353rd played so far Genre: Life Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Maxis Publisher: Electronic Arts Peter loves The Sims series. We discussed that, partially, in the first entry. For that reason, today he’ll be able to discuss the game far better than I could. I can not begin to fathom how much […]
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#603 The Sims 2
Posted: 4th August 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, electronic arts, life simulation, maxis, pc
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#861 PixelJunk Monsters
Posted: 27th July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, double eleven, playstation 3, q-games, scea, scee, Strategy
351st played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PlayStation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Q-Games/Double Eleven Publisher: Q-Games/SCEA/SCEE For the first game of another fifty, we go back to another indie(-ish) title. Based on just what I remember coming across the name occasionally, I keep wanting to mistype it PixelHunt Monsters – it was originally […]
#389 Starcraft
Posted: 23rd July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, Blizzard Entertainment, pc, Strategy
350th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Here we are – another fifty games done! And on my pick, I decided to go for pure indulgence (although it made sense for the stats too). We’ve enjoyed Warcraft II before (I did at least) and […]
#302 Duke Nukem 3D
Posted: 19th July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, 3D Realms, first person shooter, gt interactive, pc
349th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: 3D Realms Publisher: GT Interactive The Duke is in the house baby! If, like me, you’re a PC gamer of a certain age you’ll probably have heard of this game. It’s not as multiplayer famous as Doom and the like, the […]
#260 Doom II: Hell On Earth
Posted: 15th July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, first person shooter, gt interactive, id software, Various
348th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Various Year of Release: 1994 Developer: id Software Publisher: GT Interactive We have (obviously) played Doom before, the granddaddy of all other FPS games. Not the first perhaps, but the first that made it Big and put LAN multiplayer on the map. The second was released not […]
#1001 Alien Zombie Death
Posted: 11th July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, pompom games, psp, shoot 'em up
347th played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: PSP Year of Release: 2010 Developer: PomPom Games Publisher: PomPom Games 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 […]
#142 Maniac Mansion
Posted: 7th July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, adventure, lucasfilm games, Various
346th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Lucasfilm Games Publisher: Lucasfilm Games It’s no big secret on this blog that I enjoy the Lucasfilm adventures, especially the later ones – Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max hit the Road, Grim Fandango and so on, and I’m […]
#265 Little Big Adventure
Posted: 3rd July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, action, adeline software international, adventure, electronic arts, pc
345th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Adeline Software International Publisher: Electronic Arts For me, Little Big Adventure has been a game I’ve been curious about, but not too excited with. For Peter, well… Little Big Adventureย is one of my first gaming memories. Cool Spot will always be the […]
#84 Bounty Bob Strikes Back
Posted: 29th June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, big five software, platform, Various
344th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Big Five Software Publisher: Big Five Software First, a quick admission: we found out, after we started this game, that it’s a sequel to another game on the list, Miner 2049er. Both games are fairly old platformers – one that looks fairly […]
#263 Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
Posted: 25th June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, codemasters, driving, mega drive, racing, supersonic software
343rd played so far Genre: Driving/Racing Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Supersonic Software Publisher: Codemasters It’s been a while since we played the first Micro Machines. We enjoyed it – a colourful racer that allowed and encouraged you to go off-track, furnished with loads of household items to serve as obstacles and […]