504th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Visceral Games Publisher: Electronic Arts I remember enjoying Dead Space. It’s not a favourite, the genres the game consists of made sure of that, but it managed to strike the right balance of scares, tension and proper action. With […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#906 Dead Space: Extraction
Posted: 17th April 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, electronic arts, shoot 'em up, survival horror, visceral games, wii
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#36 Choplifter
Posted: 24th March 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, broderbund, dan gorlin, shoot 'em up, Various
498th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Dan Gorlin Publisher:ย Broderbund It seems to have been a while since we last did a game in order and it felt like a good idea to put one in. We are, of course, still behind on Shoot ‘Em Ups, […]
#588 Gradius V
Posted: 28th January 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, konami, playstation 2, shoot 'em up, Treasure
484th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Konami Today we revisit the Gradius universe, a pretty enjoyable shooter that supposedly helped create a weapon bar and other refinements – mostly decent fun really. The fifth sequel (apparently the best of the series) is quite […]
#441 Crimson Skies
Posted: 20th January 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, flight simulator, microsoft game studios, pc, shoot 'em up, zipper interactive
482nd played so far Genre: Flight Simulator/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Zipper Interactive Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios For my birthday I got a proper, fully featured joystick, one of those gaming implements I still needed. Being a busy bee, however, I haven’t really had a chance to actually play a […]
#780 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Posted: 11th December 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, action, high impact games, playstation 2, psp, shoot 'em up, sony computer entertainment
472nd played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PSP/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: High Impact Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Back to Ratchet & Clank! A latecomer to the 3D animal platformers, it stood out as a very good example on it, with a bigger focus on collecting things and upgrading weapons […]
#442 Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Posted: 15th November 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, interplay entertainment, pc, planet moon studios, shoot 'em up, Strategy
466th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Planet Moon Studios Publisher: Interplay Entertainment A game combining strategy and shoot ’em up strategies sounds like it could be pretty fun – although it might not be high up on my list now, Magic Carpet 2 was pretty enjoyable. […]
#110 Salamander
Posted: 30th October 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, arcade, konami, shoot 'em up
462nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami With some games, it feels like there is not much we can add as an introduction. Salamander looks like one of those shoot ’em ups we’ve seen plenty of – horizontal scrolling, you control a ship that […]
#689 ArmA: Armed Assault
Posted: 22nd July 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, 505 games, atari games, bohemia interatcive, pc, shoot 'em up, Strategy
442nd played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Bohemia Interactive Publisher: 505 Games/Atari Games There are a lot of army-based shooters out there – Call of Duty has, depending on your perspective, either a lot to answer for or set a good example. As we might have intimated, […]
#860 Rez HD
Posted: 18th July 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, music, q entertainment, sega, shoot 'em up, united game artists, xbox 360
441st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up/Music Platform: XB0x 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: United Game Artists/Q Entertainment Publisher: Sega Rez is a rail shooter set in a computer, your enemy an AI that has gone crazy because of information overload. You need to hack it, by going inside and playing a rail […]
#70 Elite
Posted: 12th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, acornsoft, david braben, ian bell, shoot 'em up, Strategy, Various
432nd played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: David Braben and Ian Bell Publisher: Acornsoft This isn’t actually the first time Elite has popped up for us to play on the blog – we tried to do so before, but got stuck and felt we needed a manual. […]