548th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Green Beret is a side scrolling platformy beat em up also known as Rush’n Attack. That’s most of what I know about it – it feels like the description blurs together with so many other games like it on […]
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545th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Bally Midway Publisher: Bally Midway I was listening to a podcast yesterday that talked about movies made from video games, and movies made concerning video games (even if they’re not real) and somehow Tron didn’t come up. This is the videogame of […]
#1003 Red Dead Redemption
Posted: 24th September 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, action, adventure, playstation 3, Rockstar Games, rockstar san diego, xbox 360
544th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Rockstar San Diego Publisher: Rockstar Games Even before it appeared on this list, Peter had played this wild west Grand Theft Auto. It won’t be the first Rockstar-penned or -influenced that takes from other sources. Bully went for a similar […]
#531 The Mark of Kri
Posted: 8th September 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, action, adventure, playstation 2, sce san diego studio, sony computer entertainment
540th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: SCE San Diego Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment I’ve been enjoying a number of action/adventures for the blog – the likes of Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted often being amusing (assuming combat is handled well). The Mark of Kri hews a […]
#692 Yakuza 2
Posted: 15th August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, adventure, playstation 2, sega
534th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Going into this, I have seen Yakuza 2 listed as an open world action game – an eastern Grand Theft Auto, like Sleeping Dogs. Perhaps with less of an open world, but a similar mission structure and world […]
#501 Metroid Prime
Posted: 11th August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, first person shooter, gamecube, nintendo, retro studios
533rd played so far Genre: Action/First-Person Shooter Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Retro Studios Publisher: Nintendo The Metroid Prime series is Metroid done as a first-person shooter, an interesting variation on the theme that was experimental at the time. So when we started playing Metroid Prime, we did so using the Wii remastered […]
522th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Moon Patrol is a name that evokes plenty of options. If it was a survival horror, we’d be crawling around tense tunnels. In other shooters we might be running over the surface. When in the 80s, an action arcade […]
#649 Devil May Cry 3
Posted: 24th June 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, action, capcom, fighting, playstation 2
521st played so far Genre: Action/Fighting Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom We’ve covered Devil May Cry before. I remember enjoying it at the time, but having some problems for me when playing. Let’s be honest – I’ll need easy mode here again, I hope I can get it. Our […]
516th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Adam Saltsman Publisher: Adam Saltsman Canabalt is listed as one of the first, and still most influential, endless runners. Available online, as well as having buyable HD editions, it seems to have spread by word of mouth – although I didn’t hear […]
#286 MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
Posted: 31st May 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, action, activision, pc, playstation 1, saturn, Strategy
515th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: PC/Saturn/PlayStation 1 Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision MechWarrior 2 is a game I’ve been eyeing up for quite some time – I owned it even though I didn’t necessarily get around to playing it. It’s not quite my typical game, but I remember the fun […]