582nd played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway My knowledge of basketball is probably summed up best by saying that the podcast Pistol Shrimps Radio actually teaches me things about the game, and that the most exposure I’ve had to it was through the Michael Jordan classic […]
Posts Tagged ‘1993’
#252 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Posted: 3rd January 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, action, adventure, Game Boy, gameboy, nintendo
569th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Game Boy Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Although we had been jumping around the Legend of Zelda canon early in the blog’s life, lately I’ve been trying to get through them in order. Today is the first handheld outing, with one of the stranger stories […]
#236 Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
Posted: 23rd August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, adventure, lucasarts, Various
536th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts I’ll admit, playing Day of the Tentacle today was self-indulgence. The special edition was released a few days earlier and I was really looking forward to experiencing it again. Although technically the sequel to Maniac Mansion, this game took […]
#239 Ecco the Dolpin
Posted: 13th April 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, action, adventure, novotrade international, sega, sega mega drive
503rd played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Sega Mega Drive Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Novotrade International Publisher: SEGA Ecco the Dolphin is a game that has been in my conciousness for some time – at first reading about games I didn’t think I’d ever get a chance to play, when it sounded amazing – […]
#250 The Settlers
Posted: 21st April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, blue byte software, Strategy, Various
419th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Blue Byte Software Publisher: Blue Byte Software Yay, The Settlers! I spent way too much time on the second game in the series (as did several people I know) and had an absolute blast with it, the game being one of those […]
#246 UFO: Enemy Unknown
Posted: 31st October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, microprose, mythos games, Strategy, Various
375th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Mythos Games/Microprose Publisher: Microprose Another ‘ancient memory’ game for me – like The Legend of Zelda a few days ago, another game where I remember playing with a friend, mostly looking over their shoulder as they proved superior with it. Recently remade […]
#237 Doom
Posted: 29th March 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, first person shooter, id software, pc
318th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1993 Developer: id Software Publisher: id Software One nice advantage of playing this blog are the excuses to go back to old games from our childhood, that we hadn’t played for ages, and give us a chance to play it again (I was […]
#244 Syndicate
Posted: 9th October 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, bullfrog productions, electronic arts, shoot 'em up, Strategy, Various
276th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Bullfrog Productions Publisher: Electronic Arts One of the game studios we admire and miss is Bullfrog. They’ve made some games we spent way too much time on. We’ve played Dungeon Keeper for the blog before, are looking forward to Theme […]
253rd played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega In the realm of fighting games, there are two main early entries: Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. The former arose in the late eighties, with the latter coming in in the early nineties. Both started off as traditional 2D […]
#248 Plok
Posted: 30th January 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, activision, nintendo, platform, SNES, software creations, tradewest
213th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Activision/Tradewest/Nintendo Just as nice as the new games we say we find sometimes, are the blasts of the past we get by playing games we haven’t played in decades. Plok is one of these. I never owned it – […]