49th game played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Universal Publisher: Taito Now, as one of the last in our quest to play little known, obscure games not on the list, we’re going to cover our first ‘Maze’ game, an old variant of Dig Dug where you go around as […]
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48th game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Upon the game’s release Pang (try not to confuse this with Pong) was critically lauded and received numerous ports across all the major consoles of the day. It was lauded for its addictive nature, bright presentation […]
#757 Desktop Tower Defense
Posted: 18th April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, internet, Strategy
47th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Paul Preece Publisher: Kongregate Desktop Tower Defense is a tower defense strategy game with a focus on ‘mazing’ the enemies – forcing their path to change based on the towers you build. The ‘desktop’ in the title isn’t referring to where […]
#673 The Movies
Posted: 14th April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, lionhead, management simulation, pc
46th game played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Activision Despite being quite a profitable genre of gaming it is surprising to note that that in the course of this blog we will only be covering ten titles. Very few games have allowed the player to […]
#49 Archon
Posted: 10th April 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, atari, electronic arts, fighting, free fall associates, Strategy, Various
45th game played so far Genre: Fighting/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Free Fall Associates Take chess. Add an extra row to the board, with a few more pieces. Change the looks of them, to divide them visually and give them seperate abilities. Have pieces battle each other instead of automatically capturing others. […]
#295 The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
Posted: 6th April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1995, brøderbund, edutainment, pc
44th game played so far Genre: Edutainment Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Brøderbund Software Publisher: Brøderbund Software Everyone has their own story when it comes to learning software. I was mostly brought up on Mindmaze in Encarta as well as the games present in Dorling Kindersley titles. For example I played a version […]
#605 Second Sight
Posted: 2nd April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2004, action, free radical, gamecube, pc, playstation 2, xbox
43rd game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Gamecube/PC/Playstation 2/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Free Radical Designs Publisher: Codemasters Can you quite believe that we have covered a game from every year in the last 15 years with the exception of 2004? It’s a bit of a strange oversight to be honest so I […]
#447 Final Fantasy IX
Posted: 29th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2000, playstation, RPG, square
42nd game played so far Genre: Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Square Publisher: Square So here we are, part three of our Final Fantasy playthrough trilogy from games donated earlier. After Final Fantasy VII, the adventures of disjointed steampunky Cloud, and Final Fantasy VIII, or Final Fantasy in a […]
#391 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Posted: 25th March 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, action, adventure, nintendo, nintendo 64, zelda
41st game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Upon it’s release The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was dubbed by the gaming industry as the greatest computer game ever made. It was one of those gaming landmarks that only comes around one or two […]
40th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Jimmi Heiserman and Brad Kayal For whatever reason we have been doing less games per week so it’s time for us to deal with a game available online which has a short completion time. We will also be increasing the gaps […]