453rd played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Game Boy Color Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Camelot Software Planning Publisher: Nintendo In general, we like Mario games – they are done well, whether it’s an RPG, a platformer or a racing game. A branch that we haven’t really covered are his (semi-)sports games. We’ve also covered […]
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#414 Mario Golf
Posted: 4th September 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, camelot software planning, game boy color, nintendo, sports
#999 Chime
Posted: 27th August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, onebiggame, puzzle, xbox 360, zoe mode
451st played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Zoe Mode Publisher: OneBigGame Shout out to Peter P., you know why! We got this game recommended from a few sources, the above being one, while seeing the sequel at EGX earlier this year was another. Chime is a puzzle game […]
449th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom I’ll admit, before playing Strider was categorized, in my mind, as a general samey-seeming group of games. Somewhere between platform, beat ’em up and action game, I would have easily confused it with something like Forgotten Worlds if I […]
#221 Super Mario Kart
Posted: 15th August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, nintendo, nintendo ead, racing, SNES
448th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo It feels like it’s time for something fun! Well, most of these games are, but the Mario Kart series always offers that bit extra. We played the direct successor of this game, Mario Kart 64, a long time […]
#223 Flashback
Posted: 11th August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, action, adventure, delphine software, us gold, Various
447th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Delphine Software Publisher: U.S. Gold Flashback, contradicting the above description, is described by Wikipedia as a “science fiction cinematic platform game”. To me, that sounds a bit pretentious, but I assume there’s a way in which it has earned this distinction. That […]
#147 Rainbow Islands
Posted: 7th August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, platform, taito, Various
446th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release:1987 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Or, as is proper, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, making it clear that this game is, in fact, the sequel to Bubble Bobble and not just a standalone game. In it, our protagonists have changed from looking […]
#29 Ms Pac Man
Posted: 3rd August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, bally midway, general computer corporation, maze, namco
445th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Bally Midway/General Computer Corporation Publisher: Bally Midway/Namco Pac-Man was a popular game and it seems like it was geetting cloned early on. Ms. Pac Man, as is well known by now, was an early one. It caught the attention of Namco and, […]
#313 Quake
Posted: 30th July 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, first person shooter, gt interactive, id software, pc
444th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: id Software Publisher: GT Interactive There were a couple of major steps during the development of the FPS genre that happened, it seems, in fairly quick succession. Doom was the notable one we already covered – the first to really go […]