192nd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC/Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: 2D Boy Publisher: 2D Boy Okay, this is a game listed in the book for both the PC and the Wii but in reality we played it on an iPad. There is no real reason for this other than price and the […]
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#859 World of Goo
Posted: 7th November 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, 2d boy, pc, puzzle, wii
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#903 Fat Princess
Posted: 3rd November 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, action, playstation 3, titan studios
191st played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Titan Studios Publisher: Sony Time for us to take another delve into the dark world of downloadable console games and it’s actually one of the reasons I wanted to buy a PS3. Strangely it took me a long time to get […]
#886 Fieldrunners
Posted: 30th October 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, Strategy, subatomic studios, Various
190th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Subatomic Studios Publisher: Subatomic Studios Game 200 really feels incredibly close now. I can’t quite believe that are now reaching that 20% or 1-in-5. The whole idea that in little under two years we have reached such a milestone. One type of […]
189th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Rounding off our stint of games from 1986-1990 is a rather different title which is a cross between The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Zombies Ate Our Neighbours. Unlike any of the fighting games we have encountered during this blog […]
188th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Some fifteen years ago, I first watched the Captain N TV series. They were, as you can imagine, awesome for the time – here was a hero who used a NES controller to get special powers and who fought […]
#151 Wizball
Posted: 18th October 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, ocean software, sensible software, shoot 'em up, Various
187th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Sensible Software Publisher: Ocean Software Continuing our run of “wow we’re getting close to 200 games… we need to play more pre-1990 games” we are taking on Wizball. It is our eventual hope that we will play so many of […]
#190 John Madden Football
Posted: 14th October 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, ea sports, mega drive, park place production team, sports
186th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Park Place Production Team Publisher: EA Sports The Madden NFL series is one of the longer running sports series, bringing out yearly installments since 1990 – it started in 1988, but skipped 1989. We’ll be covering the last installment in the […]
#217 Pinball Dreams
Posted: 10th October 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, 21st century entertainment, digital illusions ce, pinball, Various
185th played so far Genre: Pinball Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Digital Illusions CE Publisher: 21st Century Entertainment These days, pinball games are more or less a thing of the past. There might be a handful out there in casual games, but by and large, the industry has moved on. It’s not hard […]
#653 Guitar Hero
Posted: 6th October 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, harmonix, music, playstation2, redoctane
184th played so far Genre: Music Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Harmonix Publisher: RedOctane Time for a slight step back. We’ve played Beatles: Rock Band before, as well as played something from the same series through DJ Hero. Now it’s back to the game that (mostly) started this whole plastic instrument craze… […]
183rd played so far Genre: Music Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Music games started out in the arcade. I think we can all agree on this since all the home peripherals that we have grown to love (by storing them on top of a wardrobe alongside that dragon kite you […]