263rd played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Avalanche Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive Some games seem to just pigeon hole themselves. An action sandbox game like Saints Row 2 (because, well, we’ve not yet played the original big name in the genre, GTA3 and beyond, yet), set on […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#715 Just Cause
Posted: 18th August 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, avalanche studios, eidos interactive, shoot 'em up, Various
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#153 Forgotten Worlds
Posted: 2nd August 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, arcade, capcom, shoot 'em up
259th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom When playing the most recent three games (we spent a Sunday afternoon catching up with some smaller games), we somehow managed to play through a chronological progression of shoot ’em ups. Both Gorf and Juno First were […]
#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 […]
#31 Gorf
Posted: 25th July 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, dave nutting associates, midway, shoot 'em up
257th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Dave Nutting Associates Publisher: Midway When starting on some of these older games, it’s quite humbling to see what they brought to the field.ย Gorf, for example, was the first to have synthesised speech – the first with voice acting, […]
#700 Earth Defense Force 2017
Posted: 13th July 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, 3d publisher, sandlot, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
254th played so far Genre: Shoot-Em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Sandlot Publisher: 3D Publisher Some games just don’t have things going for them. If it wasn’t for the book, Earth Defense Force 2017 would be a game I skipped. It sounds and feels cheap – the title alone is fairly […]
#839 Left 4 Dead
Posted: 15th June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, pc, shoot 'em up, survival horror, turtle rock studios, valve corporation, xbox 360
247th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Turtle Rock Studios Publisher: Valve Corporation A while ago, when talking about Alone in the Dark, we discussed how all survival horrors had their own second genre. We quoted that game as an adventure, Dead Rising as an […]
#517 Panzer Dragoon Orta
Posted: 22nd May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, sega, shoot 'em up, smilebit, xbox
241th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Would you believe this game is made by the same developers as the previous Jet Set Radio Future? Even odder, they’re also responsible for the upcoming, even other edutainment/survival horror Typing of the Dead. Even more depressing […]
#124 Thrust
Posted: 6th May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, jeremy smith, shoot 'em up, superior software, Various
237th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Jeremy Smith Publisher: Superior Software Now for a return to old style gaming. Games have for a long time tried to mix realism into their gameplay. Early on, Asteroids introduced inertia and related space flight to the games, and Lunar […]
236th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco There is a big argument for doing games in strictly chronological order, that way we can see exactly who did what first and who influenced whom. Xevious is the earliest example of a vertical shooting game that […]
#868 Space Invaders Extreme
Posted: 27th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, action, DS, psp, shoot 'em up, square enix, taito, xbox 360
227th played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: DS/PSP/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Taito Publisher: Square Enix Everyone knows Space Invaders, right? It’s a classic, its aliens even adorning the cover of our book. It’s a game that everyone knows and one of the first people will think of when they think […]