312th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC/PlayStation 1 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Revolution Software Publisher: Virgin Interactive/SCEE While last time’s Pac-Man was a game we’d played because, well, everyone had played it,ย Broken Sword is a bit more of a coincidence. One of us had the PC version, the other Playstation, and we both […]
Posts Tagged ‘1996’
#300 Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Posted: 5th March 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, adventure, pc, playstation, revolution software, scee, Virgin Interactive
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#316 PaRappa the Rapper
Posted: 15th November 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, music, nanaon-sha, playstation, sony computer entertainment
285th played so far (Okay so taking pictures was getting irritating, especially considering how bad quality a digital camera pic of the TV is. So instead we’ll be reverting to using cover art unless there is a set screen-shot button) Genre: Music Platform: PlayStation Year of Release: 1996 Developer: NanaOn-Sha Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment We […]
#314 Resident Evil
Posted: 30th July 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, capcom, resident evil, survival horror, Various
166th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Various Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom As we approach the one-in-six mark, there’s only one of the major franchises (at least five games on the list) that we haven’t covered yet. We’ve played some Grand Theft Auto, plenty of Legend of Zelda games and […]
165th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse There’s some games that, when they come up in our random selection, fill me with both anticipation and dread. We had a good time playing Civilization, but it took a long time… partially a ‘one more turn’ thing, partially […]
#268 Point Blank, #317 Time Crisis, #451 Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
Posted: 5th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, 1996, 2000, arcade, konami, namco, playstation, shoot 'em up
So yeah, as you can see we’re doing three games in one post – three arcade shoot ’em ups, in fact. Please allow me to explain. Today (as I’m writing this, that is), we were out in London for a private celebration and, having some time to spare, Peter suggested we’d visit the London Trocadero. […]
#311 Harvest Moon
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, pack-in-video, RPG, SNES
132nd played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Natsume If you have been gaming for a number of years you tend to accumulate a lot of the games on the ‘would like to try’ list. These are not necessarily blue ribbon titles like Xenoblade Chronicles and Gears […]
#319 Tomb Raider
Posted: 25th December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, action, core design, pc, playstation, saturn, tomb raider
110th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/Playstation/Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Core Design Publisher: Eidos Interactive Merry Christmas sports fans Pong and Beyond readers! No, we are not doing a write-up on Christmas Day as we have been busy with presents, dinner and I have been personally been busy thinking of ways […]
#305 Mario Kart 64
Posted: 8th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, Mario, nintendo, nintendo 64, racing
27th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo As we know, Mario loves his racing, and he loves racing with his friends. After doing so for the first time on the SNES, he returns on the Nintendo 64 with full 3D tracks, more options and […]
#326 Super Mario 64
Posted: 5th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1996, nintendo, nintendo 64, platformer
26th game played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Heads. I won. It’s time for a little bit of Super Mario 64. Yeah, and I don’t mind. The first real Mario 3D game. The game that moved it from a 2D platformer to a 3D action […]
#321 Super Mario RPG
Posted: 25th November 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, Mario, nintendo, RPG, SNES
2nd game played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Super Nintendo Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Bowser has caught the princess again. Mario goes out to save her. Having wisened up, he lives right next door to Bowser’s castle, so runs straight there to rescue. Just as he does, though, a giant […]