302nd played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo It seems ages since we last played a Mario game, with our limitations on the previous hundred, and our reluctance to do so after having played a lot of them in a short go while borrowing games. It has […]
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#126 Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Posted: 24th January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, NES, nintendo, platform
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#918 Noby Noby Boy
Posted: 20th January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, action, namco bandai, playstation 3
301st played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Namco Bandai Publisher: Namco Bandai So for our first game of the fifty, we go in for another off-beat game – not as indie this time, but certainly a different sort of thing. We’ve played the game a bit before, but […]
#473 Grand Theft Auto III
Posted: 14th January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, action, DMA Design, pc, playstation 2, Rockstar Games, xbox
300th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/Playstation 2/Xbox Year of Release: 2001 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Rockstar Games I’ll be honest – the lead-up to playing this game was a bit more difficult than normal. All excited about playing game 300, we inserted it into our Playstation 2 and started playing it. Within seconds […]
#767: Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Posted: 10th January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, adventure, Cing, DS, nintendo
299th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: DS Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Cing Publisher: Nintendo As common as adventures are – their lack of action usually making it more playable for handheld gaming in particular – most of the bigger example tend to be a bit tongue in cheek, funny, and while they build […]
#685 Uno
Posted: 6th January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, carbonated games, gameloft, microsoft game studios, puzzle, Strategy, Various
298th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Carbonated Games/Gameloft Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios/Gameloft For a long time, Uno was (possibly still is) the highest selling Xbox Live Arcade game. Yeah, that’s right, with all the options videogames afford us, it’s a virtual version of a board game that people […]
#556 Zoo Keeper
Posted: 2nd January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, DS, ignition entertainment, internet, puzzle, success
297th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Internet/DS Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Success Publisher: Ignition Entertainment Some games, when you look at the initial graphics (loading up the game as we did in this case) just don’t give many clues on what theyre’ about. Zoo Keeper may sound somewhat straightforward at the start, but […]
#136 International Karate +
Posted: 29th December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, fighting, system 3, Various
296th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: System 3 Publisher: System 3 Fighting game, fairly old, something karate with some control improvements according to the book. Sorry, near-300 exhaustion is setting in and there are only so many things we can introduce these with. Probably the main innovation mentioned […]
#945 Race Pro
Posted: 25th December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, atari, racing, simbin, xbox 360
295th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: SimBin Publisher: Atari There’s not much more I can continue to say about these racers, to be honest. Car. Race on track. All sorts of classes and types. And supposed to be very realistic. Go! Our Thoughts Here’s the problem with […]
#422 The Longest Journey
Posted: 21st December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, adventure, funcom, pc
294th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Funcom Publisher: Funcom Some games just attract you with their screenshot alone. This was the case with the one featured for The Longest Journey (as well as its sequel, also listed, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey). The market in which the protagonist is […]
#201 Another World
Posted: 17th December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, delphine software, platform, Various
293th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Delphine Software Publisher: Delphine Software I’ll be honest – before this blog, I hadn’t really heard of this game, but its legacy had interested for me a lot longer. Another World (Out of this World in the US) is the brainchild of […]