127th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1976 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Games really do not get much older than this (with the exception of the earlier covered game Pong and the first actual game on the list). I would like the reason we chose to do this game to be […]
Posts Tagged ‘Various’
#119 Defender of the Crown
Posted: 10th January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, Kellyn Beck, Strategy, Various
114th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Kellyn Beck Publisher: Cinemaware Here’s a bit of a blast from the past for me. You see, Defender of the Crown is one of those games I played lots on the NES (borrowing it several times) and one of the games I […]
#77 Knight Lore
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, Ultimate Play the Game, Various
111th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Ultimate Play the Game Publisher: Ultimate Play the Game And so we dive once again into the sea of old games, this time pulling out Knight Lore, one of the hallmark games by Ultimate Play the Game, the predecessor of Rare games, […]
#20 Zork I
Posted: 11th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1980, adventure, Infocom, Various
99th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Infocom Publisher: Personal Software Much like how The Mighty Boosh promises to take you on a journey through time and space it is time for us at Pong and Beyond to drag you kicking and screaming back to a time when adventure […]
#450 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
Posted: 8th August 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, activision, Neversoft, sports, Various
75th game played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Although I suppose it might have vaguely resembled my former social groups, neither of us have been into skating, really. At all. It just never appealed to me. I prefered doing things where I didn’t have to worry […]
#676 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Posted: 27th July 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2005, stealth, ubisoft, Various
72nd game played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: Oh so many Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Just as soon as we had taken off our infra-red specs it is time for another stealth game to have its credentials checked out by us at Pong and Beyond. When it comes to the Splinter […]
#232 Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
Posted: 24th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1992, capcom, fighting, street fighter, Various
56th game played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Some game franchises have so many entries in this list that to not include one of them in the first 100 games would end up with a mad dash to the finish line. Granted we have already covered […]
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 […]
#49 Archon
Posted: 10th April 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, atari, electronic arts, fighting, free fall associates, Strategy, Various
45th game played so far Genre: Fighting/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Free Fall Associates Take chess. Add an extra row to the board, with a few more pieces. Change the looks of them, to divide them visually and give them seperate abilities.ย Have pieces battle each other instead of automatically capturing others.ย […]
#95 Little Computer People
Posted: 16th December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, activision, life simulation, Various
9th game played so far Genre: Life Simulation Platform: Various ones Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision Did you know there are little people living in your computer? Well, there are, and in this Tamagotchi-like fishbowl game, you can see one of them going through his daily routine. Yes, a guy and his […]