1001th played so far Genre: Interactive Fiction Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Infocom Publisher: Infocom So this is weird. If there had not been a second edition of the book, I would be done now – instead I’m going into overtime. I’m playing the final double digit game – it was the last […]
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#73 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 23rd September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, Infocom, interactive fiction, Various
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#776 Pac-Man Championship Edition
Posted: 20th September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, maze, namco bandai games, xbox 360
1000th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Namco Bandai Games Publisher: Namco Bandai Games We’ve reached quadruple digits! We’re in a great group of landmarks for the list now, where this and the next one will feel monumental but we’ve got another twenty to go after that. To […]
#430 The Typing of the Dead
Posted: 17th September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, action, arcade, dreamcast, edutainment, pc, sega, smilebit, wow entertainment
999th played so far Genre: Action/Edutainment Platform: Arcade/Dreamcast/PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: WOW Entertainment/Smilebit Publisher: Sega The Typing of the Dead was the first game I reserved as a final game without being able to go back on it. We played The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis really early on, then reserved Oregon Trail […]
#729 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Posted: 14th September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, adventure, gamecube, nintendo, nintendo ead, wii
998th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Gamecube/Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo As I’m starting to round up games, it’s time to say goodbye to another major franchise. I’ve always enjoyed the look of The Legend of Zelda series, my experience was always with the original 2D entries, with the […]
#406 Freespace 2
Posted: 8th September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, interplay entertainment, pc, shoot 'em up, volition
996th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Volition Publisher: Interplay Entertainment I covered Descent a little while ago as an odd blast from the past. That game got a couple of sequels until we got Descent: Freespace, which started to take place in an open space rather […]
#795 Supreme Commander
Posted: 5th September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, 505 games, aspyr, gas powered games, pc, Strategy, thq, xbox 360
995th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: THQ/Aspyr/505 Games Ever close to the end, today we’re closing the door on the RTS genre. While with a lot of other genres it wasn’t necessarily as special, I do count the RTS genre as one of […]
#204 Cruise for a Corpse
Posted: 2nd September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, adventure, amiga, atari ST, delphine software international, erbe software, interplay productions, pc, u.s. gold
994th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Amiga/Atari ST/PC Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Delphine Software International Publisher: Erbe Software/Interplay Productions/U.S. Gold As I wanted to make sure I left a LucasArts adventure until the end, today’s conventional point & click adventure is Cruise for a Corpse, an interesting take on the formula that focuses […]
#916 Crayon Physics Deluxe
Posted: 30th August 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, pc, petri purho, puzzle
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 […]
#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 […]