29th game played so far Genre: Platformer Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Whilst Goldeneye 007 may be Rare’s most famous and highly rated game I think it is fair to say that Banjo-Kazooie may be the epitome of what makes a Rare game. It’s cute cartoon visuals and wide […]
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#364 Banjo-Kazooie
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, nintendo 64, platformer, rare
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#416 Planescape: Torment
Posted: 11th February 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, black isle studios, pc, RPG
28th game played so far Genre: RPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Black Isle Studios Publisher: Interplay Entertainment Vigilant readers of this blog may have realised that the last six games that we covered were all exclusively found on a Nintendo-made console. As you can probably guess we both felt the need for […]
#305 Mario Kart 64
Posted: 8th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, Mario, nintendo, nintendo 64, racing
27th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo As we know, Mario loves his racing, and he loves racing with his friends. After doing so for the first time on the SNES, he returns on the Nintendo 64 with full 3D tracks, more options and […]
#326 Super Mario 64
Posted: 5th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, nintendo, nintendo 64, platformer
26th game played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Heads. I won. It’s time for a little bit of Super Mario 64. Yeah, and I don’t mind. The first real Mario 3D game. The game that moved it from a 2D platformer to a 3D action […]
#345 Goldeneye 007
Posted: 2nd February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1997, first person shooter, nintendo 64, rare
25th game played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release:1997 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo The latest in a long line of classics (thanks again Kat) that are covering in this blog. Goldeneye 007 is the first of a rather select few of movie tie-in games that we will be featuring […]
#374 F-Zero X
Posted: 30th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, nintendo, nintendo 64, racing
24th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo The best way to explain this game is as a fast futuristic racer where you need to be careful not to crash and burn, or fall down from the road. In other words, a faster, deadlier Mario […]
#352 Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars
Posted: 27th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1997, nintendo, nintendo 64, shoot 'em up
23rd game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo DO A BARREL ROLL! *cough* Ahem. Sorry but the temptation was overwhelming. As I previously blogged on here we received a bumper crop of game from my good friend Kat (HI KAT!!!) so we are […]
#942 Little King’s Story
Posted: 24th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, Cing, RPG, Strategy, wii
22nd game played so far Genre: Strategy/RPG Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Cing Publisher:ย JP/NA: Marvelous Entertainment, EU: Rising Star Games Following a rat through a hole, you end up in a magical kingdom where you are the king of the only kingdom in the world. Then it turns out there’s about eight […]
#657 Lego Star Wars
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, action, adventure, game boy advance, gamecube, pc, playstation 2, traveller's tales, xbox
21st game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Eidos Interactive/LucasArts It’s the game that came as a result of the accumulated wishes of every lonely child the union between the genius Lego toys with the now legendary Star Wars (the original trilogy… since the prequel trilogy […]
#818 Mario Kart Wii
Posted: 18th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, Mario, nintendo, racing, wii
20th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Earlier we kinda made a pledge that if there was a series then we would cover them from the first game on the 1001 list… we may not have mentioned it on here but such a promise was […]