387th played so farGenre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 2009 Developer: EA Canada/HB Studios/Sumo Digital/Exient Entertainment Publisher: EA Sports 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 decided to still play […]
Posts Tagged ‘Various’
#926 FIFA 2010
Posted: 14th December 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, ea canada, ea sports, exient entertainment, hb studios, sports, sumo digital, Various
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#246 UFO: Enemy Unknown
Posted: 31st October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, microprose, mythos games, Strategy, Various
375th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Mythos Games/Microprose Publisher: Microprose Another ‘ancient memory’ game for me – like The Legend of Zelda a few days ago, another game where I remember playing with a friend, mostly looking over their shoulder as they proved superior with it. Recently remade […]
#726 OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Posted: 15th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, racing, sega, sumo digital, Various
371st played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Sumo Digital Publisher: SEGA We really need to play more racing games. We enjoy the more ‘manic’ ones like Mario Kart, but have less of an affinity for more realistic games. Sort of enjoyable when we get into them, but not something […]
#174 Prince of Persia
Posted: 11th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, broderbund, platform, Various
370th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Broderbund Publisher: Broderbund Prince of Persia is a familiar title. I remember playing it on our old PC, back in the days, for some time unable to play it properly as the shift-key on the keyboard didn’t work – some cheating was […]
#727 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Posted: 7th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, stealth, ubisoft, ubisoft shanghai, Various
369th played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Ubisoft Shanghai Publisher: Ubisoft When we think of stealth games the first thing that comes across out mind is Metal Gear Solid and the fact that very early in our blog we managed to cover five of them in pretty quick succession. […]
#51 Chuckie Egg
Posted: 3rd October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, a&f software, platform, Various
368th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: A&F Software Publisher: A&F Software Chuckie Egg, although not actually related, looks similar to Manic Miner, the predecessor of the not-that-interesting Bounty Bob Strikes Back. The point here appears to be to collect eggs instead of walking over floors and collect eggs. […]
#102 Tetris
Posted: 21st September 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, alexej pajitnov, puzzle, Various
365th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Alexej Pajitnov Publisher: Various We’ve held off for quite a while, but it’s time. We’ve played Tetris often enough that we should be familiar enough to write this. Tetris is the single best-selling game in the world, with 143 million games sold […]
#178 The Secret of Monkey Island
Posted: 20th August 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, adventure, lucasarts, lucasfilm games, Various
357th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Lucasfilm Games Publisher: LucasArts Woo! Monkey Island! Maniac Mansion, our last Lucasarts game, wasn’t as much of a success, but I love Monkey Island and have fond memories of the swordfighting in this game being quoted at each other in school (it […]
#622 Spider-Man 2
Posted: 8th August 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, action, activision, treyarch, Various
354th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision This is a game I’ve been looking forward to playing for quite a while. When playing and discussing Prototype and Infamous, their free running mechanics came up and Spider-Man 2 was a game Peter often cited as the original […]