Overview: A vertical shooter set in the future on Mars. Play the game with up to four players!
This is one of my favorite games. I should ask my dad to play with me. I remember he loved playing Twin Cobra (Genesis) when I was a kid. In any case, I recently had my friends play with me and it was a lot of fun.
20120529:
I invited my friends over to play Jamestown, but I didn't know how to set up the game for three players. As such, I just let the two of them play while I unsuccessfully searched for my gamepad. I later realized that even if I did find my old gamepad, it wouldn't have worked: it had an old connector. While I own some USB gamepads, I had brought them with me to Maryland.
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Wired Keyboard)
After an internet search, I came upon the fact that the game will accept multiple mice and/or keyboards. Oddly, despite having many computers in the past, I could not find a spare keyboard. As such, I grabbed my dad's bluetooth mouse, which I gave him last Christmas, and used that for some three-player fun.
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Wired Keyboard), Tim (Bluetooth Mouse)
[20120601][20160126 Edit][20181211 Edit]
20120530:
Josh and I each bought a Logitech F310 gamepad from Target for about $25. The controller works well.
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Tim (Gamepad)
[20120601][20181211 Edit]
20120531:
We were so close to beating Croatoa yesterday. So today we were back for more.
We ended up beating Croatoa, as well as The Luge (one of the bonus levels).
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Tim (Gamepad)
For The Luge, we also tried the following setups:
1) Chris (Wired Mouse), Chris (Bluetooth Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Tim (Gamepad)
2) Tim (Wired Mouse), Tim (Bluetooth Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Chris (Gamepad)
3) Tim (Keyboard), Josh (Gamepad), Chris (Gamepad)
I recall we beat Croatoa and The Luge using the last setup (#3).
[20120601][20181211 Edit]
20120624:
Today Steph joined Josh and I.
Hardware Setup: Josh (Wired Mouse), Steph (Gamepad), Tim (Wired Keyboard)
Hardware Setup: Tim (Tablet Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Steph (Wired Keyboard)
Hardware Setup: Tim (Wired Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Steph (Wired Keyboard)
Steph was most definitely familiar with bullet hell shooters, but using the vaunt mechanic was something she had to pick up.
Of the various ships, she liked playing Charge.
We mainly made it our goal to beat Dark Sector on Divine. There's the first section of the stage, before it starts to rain, where we are almost guaranteed to lose a credit. We were able to complete our goal before we called it a night. Sweet success. I believe we succeeded with Steph and I using Charge and Josh using Beam.
[20120626][20181211 Edit]
20121122:
Today my friends and I got together for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, we played some video games. First Kalina played a bit of Portal (2007), then Jeffrey played a bit of Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), and finally, the three of us played a bit of Jamestown. We went through a good chunk of the campaign and moved on to tackling some of the bonus levels. It was a fun way to end the evening.
[20130124][20181211 Edit]
20130124 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 0.6 hrs* last two weeks / 28.2 hrs* on record / last played 20130115
*[20181211: Due to the "last played" being included, I will assume that the quoted game times exclude the 20130124 game session.]
[20181222]
20130124:
Today I played Jamestown with Lam and Phu. Unfortunately the installation was acting funny and the game hadn't recognize the DLC. I later reinstalled the game and got the DLC working again.
[20130124]
20160126 Comment:
Because my friends and I replayed The Luge ridiculously many times before finally completing it, I often get the first few notes* for the music to that level stuck in my head. I'm pretty sure they get it stuck in their heads, too.
*To be precise, I'm referring to the first variation of the melody, not the drums and string bass which are constantly playing throughout the track. If I'm counting correctly, then the first variation lasts eight measures, the second variation is a repetition of the first with a slight variation at the end, and the third variation escalates and resolves into eight measures of silence for a total of 32 measures. The track then repeats.
[20181211 Edit]
20190921 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 29.1 hrs on record
20190921:
I got the itch to play some Jamestown. At first I played using my arcade stick. Apparently it was noisy.
Seeing as there wasn't an obvious benefit, I switched to playing with my mouse, and then with my keyboard.
It had been a while since I played and so I cycled through various ships.
Steam Game Time: 29.4 hours (total game time)
Jamestown (2011) (PC)
Relevant Links:
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony (Wikipedia.org)
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| A challenge level. Ship: Charge. |
This is one of my favorite games. I should ask my dad to play with me. I remember he loved playing Twin Cobra (Genesis) when I was a kid. In any case, I recently had my friends play with me and it was a lot of fun.
