899th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Entertainment Software Publishing/Sega I feel like I’ve been running into a lot of Treasure’s games lately. Silhouette Mirage was a recent action platformer, but with Radiant Silvergun we follow the trend of Sin and Punishment and Gradius […]
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#376 Radiant Silvergun
Posted: 19th September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, entertainment software publishing, saturn, sega, sega saturn, shoot 'em up, Treasure
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#207 Mega Lo Mania
Posted: 15th September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, image works, sensible software, Strategy, ubisoft, Various, Virgin Interactive
898th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Sensible Software Publisher: Image Works/Ubisoft/Virgin Interactive As with Powermonger, I remember reading about Mega Lo Mania in a Mega Drive/Genesis guide collection long before I had a chance to play it. It feels similar – a colourful strategy game with a vaguely […]
#267 Monster Max
Posted: 11th September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, adventure, Game Boy, rare, titus france
897th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Game Boy Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Rare Publisher: Titus France I guess I always forget how long the original Game Boy stuck around for. These isometric games in the vein of Knight Lore and Fairlight belong, in my mind, in the eighties, but Monster Max shows the […]
#338 Intelligent Qube
Posted: 3rd September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, g-artists, playstation 1, puzzle, sony computer entertainment
895th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1997 Developer: G-Artists Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Intelligent Qube feels like it fits in with a number of these puzzle games with simpler graphics, using the system’s 3D capabilities but using the abstraction to not need complicated graphics. Devil Dice comes to mind […]
#413 SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
Posted: 30th August 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, neo geo pocket color, SNK, Strategy
894th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Neo Geo Pocket Color Year of Release: 1999 Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Although Pokemon: The Trading Card Game dates back a good two decades by now, it feels like the genre hasn’t taken off until the release of Hearthstone about six years ago, with plenty of other games […]
#170 Revenge of the Shinobi
Posted: 26th August 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, mega drive, sega
893rd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega I’m sure I’ve mentioned wanting to make sure I spread out entries in a series, but I haven’t done a great job with Shinobi. I played the previous one just over two years ago, but here we’ve got […]
891st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito For a lot of these shooters, it feels like it’s a bit more of the same – I swear that a lot of them go by different ways of handling weapons. Raiden, for example, always keeping you […]
#156 Impossible Mission II
Posted: 14th August 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, action, epyx, novotrade, Various
890th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Novotrade Publisher: Epyx Impossible Mission II is, in fact, not related to the Mission Impossible franchise, despite using the same words in the title. It is, instead, the sequel to Impossible Mission, which is about a secret agent infiltrating an enemy base […]