676th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment While I originally focused on playing Command & Conquer, the Red Alert series never held quite as much of an appeal to me. Partially it’s because World War II settings don’t really interest me a lot […]
Posts Tagged ‘1996’
#303 Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Posted: 7th March 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, pc, Strategy, virgin interactive entertainment, westwood studios
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#327 Wave Race 64
Posted: 14th January 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, nintendo, nintendo 64, nintendo ead, racing
663rd played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Sure, we have plenty of racing games – early on it was an easy genre for multiplayer, and it’s something people still love – but few take place on the water and I swear even less use […]
#325 Star Control 3
Posted: 9th December 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, accolade, legend entertainment, pc, shoot 'em up, Strategy
654th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Legend Entertainment Publisher: Accolade There are a bunch of hybrid games, that combine two genres that don’t normally fit together, but manage it with their own spin. Prior to starting Star Control 3, I’d already seen parts of its predecessor […]
#308 International Track & Field
Posted: 18th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, konami, playstation, sports
641st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami I’ve played Track & Field some time ago – a minigame collection based on various athletics challenges, set up for arcade play and the inspiration for Olympics games, Mario and Sonic or otherwise, for a long time to come. […]
#328 Wipeout 2097
Posted: 14th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, playstation 1, psygnosis, racing
617th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Psygnosis Publisher: Psygnosis We have played several Wipeout games – including the first – and the main thing I remember is that the first in the series didn’t agree with me… and that later ones were okay, but still difficult. The […]
#307 Guardian Heroes
Posted: 19th May 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, fighting, saturn, sega, Treasure
603rd played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega The genre of fighting games is pretty broad as used here, and has a tendency to overlap with the action genre. Here it isn’t the one-on-one fighting you might get from, say, Street Fighter, but it’s closer to the […]
#320 Metal Slug
Posted: 28th March 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, nazca corporation, neo geo, shoot 'em up, SNK
590th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Neo Geo Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nazca Corporation Publisher: Nazca Corporation/SNK One of the difficulties I’m starting to face with this list is that a bunch of games blur together. Metal Slug is a run and gun platform shooter, It looks a bit like Ghosts […]
#313 Quake
Posted: 30th July 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, first person shooter, gt interactive, id software, pc
444th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: id Software Publisher: GT Interactive There were a couple of major steps during the development of the FPS genre that happened, it seems, in fairly quick succession. Doom was the notable one we already covered – the first to really go […]
#318 Saturn Bomberman
Posted: 11th May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, action, hudson soft, saturn
424th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft It feels a bit weird how, prior to starting this blog, I had never really come across the Bomberman series. I’d heard of it – may even have seen a bit of it being played – but […]
#312 Marathon Infinity
Posted: 11th January 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, bungie software, first person shooter, Mac, pc
394th played so farGenre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Mac Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Bungie Software Publisher: Bungie Software Some games on the list draw our eye simply because of its lineage. Before they became famous from the Halo series (and before they were bought by Microsoft), they worked on two series. The strategy series Myth […]