20120529:
I invited my friends over to play Jamestown, but I didn't know how to set up the game for three players. As such, I just let the two of them play while I unsuccessfully searched for my gamepad. I later realized that even if I did find my old gamepad, it wouldn't have worked: it had an old connector. While I own some USB gamepads, I had brought them with me to Maryland.
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Wired Keyboard)
After an internet search, I came upon the fact that the game will accept multiple mice and/or keyboards. Oddly, despite having many computers in the past, I could not find a spare keyboard. As such, I grabbed my dad's bluetooth mouse, which I gave him last Christmas, and used that for some three-player fun.
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Wired Keyboard), Tim (Bluetooth Mouse)
[20120601][20160126 Edit][20181211 Edit]
20120530:
Josh and I each bought a Logitech F310 gamepad from Target for about $25. The controller works well.
 |
| First level boss: The Traitor Prince. Ship: Plot. |
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Tim (Gamepad)
[20120601][20181211 Edit]
20120531:
We were so close to beating Croatoa yesterday. So today we were back for more.
We ended up beating Croatoa, as well as The Luge (one of the bonus levels).
Hardware Setup: Chris (Wired Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Tim (Gamepad)
For The Luge, we also tried the following setups:
1) Chris (Wired Mouse), Chris (Bluetooth Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Tim (Gamepad)
2) Tim (Wired Mouse), Tim (Bluetooth Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Chris (Gamepad)
3) Tim (Keyboard), Josh (Gamepad), Chris (Gamepad)
I recall we beat Croatoa and The Luge using the last setup (#3).
[20120601][20181211 Edit]
20120624:
Today Steph joined Josh and I.
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| Second level boss: Lady of the Lake. Ship: Plot. |
Hardware Setup: Josh (Wired Mouse), Steph (Gamepad), Tim (Wired Keyboard)
Hardware Setup: Tim (Tablet Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Steph (Wired Keyboard)
Hardware Setup: Tim (Wired Mouse), Josh (Gamepad), Steph (Wired Keyboard)
Steph was most definitely familiar with bullet hell shooters, but using the vaunt mechanic was something she had to pick up.
Of the various ships, she liked playing Charge.
We mainly made it our goal to beat Dark Sector on Divine. There's the first section of the stage, before it starts to rain, where we are almost guaranteed to lose a credit. We were able to complete our goal before we called it a night. Sweet success. I believe we succeeded with Steph and I using Charge and Josh using Beam.
[20120626][20181211 Edit]
20121122:
Today my friends and I got together for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, we played some video games. First Kalina played a bit of Portal (2007), then Jeffrey played a bit of Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), and finally, the three of us played a bit of Jamestown. We went through a good chunk of the campaign and moved on to tackling some of the bonus levels. It was a fun way to end the evening.
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| Second level. I never noticed until now (busy worrying about enemy fire), but we pass by a broken wall and a fallen sign which reads "Roanoke." |
[20130124][20181211 Edit]
20130124 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 0.6 hrs* last two weeks / 28.2 hrs* on record / last played 20130115
*[20181211: Due to the "last played" being included, I will assume that the quoted game times exclude the 20130124 game session.]
[20181222]
20130124:
Today I played Jamestown with Lam and Phu. Unfortunately the installation was acting funny and the game hadn't recognize the DLC. I later reinstalled the game and got the DLC working again.
[20130124]
20160126 Comment:
Because my friends and I replayed The Luge ridiculously many times before finally completing it, I often get the first few notes* for the music to that level stuck in my head. I'm pretty sure they get it stuck in their heads, too.
*To be precise, I'm referring to the first variation of the melody, not the drums and string bass which are constantly playing throughout the track. If I'm counting correctly, then the first variation lasts eight measures, the second variation is a repetition of the first with a slight variation at the end, and the third variation escalates and resolves into eight measures of silence for a total of 32 measures. The track then repeats.
[20181211 Edit]
20190921 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 29.1 hrs on record
20190921:
I got the itch to play some Jamestown. At first I played using my arcade stick. Apparently it was noisy.
Seeing as there wasn't an obvious benefit, I switched to playing with my mouse, and then with my keyboard.
It had been a while since I played and so I cycled through various ships.
Steam Game Time: 29.4 hours (total game time)
Jamestown (2011) (PC)
Relevant Links:
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony (Wikipedia.org)
Date/Time
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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