9th game played so far Genre: Life Simulation Platform: Various ones Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision Did you know there are little people living in your computer? Well, there are, and in this Tamagotchi-like fishbowl game, you can see one of them going through his daily routine. Yes, a guy and his […]
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#95 Little Computer People
Posted: 16th December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, activision, life simulation, Various
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#730 Viva Piñata
Posted: 13th December 2010 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2006, life simulation, rare, xbox 360
8th game played so far Genre: Life Simulation Platform: X-Box 360 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Rare Publisher: Microsoft Ah Viva Piñata. The simple sandbox life simulation where you look after a garden and hope to entice some colourful chocolate-filled pinata animals to live there. Of course there are complications from ‘sour’ pinatas and ruffians […]
#901 Bayonetta
Posted: 10th December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, action, playstation 3, sega, xbox 360
7th game played so far Genre: Action Game Platform: Playstation 3, XBOX 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Platinum Games (XBOX 360), Nex Entertainment (PS3, port) Publisher: Sega Another callback to a previous game, with the developers of this game coming from Capcom, developers of Viewtiful Joe. It shows in style and game play, with […]
#97 Super Mario Bros.
Posted: 7th December 2010 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1985, Mario, NES, nintendo, platformer
6th game played so far Genre: Platformer Platform: NES Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo It may seem a little bit odd to cover another Mario already but there must be in excess of 20 different games (this could be an exaggeration) featuring this plumber so it’s a good idea to get a […]
#777 Peggle
Posted: 4th December 2010 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, DS, internet, pc, playstation 3, popcap, puzzle, xbox 360
5th game played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 2007 Developer: PopCap Games Publisher: PopCap Games PopCap have made a household name for themselves by developing games that are mindnumbingly addictive. This is because the concepts employed are so simple, yet profitable, it makes you wonder how other game developers have restrained […]
4th game played so far Genre: Fitness Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Before the advent of Wii Fit there were very few games out there (minus Dance Dance Revolution) that could offer both a gaming experience and a way to lose weight. By doing this they were able to create […]
#547 Viewtiful Joe
Posted: 28th November 2010 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2003, action, capcom, gamecube, platformer, playstation 2
3rd game played so far Genre: Action/Platformer Platform: Gamecube, Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom This is the first of a number of Capcom games that we are going to cover. The reason that we chose this one is not because of a random number generator (as is the process with […]
#321 Super Mario RPG
Posted: 25th November 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, Mario, nintendo, RPG, SNES
2nd game played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Super Nintendo Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Bowser has caught the princess again. Mario goes out to save her. Having wisened up, he lives right next door to Bowser’s castle, so runs straight there to rescue. Just as he does, though, a giant […]
It’s the first game!!! Genre: Sports game Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1972 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari The year is 2184 and evolution has brought us to our pinacle. Humanity consists of paddles and has but one goal in life: Stay entertained by throwing balls at… Okay, never mind. There’s no story in Pong. There’s […]