436th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts An FPS set in the Star Wars universe? The two seem made for each other. Let’s just do this. Our Thoughts While it often makes sense to unlock your powers one step at a time, giving you a […]
Archive for June, 2015
#351 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Posted: 28th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, first person shooter, lucasarts, pc
435th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Exidy Publisher: Exidy Time for a short diversion to another early game. Venture isn’t the first dungeon crawler we covered – Eamon, Rogue and Adventure came before, as did arguably Zork and MUD. Venture, however, is the first arcade one on the list, and […]
#514 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way
Posted: 20th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, first person shooter, monolith productions, pc, sierra entertainment
434th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Monolith Productions Publisher: Sierra Entertainment Spy movies can make for good games, especially with a nice bit of shooting – as we’ve seen in Goldeneye 007 before. Some shooting, but also plenty of reasons to explore, look in out of the […]
#479 Serious Sam
Posted: 16th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, croteam, first person shooter, gathering of developers, gotham games, pc
433rd played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Croteam Publisher: Gathering of Developers/Gotham Games Time to play a few first-person shooters! We’ve been falling behind a bit and it’s time we play some more. It’s odd that we are – we generally find them enjoy (even if not always […]
#70 Elite
Posted: 12th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, acornsoft, david braben, ian bell, shoot 'em up, Strategy, Various
432nd played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: David Braben and Ian Bell Publisher: Acornsoft This isn’t actually the first time Elite has popped up for us to play on the blog – we tried to do so before, but got stuck and felt we needed a manual. […]
#209 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
Posted: 8th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, action, adventure, interplay, pc
431st played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Interplay Publisher: Interplay The Star Trek TV series is a surprising resilient science fiction series – between tv series, movies and recent revivals it has been around for 49 years now (at the time of writing). And as beloved as it is […]