939th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 2003 Developer: IO Interactive Publisher: Electronic Arts Somehow I seem to have left all my IO Interactive games until the end – I played both Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman: Blood Money pretty recently. I mean, on an 11 year schedule […]
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#542 Freedom Fighters
Posted: 19th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, electronic arts, io interactive, shoot 'em up, Various
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#271 Samurai Shodown II
Posted: 15th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, arcade, fighting, neo geo, SNK
938th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade/Neo Geo Year of Release: 1994 Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK We’ve covered a number of SNK fighters at this point, including The King of Fighters, Fatal Fury and even card game ‘adaptation’ SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters Clash. Samurai Shodown II (sic) is another, a series that based […]
#663 Project Gotham Racing 3
Posted: 11th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, bizarre creations, microsoft game studios, racing, xbox 360
937th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Bizarre Creations Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios It feels like Microsoft has had the lead in racing games for the past fifteen years, if not more. We’ve played a few Forza games, which are Xbox or Microsoft platform exclusive, and the Project […]
#150 Sid Meier’s Pirates
Posted: 8th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, action, adventure, microprose, Various
936th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse Sid Meier is of course most known for the Civilization series that bears his name, although even from Civilization II he has not been the lead designer on the game, seemingly spending as much time exploring other game ideas […]
#469 Frequency
Posted: 4th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, harmonix, music, playstation 2, sony computer entertainment
935th played so far Genre: Music Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment I think I can safely say that I’ve explored Harmonix’ library in reverse – first the Rock Band franchise, then early Guitar Hero, recently Amplitude and now it’s time for their very first game. I’ve seen how […]
#360 Interstate ’76
Posted: 28th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, activision, driving, shoot 'em up
934th played so far Genre: Driving/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision That’s right – it’s taking until the last 100 on the list to play the only driving/shoot ’em up game on the list. Where other games have been okay to let you shoot while driving sometimes – […]
#612 Puyo Pop Fever
Posted: 24th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, puzzle, sega, sonic team, Various
933rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Oh man, here we’ve got another version of the block dropping puzzle genre. Not to say that they’re bad – the popularity of Tetris is obvious and I’ve enjoyed many other games in the area. It’s just that […]
#520 Shinobi
Posted: 20th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, overworks, playstation 2, sega
932th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Overworks Publisher: Sega We’ve covered a lot of games that made the jump from 2D to 3D – Super Mario 64 is the obvious example, while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time did so around the same time of today’s […]
#184 Out Zone
Posted: 16th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, arcade, romstar, shoot 'em up, tecmo, toaplan
931st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tecmo/Romstar/Toaplan While I admit I’ve never heard of them, it sounds like the main reason Out Zone is on this list is because it is one of the bigger games from its developer, Toaplan, who were apparently a […]
#878 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Posted: 12th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, first person shooter, pc, playstation 3, ubisoft, ubisoft montreal, xbox 360
930th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Xbox 360/Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Another FPS, another Tom Clancy game. I’ve gone into my issues with the series before, like when we covered Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, and recent releases have not made that any better – in […]