463rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Psygnosis Lemmings… DMA Design’s biggest success story until they created Grand Theft Auto, one of the biggest gaming franchises – the biggest western and non-Nintendo one based on numbers sold. But yes, before that (and before the wonderfully weird […]
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#208 Lemmings
Posted: 3rd November 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, DMA Design, psygnosis, puzzle, Various
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#110 Salamander
Posted: 30th October 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, arcade, konami, shoot 'em up
462nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami With some games, it feels like there is not much we can add as an introduction. Salamander looks like one of those shoot ’em ups we’ve seen plenty of – horizontal scrolling, you control a ship that […]
461st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Back in time again, we’re grabbing one of our old shoot ’em ups to cross off some old games. Gravitar comes from Atari’s stable and runs with what seems like vector graphics. Without any other reference, we’d […]
#978 Zen Bound
Posted: 2nd October 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, chillingo, iphone, puzzle, secret exit
460th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: iPhone Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Secret Exit Publisher:Chillingo Ltd IOS games can have their own feel. They’re as varied as any other platform, but being handheld and having touchscreen controls means that they can be quite different. Zen Bound is a good example of that, as a […]
#849 LostWinds
Posted: 28th September 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, adventure, frontier developments, platform, wii
459th played so far Genre: Adventure/Platform Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Frontier Developments Publisher: Frontier Developments Just the look of this game draws me in. It looks gorgeous, while even the few things I’ve read about it draw me in – an interesting looking platformer. We ended up playing the IOS version of […]
#58 Crystal Castles
Posted: 24th September 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, action, arcade, atari
458th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari These isometric games don’t work well for me. I’m not sure why, but there’s a series of games like Crystal Castles (several of which are yet to come) that I just dread. The controls are awkward, the action simple […]
#723 Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Posted: 16th September 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, big huge games, microsoft, microsoft game studios, pc, Strategy
456th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Big Huge Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios We loved Rise of Nations when we played it. It was a good mix of strategy gaming and civ-style simulation. Sure, Age of Empires has it similar, but the work and experience put in by […]
#161 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Posted: 12th September 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, adventure, lucasfilm games, Various
455th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Lucasfilm Games Publisher: Lucasfilm Games Time for another Lucasarts adventure! Although another early one, and the last pre-Monkey Island adventure. Happily so, as Maniac Mansion showed they didn’t seem quite as good. Zak McKracken‘s protagonist is a journalist… for a gossipy myth-chasing […]
#355 Tekken 3
Posted: 8th September 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, fighting, namco, playstation
454th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Tekken is, I believe, one of Peter’s favourite fighting game series – he certainly always managed to tell me a lot about it. We played the first game some time ago, that time, too, playing from the Tekken 5 […]