613th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Xbox 360/PSP/DS Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Metanet Software/Slick Entertainment/Silverbirch Studios Publisher: Metanet Software/Atari Inc Did you know that N+ is utterly ungoogleable? I don’t think I need to explain why, but it’s frustrating when I want to write these small bits. N+ is a platformer, stylized, with […]
Archive for June, 2017
#474 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Posted: 24th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, activision, first person shooter, gray matter interactive, pc, playstation 2, xbox
612th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Xbox/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Gray Matter Interactive Publisher: Activision Wolfenstein 3D is certainly a notable game. It was amazing to see 3D done at the time, as a first person shooter. Horribly dated now, of course, but the technology was amazing at the time. […]
#424 System Shock 2
Posted: 20th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, electronic arts, first person shooter, irrational games, looking glass studios, pc
611th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Irrational Games/Looking Glass Studios Publisher: Electronic Arts System Shock is an influential shooter, in part because it further develops the open world setup that we will in the future encounter in the Ultima Underworld series, but also because it leads into […]
#121 Super Sprint
Posted: 16th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, arcade, atari games, driving
610th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Atari Games Publisher: Atari Games While earlier we played Portal 2 for its appearance in Lego Dimensions, Super Sprint instead appears in the game as a not-really-cameo. Nevertheless, I’ve probably played the game more that way than I ever would have otherwise. […]
#56 Planetfall
Posted: 12th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, Infocom, interactive fiction, Various
609th played so far Genre: Interactive Fiction Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Infocom Publisher: Infocom It feels like the arcades dominate these early years of gaming, and my mind, when seeing a title like Planetfall, automatically assumes it’s some action gamer or shooter once again with a space theme. The space theme is […]
#619 Unreal Tournament 2004
Posted: 8th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, atari, epic games, first person shooter, pc
608th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Atari One of my big early FPS experiences was the first Unreal game, one of the early games in the genre to play with story telling and audio logs. It was a new experience that I wasn’t used […]
#796 Logan’s Shadow
Posted: 4th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, playstation portable, sce bend studio, shoot 'em up, sony computer entertainment, stealth
607th played so far Genre: Stealth/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation Portable Year of Release: 2007 Developer: SCE Bend Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment It’s time to start covering some more stealth games – Metal Gear Solid had filled our quota for a while, while we added here and there, but now it’s time to actually […]