806th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Stainless Games Publisher: Sales Curve Interactive/Interplay Entertainment Carmageddon is one of those games that felt like a transition to adulthood for me. While we weren’t allowed to play – the violence and indulge in dark humour were too much for our parents […]
Posts Tagged ‘1998’
#369 Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
Posted: 13th August 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, driving, interplay entertainment, pc, sales curve interactive, stainless games
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#382 Street Fighter Alpha 3
Posted: 9th May 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, arcade, capcom, dreamcast, fighting, playstation, playstation 1
782nd played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade/Playstation 1/Dreamcast Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom I’ve played a bunch of Street Fighter games before and, well, I think they’ve been looking better over time. Now while this might seem like another variation of the third game, based on the title, it’s actually part […]
#386 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Posted: 9th January 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, factor 5, lucasarts, pc, shoot 'em up
752nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Factor 5/LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts I had yet to kick off two Star Wars game series. Star Wars: TIE Fighter was still in the previous fifty and it focused on space combat, becoming incredibly accessible compared to other games in the […]
#363 R-Type Delta
Posted: 6th January 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, agetec, irem, playstation 1, shoot 'em up, sony
661st played so far Genre: Shoot-Em Up Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem/Agetec/Sony Today we go back to the world of R-Type, a side-scrolling shooter that is more or less just that. It was decent, incredibly difficult but with really good bosses… assuming you reached them. We’ve now reached the […]
#379 Devil Dice
Posted: 10th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, playstation, puzzle, scei, shift, thq
639th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Shift Publisher: SCEI/THQ A puzzle game based on using dice? Thanks to a bit of a Playstation extravaganza week, we’re going to try and see how that one works. Our Thoughts There are a bunch of ways dice can be used in […]
#390 Thief: The Dark Project
Posted: 10th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, eidos interactive, looking glass studios, pc, stealth
616th played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Looking Glass Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive After System Shock 2, Thief: The Dark Project is another part of the Looking Glass trifecta of important games – the Ultima Underworld series will follow later. All three evolved what 3D games could do, each […]
#371 Body Harvest
Posted: 22nd October 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, action, DMA Design, gremlin interactive, midway home entertainment, nintendo 64
551th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Gremlin Interactive/Midway Home Entertainment Body Harvest has been on our radar for quite some time. The developer above may look familiar to you… Although they are now better known as Rockstar North. And while they might be best […]
#389 Starcraft
Posted: 23rd July 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, Blizzard Entertainment, pc, Strategy
350th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Here we are – another fifty games done! And on my pick, I decided to go for pure indulgence (although it made sense for the stats too). We’ve enjoyed Warcraft II before (I did at least) and […]
#383 Resident Evil 2
Posted: 5th February 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, capcom, survival horror, Various
305th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Various Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom The Resident Evil series is one that keeps haunting us. Not in the spooky scary sense, but in the sense of a series that has several entries in the list, while we’re not the most keen to play […]
#368 Dance Dance Revolution
Posted: 1st December 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, arcade, konami, music
198th played so far Genre: Music Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Okay, so the original Dance Dance Revolution wasn’t exactly released outside of Japan. Instead we in the UK got a game called Dancing Stage. As a kid I had the first home release of a DDR game called Dance […]