716th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami We’ve been playing a bunch of games based on sports games before, mostly from these earlier eras – Summer Games II comes to mind – but the collection of minigames with a sports theme lasts in the modern day […]
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#523 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Posted: 10th August 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, eidos, io interactive, Various
715th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 2002 Developer: IO Interactive Publisher: Eidos I guess I’m trying to start the franchises that have multiple items on the list, where I haven’t started them yet. It’s not been something I’ve been actively seeking out, but when I am reminded of one, I […]
#616 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Posted: 6th August 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, action, adventure, capcom, flagship, gameboy advance, nintendo
714th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Gameboy Advance Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Capcom/Flagship Publisher: Nintendo In the past year or so, I’ve been playing a lot of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Zelda game that combines the open world of an Assassins Creed game with the world of The […]
#472 Gitaroo Man
Posted: 2nd August 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, inis, koei, music, playstation 2, thq
713th played so far Genre: Music Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Koei/iNis Publisher: Koei/THQ Gitaroo Man is a rhythm game that, from its cover, I always peg as a bit of a RPG game. What the cover doesn’t look like is how the game seems to be pegged – one where you […]
#180 Actraiser
Posted: 29th July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, action, enix, quintet, SNES, Strategy
712th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Quintet Publisher: Enix I played Actraiser a long time ago, probably by getting through some random SNES games when I had a chance to – I don’t really know what attracted me to it, but I connected with it. It’s a game […]
#989 A Boy and His Blob
Posted: 25th July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, majesco entertainment, platform, puzzle, wayforward technologies, wii
711th played so far Genre: Platform/Puzzle Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: WayForward Technologies Publisher: Majesco Entertainment I’ve seen A Boy and His Blob before, as a NES time attack video. I got the basic idea, feeding this blob jellybeans that made it transform, but the full gameplay always stayed vague. I knew I […]
#471 Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Posted: 21st July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, driving, game boy advance, intelligent systems, nintendo
710th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Game Boy Advance Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo The Mario Kart series is one that we have to cover a lot of entries for – and we covered them throughout, with Mario Kart 64 being an early game and Mario Kart DS making for […]
#835 Gears of War 2
Posted: 13th July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, epic games, microsoft game studios, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
708th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft’s big shooter franchise comes around again. We’ve played the first Gears of War a long time ago and while it was a fun co-op game, I must admit we never went back […]
705th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom For my own amusement and occasional help in picking games, I have a list of games, constantly updated, that I am looking forward to playing and those that I really don’t, and I’d rather just be done […]