95th game played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: 3D Realms Publisher: Rockstar Games Now for another game chosen in part because of our memories of it. In this case, seeing friends play this game a lot, while I was intrigued with the gameplay, options and style. I’ve […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#475 Max Payne
Posted: 26th October 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, 3D Realms, pc, playstation 2, rockstar, shoot 'em up
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#275 Super Metroid
Posted: 22nd October 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, intelligent systems, metroid, nintendo, platform, shoot 'em up, SNES
94th game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 1 Publisher: Nintendo One criticism that has been levied at our blog is that when we review classic games (such as Paradroid and Earthworm Jim) we tend to look at games through modern eyes. Whilst […]
#264 Tempest 2000
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, atari, atari jaguar, shoot 'em up
88th game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Atari Jaguar Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Ah the early nineties. It was a simpler time with aย recession, no iPods, John Major was the Prime Minister and game titles contained multiples of 1000 in order to look futuristic. Tempest 2000 is […]
#337 DoDonPachi
Posted: 21st September 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, arcade, cave, playstation, saturn, shoot 'em up
86th game played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade/Saturn/Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Cave Publisher: Atlus Right, here’s the thing. We are incredibly behind in our coverage of shoot ’em ups. This marks the fifth game out of over 150… so we are really REALLY behind. DoDonPachi stands as the first game […]
#261 Earthworm Jim
Posted: 13th June 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, mega drive, platform, Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Shiny Entertainment, shoot 'em up, Virgin Interactive
61st game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Shiny Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment/Virgin Interactive Despite how big it must have been in some points, Earthworm Jim seems to have only slightly hit my life, bypassing me most of the time.ย There was a cartoon series […]
#253 Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Posted: 12th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1993, lucasarts, mega drive, shoot 'em up, SNES
53rd game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: SNES, Mega Drive Year of Release: 1993 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: Konami And here’s the second of our zombie-themed game week of sorts. Zombies Ate My Neighbors, known as just ‘Zombie’ in certain more squeamish places. The premise is simple – there is a zombie invasion […]
48th game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Upon the gameโs release Pang (try not to confuse this with Pong) was critically lauded and received numerous ports across all the major consoles of the day. It was lauded for its addictive nature, bright presentation […]
#352 Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars
Posted: 27th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1997, nintendo, nintendo 64, shoot 'em up
23rd game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo DO A BARREL ROLL! *cough* Ahem. Sorry but the temptation was overwhelming. As I previously blogged on here we received a bumper crop of game from my good friend Kat (HI KAT!!!) so we are […]