375th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Mythos Games/Microprose Publisher: Microprose Another ‘ancient memory’ game for me – like The Legend of Zelda a few days ago, another game where I remember playing with a friend, mostly looking over their shoulder as they proved superior with it. Recently remade […]
Archive for October, 2014
#246 UFO: Enemy Unknown
Posted: 31st October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, microprose, mythos games, Strategy, Various
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#128 The Legend of Zelda
Posted: 27th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, action, adventure, NES, nintendo
374th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Wow, it’s been a while since we last played a Legend of Zelda game – nearly 300 games ago, in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords of Adventure. This is some combination of wanting to keep the number okay […]
#867 LittleBigPlanet
Posted: 23rd October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, media molecule, platform, playstation 3, puzzle, sony computer entertainment europe
373rd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Media Molecule Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Here’s a game with a bit of a history for us. We’ve been looking at writing up LittleBigPlanet for some time now, as we obtained it soon after Peter got his Playstation 3. For […]
#726 OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Posted: 15th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, racing, sega, sumo digital, Various
371st played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Sumo Digital Publisher: SEGA We really need to play more racing games. We enjoy the more ‘manic’ ones like Mario Kart, but have less of an affinity for more realistic games. Sort of enjoyable when we get into them, but not something […]
#174 Prince of Persia
Posted: 11th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, broderbund, platform, Various
370th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Broderbund Publisher: Broderbund Prince of Persia is a familiar title. I remember playing it on our old PC, back in the days, for some time unable to play it properly as the shift-key on the keyboard didn’t work – some cheating was […]
#727 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Posted: 7th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, stealth, ubisoft, ubisoft shanghai, Various
369th played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Ubisoft Shanghai Publisher: Ubisoft When we think of stealth games the first thing that comes across out mind is Metal Gear Solid and the fact that very early in our blog we managed to cover five of them in pretty quick succession. […]
#51 Chuckie Egg
Posted: 3rd October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, a&f software, platform, Various
368th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: A&F Software Publisher: A&F Software Chuckie Egg, although not actually related, looks similar to Manic Miner, the predecessor of the not-that-interesting Bounty Bob Strikes Back. The point here appears to be to collect eggs instead of walking over floors and collect eggs. […]