158th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1979 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco So here we go – game one of what I’ve unofficially dubbed our weekend of shoot ’em ups. We’ve got lots of them to do for the blog, and many are fairly quick and straight forward, so […]
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154th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Atari ST/Mac Year of Release: 1987 Developer: FTL Publisher: FTL Now then, back to simpler times. Oids is not one of the oldest games, but we are now going back to the Atari days (a platform we hadn’t touched yet). There’s not much to it – […]
#268 Point Blank, #317 Time Crisis, #451 Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
Posted: 5th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, 1996, 2000, arcade, konami, namco, playstation, shoot 'em up
So yeah, as you can see we’re doing three games in one post – three arcade shoot ’em ups, in fact. Please allow me to explain. Today (as I’m writing this, that is), we were out in London for a private celebration and, having some time to spare, Peter suggested we’d visit the London Trocadero. […]
#238 Gunstar Heroes
Posted: 23rd April 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, mega drive, sega, shoot 'em up, Treasure
140th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega Some of the games we play are ones that we’re playing because they’re on the list, not for any affinity or initial interest. I’ll be honest – Gunstar Heroes started off as one of those. It’s […]
#6 Space Invaders
Posted: 23rd February 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1978, arcade, shoot 'em up, taito
125th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade (and then everywhere) Year of Release: 1978 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Just as we reach our one in eight games point (awesome!), we thought about doing a proper classic. And as far as imagery go, you can’t get much more classic than Space Invaders and […]
#54 Mad Planets
Posted: 7th February 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1983, arcade, gottlieb, shoot 'em up
121st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Gottlieb Publisher: Gottlieb Have you ever watched or heard something and thought that it would make for a fantastic computer game? I know I have. Too many times to be completely honest. (If a developer ever reads this please make […]
#864 Saints Row 2
Posted: 22nd January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, adventure, pc, playstation 3, shoot 'em up, thq, volition inc, xbox 360
117th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/PS3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Volition, Inc. Publisher: THQ Right, although this is really Peter’s pick for a game, I’m writing the intro. Now that means I don’t know as much of the game as he would, beyond what I’ve seen while playing. The […]
#571 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Posted: 9th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, 3D Realms, Max Payne, pc, playstation 2, Remedy Entertainment, rockstar, shoot 'em up, xbox
106th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/PS2/XBox Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Vienna Publisher: 3D Realms In the previous installment of this series, we learned that Max Payne became an undercover agent, was accused of a murder he didn’t commit (although in the course of the game, he […]
#686 Gears of War
Posted: 5th December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2006, epic games, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
105th played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft I know not how interested anyone is in our personal gaming histories… but this is a gaming blog so to hell with that I’ll divulge the personal information. The choice between 360 and Wii was […]
#656 Killer7
Posted: 7th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, adventure, capcom, gamecube, Grasshopper Manufacture, playstation 2, shoot 'em up
98th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Gamecube/PS2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Capcom Suda51 is one messed up dude. Yes, with three years of a psychology degree I have come to this conclusionย that this huge figure in gaming probably has a screw loose somewhere in the depths of […]