993rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Petri Purho There’s this fun little genre of puzzle games that consists of small Rube Goldberg setups, where you add some bits and pieces to a level to reach your goal – often bringing one thing to another. The Incredible Machine and […]
Archive for August, 2021
#916 Crayon Physics Deluxe
Posted: 30th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, pc, petri purho, puzzle
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#443 Jet Set Radio
Posted: 27th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, action, dreamcast, sega, smilebit
992nd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Back when we played Jet Set Radio Future it really felt like we found an odd piece.ย While we obviously have plenty of other skateboarding games, with Tony Hawk‘s games being great, this game’s graffiti focus in a dystopian […]
#347 Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
Posted: 24th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, lucasarts, pc, shoot 'em up, totally games
991st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Totally Games Publisher: LucasArts While with some other genres, I seem to be ending on a group of games from a sub genre that I don’t make it to the end, as per my discussion on Tactics Ogre a few […]
#324 The House of the Dead 2
Posted: 18th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, arcade, sega, shoot 'em up, wow entertainment
989th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Wow Entertainment Publisher: Sega We’ve had a couple of light gun games left and The House of the Dead 2 is the last one left. We’ve played House of the Dead: Overkill somewhat recently, where we saw that the Wii […]
#690 Company of Heroes
Posted: 15th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, pc, relic entertainment, Strategy, thq
988th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Relic Entertainment Publisher: THQ While we’re not done with RTS games yet, we have reached one other landmark: Company of Heroes is the final WWII game I’m playing for the list. I know that’s not a major step, but as I’ve discussed […]
#458 Thief II: The Metal Age
Posted: 12th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, action, eidos interactive, looking glass studios, pc
987th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Looking Glass Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive I’m always amazed at what games Looking Glass Studios released and how its influence stretches into a lot of modern games and their underlying simulationist tendencies. Aside from the previous Thief game, which set up these […]
#812 Bejeweled Twist
Posted: 9th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, DS, internet, nintendo ds, pc, popcap games, puzzle
986th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC?Internet/Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2008 Developer: PopCap Games Publisher: PopCap Games A decade later, it’s hard not to feel that Bejeweled lost out after Candy Crush Saga created a large list of match three games to fight for everyone’s attention on phones. There have been a lot […]
#549 Hidden & Dangerous 2
Posted: 6th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, gathering of developers, illusion softworks, pc, shoot 'em up
985th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Illusion Softworks Publisher: Gathering of Developers On my quest to slowly round up the duplicate genres that are left, I’m rounding off one of the shoot ’em up list – we’ve still got a bunch of them left and this […]
#770 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Posted: 3rd August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, action, first person shooter, nintendo, retro studios, wii
984th played so far Genre: Action/First-Person Shooter Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Retro Studios/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo I’ve felt a bit ambivalent about Metroid Prime. Not because of the series itself, but because its Wii controls are quite bad and I’m glad that after having a short go at it, I switched to Gamecube […]