429th played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Vid Kidz Publisher: Williams Electronics Sorry, this is not a game based on the now defunct science fiction series Stargate, its predecessor movie or its spin-offs – as our searches reminded us of when we looked the game up every […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#27 Stargate
Posted: 31st May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, shoot 'em up, vid kidz, williams electronics
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#219 Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Posted: 23rd May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, electronic arts, shoot 'em up, Various
427th played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts The weirdness of playing these games is how it shows our gaming options have changed over the years. Shoot Em Ups now feel like they take some effort – they don’t usually hit the right […]
#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 […]
#785 Space Giraffe
Posted: 25th April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, llamasoft, pc, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
420th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360/PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Llamasoft Publisher: Llamasoft Today, from the list of shoot ’em ups that are less than twenty years old (it was time), we play Llamasoft’s Space Giraffe, a Tempest-like game (even if not officially a clone and not too inspired) […]
#23 Galaga
Posted: 1st April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, midway, namco, shoot 'em up
414th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco/Midway So it’s time for another one of our old shoot ’em ups, part of our constant catchup, as well as just going through these games in order. We’ve covered its predecessor in the entertaining Galaxian, and from […]
405th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari There are some games, such as today’s game Centipede, that always stayed a bit nebulous to me. I had seen in come by on floppy disks a long time ago, but don’t recall ever playing it. I’m not […]
384th played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Today’s game is the third shoot ’em up in a row… and the third we’re using to finish some of the earliest games. We wanted to catch up a bit on our stats and knock off some […]
#19 Phoenix
Posted: 28th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1980, amstar, arcade, centuri, shoot 'em up, taito
383rd played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Amstar Publisher: Centuri/Taito Phoenix appears to be another Space Invaders-inspired vertical shooter. Brilliant. More interesting, the name of the game is not because of the connection to mystical birds – at least, not at first. The developers were based in […]
382nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Flashback time! We played the sequel of this game before, as Tempest 2000. Familiarity may occur. Our Thoughts With our other memorable remake, the rather deplorable and (to us) unnecessary Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, we […]
#897 Gravity Crash
Posted: 17th September 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, just add water, playstation 3, playstation portable, shoot 'em up, sony computer entertainment
364th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 3/Playstation Portable Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Just Add Water Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment After the release of the list’s second edition, 20 games were removed, with twelve of them unplayed so far. For completeness and because we wanted to try some of them, we […]