232nd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Jagex Games Studio Publisher: Jagex Games Studio This MMORPG is a bit of a different one. Probably one of the first of free to play, later taken on by smaller and larger MMORPGs including even World of Warcraft – a fact we’ve […]
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#489 Runescape
Posted: 16th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, jagex games studio, MMORPG, pc
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#216 Alone In The Dark
Posted: 12th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, infogrames, survival horror, Various
231st played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Infogrames Now here’s a game that I vaguely remember. Not as much playing it personally, but I had a friend who had this game and played through it quite a bit. There was shooting and there were zombies and […]
#562 Planetside
Posted: 8th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, first person shooter, pc, sony online entertainment
230th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment Here’s a novelty. Rather than an MMORPG, we’ve got an MMOFPS. It’s like an MMORPG, but you run around shooters and such. But wait, you ask, most FPS games have a multiplayer component, co-op […]
#900 Aion: The Tower of Eternity
Posted: 4th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, aion team development dept, MMORPG, NCSoft, pc
229th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Aion Team Development Dept Publisher: NCSoft We’ve already covered several of MMORPG publisher NCSoft’s games in the past, with our first MMORPG Guild Wars and more recently the ill-fated City of Heroes. As that last game partially inspired our drive to complete […]
#969 Starship Patrol
Posted: 31st March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, DS, nintendo, q-games, Strategy
228th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: DS Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Q-Games Publisher: Nintendo Starship Patrol? It doesn’t have a Wikipedia page. We know Q-Games worked on the previously covered Reflect Missile, but beyond that our first sources don’t allow us to look for much. Based on the book, we’re looking at a […]
#868 Space Invaders Extreme
Posted: 27th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, action, DS, psp, shoot 'em up, square enix, taito, xbox 360
227th played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: DS/PSP/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Taito Publisher: Square Enix Everyone knows Space Invaders, right? It’s a classic, its aliens even adorning the cover of our book. It’s a game that everyone knows and one of the first people will think of when they think […]
#358 Ultima Online
Posted: 23rd March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, electronic arts, MMORPG, origin systems, pc
226th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts And I suppose it’s about time we start with the granddaddy of them all. Ultima Online is one of the first MMORPGs, and with its rise being at the same time as the rise of the internet, […]
#410 Everquest
Posted: 19th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, MMORPG, pc, sony online entertainment
225th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sonly Online Entertainment Wow, feels like it’s been a while since we played an MMORPG. Sure , there aren’t many on the list, so we should spread them out, but it just feels safer to finish more of […]
#829 Fantastic Contraption
Posted: 15th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, colin northway, internet, inxile entertainment, puzzle
224th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Colin Northway Publisher: inXile Entertainment Today a short one. While waiting for Everquest to download (who’d imagine that a 13 year old game would require a 7GB+ download? At least it’s not Aion… that took all day to get) we searched for […]
#1000 Neptune’s Pride
Posted: 11th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, internet, iron helmet games, Strategy
223th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Iron Helmet Games This game has a bit more of a history behind it. When joining my current place of work, a lot of my new colleagues were heavily invested in an ongoing game of Neptune’s Pride. The betrayal went deep and […]