421st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo If there is one game that defined Nintendo’s success with the Wii, it’s Wii Sports. It’s what made the console acceptable – and even a must buy – to most casual gamers, and while it drew the ire of […]
Archive for April, 2015
#785 Space Giraffe
Posted: 25th April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, llamasoft, pc, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
420th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360/PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Llamasoft Publisher: Llamasoft Today, from the list of shoot ’em ups that are less than twenty years old (it was time), we play Llamasoft’s Space Giraffe, a Tempest-like game (even if not officially a clone and not too inspired) […]
#250 The Settlers
Posted: 21st April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, blue byte software, Strategy, Various
419th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Blue Byte Software Publisher: Blue Byte Software Yay, The Settlers! I spent way too much time on the second game in the series (as did several people I know) and had an absolute blast with it, the game being one of those […]
#445 Metropolis Street Racer
Posted: 17th April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, bizarre creations, dreamcast, driving, sega
418th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Bizarre Creations Publisher: SEGA Time for another driving game. Today a racer through real life streets, as Bizarre Creations apparently based their tracks on the geopgraphy and buildings of some major secrets, of which they digitally build a small area, and adjusted […]
#401 Fatal Fury Mark of the Wolves
Posted: 13th April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, dreamcast, fighting, neo geo, SNK
417th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Neo Geo/Dreamcast Year of Release: 1999 Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Time for a bit more of Dreamfest 2. Another fighter, apparently one of the Dreamcast’s more notable genres – although it seems to have been a popular genre of the time as well, looking at other consoles from […]
#444 Capcom vs SNK Millennium Fight 2000
Posted: 9th April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, capcom, dreamcast, fighting
416th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Some time ago (scary enough, two and a half years ago now) we got a Dreamcast and played a bunch of games from it in what we called Dreamfest. Since it has been a while, we need more Dreamcast […]
#224 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Posted: 5th April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, adventure, lucasarts, Various
415th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts It has become clear, by now, that we enjoy Lucasarts’ adventures, from the gratuitously violent Sam and Max Hit the Road to the wonderful stories of Loom. Having played many of their adventures myself, for some reason the Indiana […]
#23 Galaga
Posted: 1st April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, midway, namco, shoot 'em up
414th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco/Midway So it’s time for another one of our old shoot ’em ups, part of our constant catchup, as well as just going through these games in order. We’ve covered its predecessor in the entertaining Galaxian, and from […]