172nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Intellivision Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Mattel Publisher: Mattel The Intellivision is one of those consoles that is forgotten, from the ages of Atari, Amiga and ZX Spectrum. Back when everyone was creating consoles, Mattel jumped in as well and created the Intellivision. In a historical context this […]
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#748 Crackdown
Posted: 11th August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, adventure, realtime worlds, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
170th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Realtime Worlds Publisher: Microsoft This is so strange. Whilst on the train to Brighton we were talking about the possibly upcoming Sony answer to Super Smash Bros. and what characters would be included and we got onto the topic […]
#334 Final Furlong, #269 Puzzle Bobble
Posted: 7th August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, 1997, arcade, namco, puzzle, racing, taito, Various
As you have undoubtedly noticed we are, once again, doing two ames in one post. We did this two months ago after trawling the arcades of Piccadilly Circus so what could that mean? It was a grey Saturday. Slightly chilly and there was some spits of rain in the afternoon… so of course this is […]
#114 Ikari Warriors
Posted: 3rd August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1986, arcade, shoot 'em up, SNK
167th played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: SNK Publisher: Tradewest Do you know what this game signifies? We have now covered 1 in 6 games on the list! Woo! This is a bit of a mini landmark so it’s fair that this game is also a mini […]
#314 Resident Evil
Posted: 30th July 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, capcom, resident evil, survival horror, Various
166th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Various Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom As we approach the one-in-six mark, there’s only one of the major franchises (at least five games on the list) that we haven’t covered yet. We’ve played some Grand Theft Auto, plenty of Legend of Zelda games and […]
165th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse There’s some games that, when they come up in our random selection, fill me with both anticipation and dread. We had a good time playing Civilization, but it took a long time… partially a ‘one more turn’ thing, partially […]
#889 Borderlands
Posted: 22nd July 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, first person shooter, gearbox interactive, pc, playstation 3, RPG, xbox 360
164th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter/Role-Playing Game Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Gearbox Interactive Publisher: 2K Games The two of us had a discussion a few days ago about role-playing games. This is a fairly regular occurrence seeing how Jeroen’s favourite games to play whilst I am out […]
#626 Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
Posted: 18th July 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, DS, nintendo, puzzle, Strategy
163rd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo We have been focusing a lot on arcade shoot ’em ups lately. Due to this we have really fallen behind on handheld games for the sheer reason that… well I don’t really know why to be perfectly honest […]
#297 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Posted: 14th July 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, Blizzard Entertainment, pc, Strategy
162nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment While the Warcraft universe is mostly known these days for its MMORPG World of Warcraft, the series originated as a strategy game, putting the Orcs versus the Humans (as the subtitle of Warcraft 1 said). The first […]