Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

#400 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Posted: 28th September 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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182nd played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade, Dreamcast Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom And so Dreamfest comes to an end after a whistle-stop tour through some of the major genres in gaming. For this final game there were a number of games in the running which we will, of course, have […]

#396 Bangai-O

Posted: 24th September 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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181st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Treasure Publisher: ESP/Conspiracy Entertainment More Dreamfest! As the third entry for our Dreamcast weekend, we’ve reached deep into the shoot ’em up genre to find one that was released on the Dreamcast. Bangai-O is an interesting one. Released in Japan […]

#423 Space Channel 5

Posted: 20th September 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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180th played so far Genre: Music Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 1999 Developer: United Game Artists Publisher: Sega Woo Dreamfest!!! I got this Dreamcast as a present to myself for finishing a piece of coursework weeks in advance and I can not believe how happy it has made me. I actually had a Dreamcast way […]

#399 ChuChu Rocket

Posted: 16th September 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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179th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Dreamcast/GBA Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Right now we’re writing you from a bank holiday weekend. With this meaning that Peter has some more time available (having planned ahead) and the general weather being grey, wet and miserable, we decided to put this time […]

#917 Flight Control

Posted: 12th September 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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178th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: iPhone, Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Firemint Publisher: Namco Of the larger consoles on this list the one we are most likely to finish first will be the iOS games. Like the majority of people in the world I commute and as such like to […]

#691 Bully

Posted: 8th September 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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177th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PS2 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Rockstar Vancouver Publisher: Rockstar Games Bully, our next game, is an open world-ish action adventure set in a boarding school… Bullsworth Academy. You’re a kid who’s just been sent there, abandoned by his parents. In the mean time, you have to survive […]

#504 Steel Battalion

Posted: 4th September 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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176th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Xbox Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Capcom, Nude Maker Publisher: Capcom As we’ve discussed before, there are some games on the list that worry us. Some games, like Reset Generation, because they seem to be impossible to play now. (Actually, due to several issues, this is currently the […]

#581 City of Heroes

Posted: 31st August 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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175th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Cryptic Studios Publisher: NCsoft Up next in our desperate panic to play certain games before any decent support sees them fall off of the face of the planet (Reset Generation, where are you?) is City of Heroes. Whilst this is a successful […]

#299 Sega Rally Championship

Posted: 27th August 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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174th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1995 Developer: AM5 Publisher: Sega Did I ever tell you my father did some rally driving? While he was more often around to repair the cars (for one of the better teams in the country), he also got to be a navigator on a […]

#66 Bank Panic

Posted: 23rd August 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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173rd played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Sanritsu Publisher: Sega This morning Jeroen accidentally (through a slip of the tongue) coined a term: short ’em up. I thought he was being clever since there are many shoot ’em ups left for us to do on this list […]