best in its genre; the most vibrant,
Technicolor marvel in 2D side-scrolling gaming I've ever seen. In short time, 3D
games --and later, 3D accelerators-- would take over gaming forevermore.
However, while such gaming gained a great deal in technology, it would also lose
part of itself, and leave it far behind. To anyone yearning for
the golden age of gaming, you can do far worse than searching
online for Apogee's Hocus Pocus; the last of the best in 2D. With its amusing enemies,
sound FX, music by "The Fat Man" (of Seventh Guest fame),
and a two-layered background behind the windows that
scrolls slower than the foreground ( for an effective 3D/2D effect), this was one of my
favorite of all games in '94...
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