492nd played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Today we get introduced to another 3D platforming hero. It feels like one more of many, with a bunch of companies trying to get their hero out there, but few really making it.ย Still, it […]
Archive for February, 2016
#481 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Posted: 29th February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, naughty dog, platform, playstation 2, sony computer entertainment
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#91 Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Posted: 25th February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, action, arcade, capcom
491st played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Ah, Capcom platformers. Somehow, they were one of the masters in the genre, where a lengthy series like Ghosts ‘n Goblins – we’ll be playing at least two more games from the series and played Maximo: Ghosts to Glory […]
#446 Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Posted: 21st February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, capcom, dreamcast, playstation 2, survival horror
490th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Dreamcast/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom So I played this and found this game incredibly difficult to handle. I tried, but even getting past the first few screens was a terrible chore. What follows is an edited and amended version of what I […]
#640 Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Posted: 17th February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, intelligent systems, nintendo, pc, Strategy
489th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo One of the nice things of DS games is that we can put them on while watching some TV in the background, not needing full attention. It feels like a blessing here – with Japanese strategy/RPGish games, it […]
#694 DEFCON
Posted: 13th February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, introversion software, pc, Strategy
488th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Introversion Software Publisher: Introversion Software We’ve played a few of Introversion’s games before – Darwinia was fun if a bit strange, while Uplink was an early fun discovery for us while doing the blog. The last of the three games on the […]
#55 M.U.L.E.
Posted: 9th February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, electronic arts, ozark softscape, Strategy, Various
487th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Ozark Softscape Publisher: Electronic Arts After going on about how Exile (and other games) unnecessarily apply arcade-level coin gobbling difficulty to home games, it’s nice to shift gears to a game that won’t. While the arcade route is probably the biggest for […]
#163 Exile
Posted: 5th February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, action, adventure, audiogenic, jeremy smith, peter irvin, superior software, Various
486th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Peter Irvin/Jeremy Smith Publisher: Superior Software/Audiogenic When I hear of a videogame called Exile, my mind goes to the massive open world RPGs from Spiderweb Software. Today, that’s not actually true – Exile refers to an old adventure-ish game that I’ve only […]
#213 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Posted: 1st February 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, action, adventure, nintendo, SNES
485th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Time for some more Zelda! It’s been over a hundred games (and over a year) since we played the original Legend of Zelda, at which point we were quite behind anyway. The NES game in the series sticks in […]