99th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Infocom Publisher: Personal Software Much like how The Mighty Boosh promises to take you on a journey through time and space it is time for us at Pong and Beyond to drag you kicking and screaming back to a time when adventure […]
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#20 Zork I
Posted: 11th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1980, adventure, Infocom, Various
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#656 Killer7
Posted: 7th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, adventure, capcom, gamecube, Grasshopper Manufacture, playstation 2, shoot 'em up
98th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Gamecube/PS2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Capcom Suda51 is one messed up dude. Yes, with three years of a psychology degree I have come to this conclusionย that this huge figure in gaming probably has a screw loose somewhere in the depths of […]
#624 World of Warcraft
Posted: 3rd November 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, Blizzard Entertainment, MMORPG, pc, Warcraft
97th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Here it is. The big one. The elephant in the room. That one game everyone in the modern day has heard of. Sure, other games may be more famous. More iconic. But also, to be fair, older. […]
#475 Max Payne
Posted: 26th October 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, 3D Realms, pc, playstation 2, rockstar, shoot 'em up
95th game played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: 3D Realms Publisher: Rockstar Games Now for another game chosen in part because of our memories of it. In this case, seeing friends play this game a lot, while I was intrigued with the gameplay, options and style. I’ve […]
#275 Super Metroid
Posted: 22nd October 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, intelligent systems, metroid, nintendo, platform, shoot 'em up, SNES
94th game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 1 Publisher: Nintendo One criticism that has been levied at our blog is that when we review classic games (such as Paradroid and Earthworm Jim) we tend to look at games through modern eyes. Whilst […]
#754 Flywrench
Posted: 18th October 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, action, mark essen, pc, puzzle
93rd game played so far Genre: Puzzle/Action Platform: PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Mark Essen Publisher: N/A A game so obscure that it doesn’t even have it’s own Wikipedia page? Well I never thought we would actually get this with a list game but here we are with Flywrench, an indie puzzle/action game that […]
#476 Halo: Combat Evolved
Posted: 14th October 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2001, bungie, first person shooter, halo, xbox
92nd game played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft We DID warn you in our post for Call of Duty 2 that it would be time for a little bit of Halo (yes purists we are only calling it thus instead of the more longwinded, yet […]
#630 Call of Duty 2
Posted: 10th October 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, call of duty, first person shooter, infinity ward, pc, xbox 360
91st game played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Infinity Ward Publisher: Activision Whenever you launch a new console you really need that killer app to make sure you can tie in gamers early. Like how the original Xbox had Halo, which we will be covering very soon, […]
#245 Sam and Max Hit the Road
Posted: 6th October 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, adventure, lucasarts, pc, Sam and Max
90th game played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1993 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts Take a smart-alec talking dog. Add a homicidial rabbit. Have them solve crime – preferably as violently and destructive as possible. Add to that plenty of (at times crude) humour, and you get Sam & Max. Starting off […]