711th played so far Genre: Platform/Puzzle Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: WayForward Technologies Publisher: Majesco Entertainment I’ve seen A Boy and His Blob before, as a NES time attack video. I got the basic idea, feeding this blob jellybeans that made it transform, but the full gameplay always stayed vague. I knew I […]
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#989 A Boy and His Blob
Posted: 25th July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, majesco entertainment, platform, puzzle, wayforward technologies, wii
#634 Chibi-Robo
Posted: 7th June 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, adventure, gamecube, platform, skip.nintendo
699th played so far Genre: Adventure/Platform Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Skip Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo So there are a few action/adventure-like games left that feature you playing as a robot – aside from this, we’ve yet to play Rocket: Robot on Wheels, and I believe Space Station Silicon Valley is another. It means […]
#541 Wario World
Posted: 18th May 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, action, gamecube, nintendo, platform, Treasure
694th played so far Genre: Action/Platform Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Nintendo Wario is a bit of an odd one, isn’t he? Starting off as a villain, he took over platforming duties on the handhelds in his Wario Land series (until that went back to Mario again) when he moved to […]
#639 Yoshi: Touch & Go
Posted: 24th April 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, DS, nintendo, platform, puzzle
688th played so far Genre: Platform/Puzzle Platform: DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo From the different Mario spin offs, the Yoshi series feels like the most enduring, but also the one drawing most on Mario’s past, using enemies and really just being story prequels with a different protagonist. At the same time, […]
674th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Tehkan Publisher: Tehkan Here’s a simple one – again one of the oldest games on the list. The screenshots look a bit like Pang, but clearly you’re moving around what feels like a superhero rip off – Astro Boy with a Bat […]
#741 Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Posted: 19th November 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, capcom, fighting, platform, psp, tose
649th played so far Genre: Platform/Fighting Platform: PSP Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Tose Publisher: Capcom I’ve not done the best at Ghosts ‘n Goblins or Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, two arcade platformers that, by virtue of being arcade games, are pretty difficult. By 2006, however, arcades are no longer the primary way of playing games […]
#62 Manic Miner
Posted: 24th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, bug-byte, matthew smith, platform, software projects, Various
635th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Matthew Smith Publisher: Bug-Byte/Software Projects Our next game is another early platformer. This one is inspired by Miner 2049er and will lead to future game Jet Set Willy. It’s an early platformer which looks fairly basic – so yeah, this time I […]
#61 Lode Runner
Posted: 22nd July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, ariolasoft, broderbund, doug smith, platform, Various
619th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Doug Smith Publisher: Broderbund/Ariolasoft I’m not going to claim any great affinity with Lode Runner, but I remember playing a version of this at some point and becoming obsessed for a bit with its large number of levels and built-in level designer. […]
#827 De Blob
Posted: 6th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, blue tongue entertainment, platform, puzzle, thq, wii
615th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Blue Tongue Entertainment Publisher: THQ I’ve been keeping an eye on De Blob since, I believe, just before the start of this blog, as an interesting game that seemed so different from everything else. Not to mention that the original version of […]