342nd played so farGenre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Williams Electronics Publisher: Williams Electronics How’s this for some pleasant Sunday gaming? As I was playing the game to prepare for the blog, I was told that it was apparently one of the most difficult games ever. How’s that for fun? […]
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#12 Defender
Posted: 21st June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1980, arcade, shoot 'em up, williams electronics
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341st played so farGenre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito ย Qix! That’s today’s game. It’s a game we both know – we just don’t know the name and can’t remember it. It has just been copied that often. This should be pretty straightforward! Our Thoughts For some reason, I kept […]
#823 Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Posted: 13th June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, 2k games, DS, Firaxis Games, playstation 3, Strategy, xbox 360
340th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Playstation 3/Xbox 360/DS Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: 2k games And so we reach the final Civilization game (noooo) we’ll cover for the blog. A slightly odd installment, focused on a console and handheld release, rather than the PC versions that came before. I’ve played […]
#953 WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010
Posted: 9th June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, fighting, thq, Various, yuke's
339th played so farGenre: Fighting Platform: Various Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: THQ 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 with shorter […]
#865 Sins of a Solar Empire
Posted: 5th June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, ironclad games, pc, simulation, stardock, Strategy
338th played so farGenre: Strategy/Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Ironclad Games Publisher: Stardock I’ll be honest. There are certain games where, once I realise what they are, I look forward to playing, because I am fairly sure they’ll push the right buttons. Sins of a Solar Empire is a spiritual successor to […]
337th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito A while ago we covered Puzzle Bobble after a trip to Brighton in order to find the elusive game Final Furlong. The fact that we found it in some rather beaten up arcade on the seafront is pretty miraculous. […]
#176 Stunt Car Racer
Posted: 28th May 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, driving, microplay, microprose, microstyle, Various
336th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Microstyle Publisher: Microprose/Microplay Now is the time for us to make another random pick from the slowly shrinking list of games. After a few re-rolls (since we still do not have access to every game on this list) we happen across a […]
335th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari In our attempts to also get through the list more or less in order, Battle Zone comes next – and with it a jump to the next decade. From now on, the seventies are (more or less) […]
#997: Army of Two: The 40th Day
Posted: 22nd May 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, buzz monkey, ea montreal, electronic arts, playstation 3, playstation portable, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
334th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 3/Playstation Portable/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2010 Developer: EA Montreal/Buzz Monkey Publisher: Electronic Arts 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 waned to try some of them, we […]