383rd played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Amstar Publisher: Centuri/Taito Phoenix appears to be another Space Invaders-inspired vertical shooter. Brilliant. More interesting, the name of the game is not because of the connection to mystical birds – at least, not at first. The developers were based in […]
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#19 Phoenix
Posted: 28th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1980, amstar, arcade, centuri, shoot 'em up, taito
382nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Flashback time! We played the sequel of this game before, as Tempest 2000. Familiarity may occur. Our Thoughts With our other memorable remake, the rather deplorable and (to us) unnecessary Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, we […]
#921 Football Manager 2010
Posted: 20th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, pc, psp, sega, sports, sports interactive
381st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: PC/PSP Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Sports Interactive Publisher: SEGA After the release of the list’s second edition, 20 games were removed, with twelve of them unplayed so far. For completeness and because we wanted to try some of them, we decided to still play these twelve, but […]
#346 Gran Turismo
Posted: 12th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, driving, playstation, sony computer entertainment
378th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Gran Turismo cars are luxury touring cars – the high performance semi-racers that allow you to travel fast, for long distances, in comfort and style – or so Wikipedia tells me. The word is Italian, […]
#298 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Posted: 4th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, adventure, pc, sierra on-line
376th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Sierra On-Line Publisher: Sierra On-Line For a long time now, my personal page on this blog has listed, as one of the biggest omissions in the list, the Sierra adventure games. As you can see above, this is a Sierra On-Line game. […]
#246 UFO: Enemy Unknown
Posted: 31st October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, microprose, mythos games, Strategy, Various
375th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Mythos Games/Microprose Publisher: Microprose Another ‘ancient memory’ game for me – like The Legend of Zelda a few days ago, another game where I remember playing with a friend, mostly looking over their shoulder as they proved superior with it. Recently remade […]
#128 The Legend of Zelda
Posted: 27th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, action, adventure, NES, nintendo
374th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Wow, it’s been a while since we last played a Legend of Zelda game – nearly 300 games ago, in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords of Adventure. This is some combination of wanting to keep the number okay […]