633rd played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios I’ve been looking forward to playing Dungeon Siege for a while. I’ve tried the RPG before (having owned it for quite some time) but never got that far in – too many other good things […]
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#665 Tower Bloxx
Posted: 8th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, digital chocolate, internet, puzzle, Strategy
631st played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Digital Chocolate Despite being available online, this game has also been sitting on my phone for about six years now. I’ve been waiting to play it until now, until I felt ready to play it – I kept not wanting to get […]
#618 Torus Trooper
Posted: 4th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, aba games, pc, shoot 'em up
630th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: ABA Games I have ragged on Tempest derivatives before, as often they seem to add some slightly fancier graphics (with still a retro look) without really making the game feel that much better. Torus Trooper derives from that formula yet […]
#205 Hunter
Posted: 31st August 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, action, activision, adventure, paul holmes
629th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Amiga/Atari ST Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Paul Holmes Publisher: Activision There’s a lot of randomness in game selection. In the case of Hunter, it’s because it always makes me think it’s some early 3Dish shooter, while in reality it seems to be something quite different – similar […]
#604 Daigasso! Band Brothers
Posted: 27th August 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, DS, music, nintendo
628th played so far Genre: Music Platform: DS Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo While music games are popular everywhere, the Japanese seem to have their own odd style of games that don’t make a lot of sense to us and feel different. Only some of them make it to the west, such […]
#759 MotorStorm
Posted: 23rd August 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, evolution studios, playstation 3, racing, sony computer entertainment
627th played so far Genre:Racing Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Evolution Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment I genuinely struggle sometimes to distinguish different types of off road(ish) racers. Pure‘s quad bike racing is probably the game that most exemplifies the genre to me, as it was the first we really covered and […]
#599 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Posted: 19th August 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, action, first person shooter, gamecube, nintendo, retro studios
626th played so far Genre: Action/First-Person Shooter Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Retro Studios/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo After finding out that the first Metroid Prime game was best played on the Gamecube rather than Wii, we also tracked down a Gamecube copy of the second in the game (the third only being available on […]
#241 Return to Zork
Posted: 11th August 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, activision, adventure, Infocom, Various
624th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Activision Publisher: Infocom Zork is, as we’ve discussed before, one of the most important and best known text adventures. Return to Zork is a point and click instead, from a first person perspective, and with some live actors like we’ve seen in […]