484th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Konami Today we revisit the Gradius universe, a pretty enjoyable shooter that supposedly helped create a weapon bar and other refinements – mostly decent fun really. The fifth sequel (apparently the best of the series) is quite […]
Posts Tagged ‘konami’
#588 Gradius V
Posted: 28th January 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, konami, playstation 2, shoot 'em up, Treasure
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483rd played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Sports games have been around for a while, and today we’re going to play an early one. Many newer ones don’t necessarily grip us, but it feels like a large part of it is because they become impenetrable if […]
#89 Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Posted: 27th December 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, arcade, fighting, konami
476th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Yie Ar Kung-Fu is described in the book as the archetypical fighting game. I’m sure it is, but I’ve never heard of it. The images make it look fairly standard, so let’s just go. Our Thoughts Boy, did this […]
#110 Salamander
Posted: 30th October 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, arcade, konami, shoot 'em up
462nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami With some games, it feels like there is not much we can add as an introduction. Salamander looks like one of those shoot ’em ups we’ve seen plenty of – horizontal scrolling, you control a ship that […]
#26 Scramble
Posted: 7th May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, konami, leijac, shoot 'em up, stern
423rd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Konami Publisher: Leijac/Stern One of our recurring (though now ultimately futile) discussions is whether we should have started playing these games in order. It’s too late now, but even now we could start doing it, making it easier to get […]
#405 Silent Hill
Posted: 3rd May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, konami, playstation, survival horror
422nd played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami The days are getting longer again and that means that there’s enough light to play more survival horror games – something that would probably fit in the dark, but not when you’re feeling jumpy. Silent Hill started its […]
317th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Our original plan for today was actually to play Salamander, but on further reading we found out that it had a prequel, Gradius (or Nemesis in most non-Japanese arcade versions), and is a part of a longer […]
#554 Pro Evolution Soccer 3
Posted: 9th December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, konami, playstation 2, sports
291st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Football games feel a dime a dozen these days. EA’s Fifa series is (at least on this side of the pond) the landmark of yearly updatesย that fans slavishly buy when a new installment comes out and the […]
#60 Juno First
Posted: 29th July 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, arcade, gottlieb, konami, shoot 'em up
258th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release:1983 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami, Gottlieb Time for a bit more shoot ’em up action today. While I’m hesitant to call playing these games checkbox exercises, when starting out a game like this – a shooter with increased controls – is one we […]
#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 […]