59th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Trust me, it’s a wonder we got this out there. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is, in brief, Civilization… in space! What it does, though, aside from changing the graphics, technologies, units and texts to be more […]
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#366 Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
Posted: 5th June 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, electronic arts, Firaxis Games, pc, Strategy
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#702 Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Posted: 1st June 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2006, rockstar, sports, wii, xbox 360
58th game played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360, Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Rockstar San Diego Publisher: Rockstar Games If ever there was a game that could be inspired by an AIR song it would be this one. Yes ‘Kelly Watch The Stars‘ is not exactly the sort of song you would […]
#100 Paradroid
Posted: 28th May 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, action, andrew braybrook, commodore 64
57th game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Commodore 64 Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Andrew Braybrook Publisher: Hewson Consultants The most roundly numbered game we’ve covered so far, Paradroid is an old action game that makes you hack robots and fight your way around. Blow up the ship by shooting other droids and taking […]
#232 Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
Posted: 24th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1992, capcom, fighting, street fighter, Various
56th game played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Some game franchises have so many entries in this list that to not include one of them in the first 100 games would end up with a mad dash to the finish line. Granted we have already covered […]
#956 Prototype
Posted: 20th May 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, action, adventure, pc, playstation 3, radical entertainment, xbox 360
55th game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Xbox 360/PS3/PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Activision If you ask us officially, we’d say that the enemies of this game are sort of zombie-like, fitting our current games theme (and we promise this is the last, as we’re already pushing it quite far […]
#693 Dead Rising
Posted: 16th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2006, action, capcom, survival horror, xbox 360
54th game played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Action Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Back in late 2006 I had a choice to make. For Christmas I had the choice of getting either an Xbox 360 or a Wii… hard right? Having to make a choice about what conosle to […]
#253 Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Posted: 12th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1993, lucasarts, mega drive, shoot 'em up, SNES
53rd game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: SNES, Mega Drive Year of Release: 1993 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: Konami And here’s the second of our zombie-themed game week of sorts. Zombies Ate My Neighbors, known as just ‘Zombie’ in certain more squeamish places. The premise is simple – there is a zombie invasion […]
#955 Plants vs. Zombies
Posted: 8th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, pc, popcap, Strategy
52nd game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: PopCap Games Publisher: PopCap Games It is time yet again for us to step into the realm of strategy games. Seeing how over 11% of games on the list fall into this genre it is a path we need to tread […]
#214 Micro Machines
Posted: 4th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1991, codemasters, driving, NES, racing
51st game played so far Genre: Racing/Driving Platform: NES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Camerica After the marathon that was Baldur’s Gate II it’s time for a quick race to the finish (no pun intended). Based on the very successful Micro Machine toys this game started a very lucrative series where the first […]
50th game played so far! Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Bioware Publisher: Interplay Entertainment Here we go then, possibly my favourite game (at least at the moment) – Baldur’s Gate II. BALDUR’S GATE II. As it says, it’s a sequel to the first game, which actually took place in Baldur’s Gate. […]