Archive for February, 2018

#69 Bomb Jack

Posted: 27th February 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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674th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Tehkan Publisher: Tehkan Here’s a simple one – again one of the oldest games on the list. The screenshots look a bit like Pang, but clearly you’re moving around what feels like a superhero rip off – Astro Boy with a Bat […]

#682 Armadillo Run

Posted: 23rd February 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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673rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Peter Stock When I was younger, I remember being into The Incredible Machine (a future game) and its more child friendly The Incredible Toon Machine. The build something and solve a puzzle genre never really was a big one, but it was […]

672nd played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment On our first outing in the Uncharted series, we had a good time exploring some great venues, but had some issues with the shooting in the game. We felt strengthened hearing it would […]

#820 Burnout Paradise

Posted: 15th February 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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671st played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Playstation 3/Xbox 360/PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Criterion Games Publisher: Electronic Arts I mostly remember Burnout 2 as a chaotic racer whose big selling point was a big crashing mode that felt especially exciting and plainly fun to play. The racing was supposed to be its focus […]

#169 Final Fight

Posted: 11th February 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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670th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Final Fight is not a one-on-one fighter (as I thought for some time) – instead it’s another beat ’em up like Double Dragon. I guess it’s just one to experience. Our Thoughts This mostly felt like a pretty straight […]

#986 NBA 2K10

Posted: 7th February 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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669th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: 2K Sports I’ll be honest, I feel like a lot of these sports games are ones I have to cover – the yearly entry of the time was put on the list as the best representative of football, hockey, […]

#578 Half-Life 2

Posted: 3rd February 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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668th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Valve Corporation Publisher: Valve Corporation The Half-Life series is one of the big ones that revolutionised story telling in games and really pushed the FPS genre forward. We noticed this when playing the first game already and I know it’s been […]