19th game played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Various Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco It is with great pleasure that I introduce our first attempts at covering a fighting game! Being a long-time exponent of the fighting genre it was great to see so many included on the list itself, and there […]
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#507 Soulcalibur II
Posted: 15th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2002, arcade, fighting, gamecube, namco, playstation 2, xbox
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#460 Animal Crossing
Posted: 12th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2001, gamecube, life simulation, nintendo, nintendo 64
18th game played so far Genre: Life Simulation Platform: Nintendo 64 and Gamecube Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Something that every game wants to tap into is that addiction centre of the brain. As I mentioned/ranted about in a recent post the games that work best are those that reward at random […]
#810 Audiosurf
Posted: 9th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, dylan fitterer, music, pc, puzzle, steam
17th game played so far Genre: Puzzle/Music Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Dylan Fitterer Publisher: Steam (online), Ascaron (hard-copy) Many games have been released that have tried to capitalise on visualisations of music. We will be covering a bunch of these later on but Audiosurf already does something that they can not; create […]
#494 Uplink
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2001, introversion software, pc, simulation
16th game played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Introversion Software Publisher: Introversion Software Ever wanted to feel like one of those hackers in the movies? Well now you can in Uplink; a hacking simulation which was the first release by the UK-based company Introversion Software. Whilst I am personally […]
#650 Meteos
Posted: 3rd January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, bandai, DS, nintendo, puzzle, q entertainment
15th game played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Q Entertainment Publisher: Nintendo and Bandai Most puzzle games are hard to describe, no story, gameplay that doesn’t make sense outside of the puzzle, and just general weirdness… but here goes nothing. Meteos is a puzzle game where blocks fall […]
#231 Dune II
Posted: 31st December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, pc, Strategy, Virgin Interactive, Westwood
14th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive Three houses fight for control of Arrakis, or Dune, the only planet in the galaxy where the elusive Spice can be found. In the mean time, they also have to avoid sandworms and deal with the […]
#356 The Last Express
Posted: 28th December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, adventure, pc, smoking car
13th game played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Smoking Car Productions Publisher: Brøderbund “The best game nobody ever played”, a commercial failure, and yet it’s found in the book. What’s up with that? Well, The Last Express is an adventure game that takes place in real-time. You’re Doctor Cath, […]
12th game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Online Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Boštjan Čadež Publisher: N/A So far we have had serious games, casual games and those where it is questionable whether they can be considered games at all. Line Rider falls easily into the last category. Although it was designed by a […]
11th game played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Popcap Publisher: Popcap This was not a game we actively scheduled this early on (since we rely on a mixture of a random number generator and personal choice) but it came out of a rather slow evening when I had a […]
#189 Columns
Posted: 19th December 2010 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1990, arcade, genesis, mega drive, puzzle, sega
10th game played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Arcade and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega This is a game from my youth here. My first console was a Sega Mega Drive and Columns was one of the first games that I had on it (alongside Cool Spot and Sonic […]