643rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC/Wii Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Press Play Publisher: Press Play/The Games Company I’m not sure quite where Max & the Magic Marker comes from. It’s a game concept that feels obvious for the Wii and DS – a platform game where you can draw your own platforms. […]
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#993 Max and the Magic Marker
Posted: 26th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, pc, press play, puzzle, the games company, wii
#544 Flipnic
Posted: 22nd October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, pinball, playstation 2, sony computer entertainment, ubisoft
642nd played so far Genre: Pinball Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft There are three pinball games on the list. We played the first chronologically – Pinball Dreams – five years ago and as we approach two thirds of the entire list, we are playing the second nearly […]
#308 International Track & Field
Posted: 18th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, konami, playstation, sports
641st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami I’ve played Track & Field some time ago – a minigame collection based on various athletics challenges, set up for arcade play and the inspiration for Olympics games, Mario and Sonic or otherwise, for a long time to come. […]
#339 Einhander
Posted: 14th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, playstation, shoot 'em up, sony computer entertainment, square
640th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Square Publisher: Square/Sony Computer Entertainment Going on to knock out some of these Playstation games (I was really behind. Still am, really), today I need to cover a shoot ’em up. Einhander has been in my mind for a while, […]
#379 Devil Dice
Posted: 10th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, playstation, puzzle, scei, shift, thq
639th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Shift Publisher: SCEI/THQ A puzzle game based on using dice? Thanks to a bit of a Playstation extravaganza week, we’re going to try and see how that one works. Our Thoughts There are a bunch of ways dice can be used in […]
#925 Grand Slam Tennis
Posted: 2nd October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, ea canada, electronic arts, sports, wii
637th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: Electronic Arts So following the Legend of Zelda games I played earlier this week, it felt time to do something more active. In this case, as I really should play both a Wii game and a sports game, some […]
#491 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons
Posted: 28th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, action, adventure, capcom, flagship, game boy color
636th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Game Boy Color Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Capcom/Flagship Publisher: Nintendo These games have a bit of a special place in my heart. I got these games when I got my Gameboy Advance – the first Gameboy I owned – and it was special. Like the Pokemon games […]
#62 Manic Miner
Posted: 24th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, bug-byte, matthew smith, platform, software projects, Various
635th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Matthew Smith Publisher: Bug-Byte/Software Projects Our next game is another early platformer. This one is inspired by Miner 2049er and will lead to future game Jet Set Willy. It’s an early platformer which looks fairly basic – so yeah, this time I […]
634th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem As we go back to the eighties, we get to one more of the many, many side scrolling shooters. I don’t mind them too much – they are fun enough, often having something good to look at […]