136th played so far Genre: Stealth/Action Platform: PlayStation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Kojima Productions Publisher: Konami The Metal Gear Solid series has never been a favourite of ours, whether it’s the first, second or third game, or a rather disappointing remake. There’s been a few that were better than others, with an increase […]
Posts Tagged ‘action’
#773 Pain
Posted: 6th March 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, action, idol minds, playstation 3
128th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Idol Minds Publisher: Sony As we have seen in recent years there has been a move towards downloading smaller, cheaper games on the likes of PSN, WiiWare and XBLA. The list also reflects this with a sizable number of entries between […]
127th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1976 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Games really do not get much older than this (with the exception of the earlier covered game Pong and the first actual game on the list). I would like the reason we chose to do this game to be […]
#635 Drill Dozer
Posted: 27th February 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, action, game boy advance, game freak
126th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Game Boy Advance Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Game Freak Publisher: Nintendo Whilst there are many things that we love about this list there are also a large number of obstacles and annoyances along the way. Today’s game, Drill Dozer (designed by Pokรฉmon’s Ken Sugimori), is the first […]
#947 One-Dot Enemies
Posted: 18th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, action, iphone, kenji eno
116th played so far Genre: Action Platform: iPhone Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Kenji Eno Publisher: Studio-Kura Today is going to be a bit of a short one since, with the exception of Little Computer People, this has very little for us to cover. Sorry if this seems lazy but… here’s One-Dot Enemies. Our Thoughts […]
#482 Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Posted: 2nd January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, action, capcom, playstation 2
112th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom ย So from one knight to another. Today we’re discussing Maximo, a guy who went out on a quest, came back, found his kingdom taken over by an evil chancellor, his princess kidnapped, and tries to get all of […]
#77 Knight Lore
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, Ultimate Play the Game, Various
111th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Ultimate Play the Game Publisher: Ultimate Play the Game And so we dive once again into the sea of old games, this time pulling out Knight Lore, one of the hallmark games by Ultimate Play the Game, the predecessor of Rare games, […]
#319 Tomb Raider
Posted: 25th December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, action, core design, pc, playstation, saturn, tomb raider
110th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/Playstation/Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Core Design Publisher: Eidos Interactive Merry Christmas sports fans Pong and Beyond readers! No, we are not doing a write-up on Christmas Day as we have been busy with presents, dinner and I have been personally been busy thinking of ways […]
#597 Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Posted: 27th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2004, action, gamecube, konami, silicon knights
103rd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Silicon Knights, Konami Publisher: Konami In the course of this blog we always enjoy debating whether or not a particular game belongs on the list but we were in complete agreement about this one: a resounding no. We are so adament about […]
#762 God of War II
Posted: 23rd November 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, action, adventure, playstation 2, SCE Studios
102nd played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: SCE Studios Santa Monica Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Sometimes, thanks to the order in which we obtain these games, we have to play them out of order in a series. We’ve seen it before with games like Super Mario 64, where […]